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Rage return home looking to take commanding lead in Semi-Final with Stampeders
After a weekend off the Wheatbelt Baseball League post-season will resume Monday night.Game 2 of the semi-final series between the Rycroft Rage and the Peace River Stampeders will go in Rycroft with t...
Jul 22, 2019

Shane Lowry builds 4-shot lead in British Open
PORTRUSH, Ireland - The noise was unlike anything Shane Lowry had ever heard on a golf course, no surprise at the first British Open in these parts in 68 years and an Irishman atop the leaderboard at ...
Jul 22, 2019

Phases 2, 3, and 4 of City's road rehabilitation program set for this week
It will be a busy week for city crews as the next three phases of the City's annual road rehabilitation program are underway.Phase 2 of the program will see three locations have roads milled and repav...
Jul 22, 2019

Two men go missing in northern B.C. near where body is found
DEASE LAKE, B.C. - RCMP in northern British Columbia are searching for two young Vancouver Island men whose vehicle was discovered on fire Friday in the same area where police say a body was...
Jul 22, 2019

Crime rate rose in 2018 but country still safer than a decade ago
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the country's crime rate ticked up again in 2018, for a fourth year in a row, though it was still lower than it was a decade ago.The severity of crime also rose by two ...
Jul 22, 2019

Weiner Dogs take centre stage at Evergreen Park
As the old saying goes, every dog has its day.That day was this past Sunday at Evergreen Park as they held their first ever Weiner Dog Derby at the track.More than 3,000 Swan City residents were in at...
Jul 22, 2019 (photo credit to Angie Patterson)

Ribs raise funds for Rotary Club of Grande Prairie After Five
It was a fun and delicious weekend at the Montrose Cultural Centre as the Rotary Club of Grande Prairie after five held their first Rotary Rib Festival.The event wrapped up yesterday as Pistol Pete's,...
Jul 22, 2019 (photo credit to the Rotary Club of Grande Prairie After Five)

Budget negotiators close on debt, $1.3T spending deal
WASHINGTON - Negotiations between the Trump administration and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a critical debt and $1.3 trillion budget bill are on the cusp of a deal. That's according to aides on both ...
Jul 22, 2019

Equifax to pay up to $700M in data breach settlement
WASHINGTON - Equifax will pay up to $700 million to settle with the U.S. and states over a 2017 data breach that exposed Social Security numbers and other private information of nearly 150 million peo...
Jul 22, 2019

Poor weather prevents attempt to free entangled North Atlantic right whale
HALIFAX - Poor weather conditions have forced a whale rescue team to postpone its bid to disentangle a North Atlantic right whale from fishing gear that is trailing from its head. The federa...
Jul 22, 2019