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Grande Prairie based Ole Smokes Coffee asks for deal on Dragons Den
This story contains spoilers from the web exclusive clip. Scroll down to the bottom of the story to watch the Ole Smokes Coffee pitch on the Dragons Den.The owner and founder of Ole Smokes Coffee has ...
Oct 30, 2019 Ole Smokes Coffee
Canadian Denis Shapovalov upsets Fabio Fognini
PARIS - Canada's Denis Shapovalov is off to the third round of the Paris Masters after recording his first win over a top-15 player since March. Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., upset No. 11 seed...
Oct 30, 2019
Fajardo looks to lead Roughriders to first in West Division standings
With one more regular-season win, Cody Fajardo and the Saskatchewan Roughriders can clinch top spot in the West Division and secure a well-earned week off. Saskatchewan (12-5) hosts the Edmonton ...
Oct 30, 2019
Clubroot spreading in the MD of Greenview
The canola disease clubroot is spreading in the MD of Greenview.Recent testing turned up 16 new fields with the infection, all of them west of DeBolt.The disease was first found in some fields near Su...
Oct 30, 2019 Photo credit: Lesley L. on Flickr
van der Giessen named to ACAC All-Conference Team
Anna van der Giessen has added some more hardware ahead of the CCAA Cross Country Nationals being held next weekend here in Grande Prairie.Coming off a bronze medal team performance for her and her Wo...
Oct 30, 2019 Anna van der Giessen (right) was named to the ACAC All-Conference team (Photo: Facebook / GPRC Wolves)
Towns postpone trick-or-treating with heavy rain in the forecast for Halloween
MONTREAL - Mother Nature's scary forecast is spooking some Quebec towns into postponing trick-or-treating festivities until Friday. Several towns south and east of Montreal have an...
Oct 30, 2019
Utility says power lines may have started 2 California fires
SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said Monday its power lines may have started two wildfires over the weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area. The fires described in PG&E reports to sta...
Oct 30, 2019
Texas man guilty of stalking, threatening Taylor Swift
NASHVILLE - A 27-year-old Austin, Texas, man has pleaded guilty to stalking and sending threatening letters and emails to pop star Taylor Swift's former record label. Federal prosecutors in Nashville,...
Oct 30, 2019
Singh lays out NDP's first steps in Parliament, vows hard work in Quebec
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party's first act when Parliament returns will be to introduce a private member's bill to create a universal pharmacare system. The New Democrats campaigned ...
Oct 30, 2019
Canada has shown 'uneven progress' on gender equality, says new report
OTTAWA - Canada will be years past celebrating its tricentennial before the country can close the economic gap between men and women if things keep improving at the glacial pace they are now, a n...
Oct 30, 2019