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Attacked newsroom: Pulitzer commemorated with sombre silence
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Capital Gazette staff members stayed silent and somberly exchanged hugs Monday when the Maryland newspaper won a special Pulitzer Prize citation for its coverage and courage in the fa...
Apr 17, 2019
Raptors coach Nick Nurse takes some of the blame for Lowry's poor shooting night
TORONTO - If Kyle Lowry had played in Toronto's final game of the regular season, would his shot still have been M.I.A. against Orlando? Or could he have used the rhythm of a game just five days ...
Apr 17, 2019
Cash Reward being offered for information that leads to arrest of B.C. murder suspect
A combined $55,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of B.C. murder suspect Brandon Nathan Teixeira. He is wanted for the murder of a 28-year-old Surrey man back on Octo...
Apr 17, 2019 Teixeira is wanted for the 2017 murder of 28-year-old Nicholas Khabra in Surrey B.C.
Local Alberta Party candidates reflect on election results
Alberta Party candidates are feeling mixed emptions after Tuesday's provincial election. Both Grant Berg in Grande Prairie and Jason Jones in GP-Wapiti finished third.Party leader Stephen Mandel faile...
Apr 17, 2019 Alberta Party candidate for Grande Prairie Grant Berg (Left) and GP-Wapiti candidate Jason Jones (Right). Photo/ Courtney Almeida
Grande Prairie Outdoor Pool expected to be opening this summer
This summer we can expect the opening of the long-awaited Grande Prairie Outdoor Pool.Interim General Manager at the Community Knowledge Campus Angela Redding says progress on the project is weather d...
Apr 17, 2019 Grande Prairie Outdoor Pool - Photo by Curtis Galbraith
Environment charities may benefit from new Alberta premier's vow to fight them
EDMONTON - Alberta's incoming premier plans to take on environmental charities that he says are blocking exports of the province's oil, but those groups may be saying "bring it on." In his v...
Apr 17, 2019
AP journalists win Pulitzer for coverage of Yemen civil war
NEW YORK - A team of three Associated Press journalists won a Pulitzer Prize in international reporting Monday for their work documenting torture, graft and starvation in Yemen's brutal civil war. Rep...
Apr 17, 2019
Both sides want Weinstein hearing closed to media, public
NEW YORK - Both sides in Harvey Weinstein's sexual assault case want the media and the public barred from the disgraced movie mogul's next court appearance. Prosecutors argue the April 26 hearing shou...
Apr 17, 2019
Raptors' new centre Gasol huge part of team's defensive effort in Game 2 win
TORONTO - Only a few weeks ago, Marc Gasol figured he was facing another long off-season, the star centre of a Memphis Grizzlies team out of the playoff picture for the second consecutive year. Now th...
Apr 17, 2019
Jury sees photo of B.C. dad's injuries after his daughters found dead
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court jury in Vancouver has seen a photograph of a father's injuries after his young daughters were found dead in his apartment. Andrew Berry has plead...
Apr 17, 2019