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Trump draws boos when introduced to crowd at World Series
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's low-profile appearance Sunday night at Game 5 of the World Series came at a high-profile moment of his presidency. Yet he still drew loud boos and jeers when intr...
Oct 28, 2019
Lebanese protesters get creative as they block roads
BEIRUT - On a main thoroughfare in Beirut on Monday, Lebanese protesters set up a living room with an area rug, a couch and a refrigerator. On another, they held a morning yoga class. And on a third r...
Oct 28, 2019
Trump draws boos when introduced to crowd at World Series
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's low-profile appearance Sunday night at Game 5 of the World Series came at a high-profile moment of his presidency. Yet he still drew loud boos and jeers when intr...
Oct 28, 2019
City offering assistance in building neighbourhood skating rinks
Neighbourhood Park Skating Rinks will be appearing once again in Grande Prairie this winter.The City is accepting applications from residents who want their neighbourhood park transformed into an outd...
Oct 28, 2019 Outdoor Rink (City of Grande Prairie Facebook)
Cigarette packaging and Bill 21; In-The-News for Oct. 28
In-The-News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 15. What we are watching in Canada ... OT...
Oct 28, 2019
Court update: accused murderer pleads guilty to reduced charge, short sentence in carjacking
Alberta Justice says a man charged after a Grande Prairie murder has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter.Trevor Eldon Martineau entered the plea during a court appearance on October 21 ...
Oct 28, 2019
'I'm dying': Relatives await answers in smuggling case
DO THANH, Vietnam - One family received a final text from their daughter saying she couldn't breathe and was dying. Another grieving family set up a makeshift altar for their missing daughter who paid...
Oct 28, 2019
EU grants new Brexit delay to Jan. 31
BRUSSELS - The European Union agreed to delay Brexit until Jan. 31 next year on Monday - just three days before it was due to take place. European Council president Donald Tusk said on Twitter that th...
Oct 28, 2019
Russian agent Butina returns to Moscow, wants no part of US
MOSCOW - The Russian woman convicted in the United States of being a Russian agent returned to Moscow on Saturday and declared that she has no desire to go back to America. Maria Butina was deported F...
Oct 28, 2019
Paralyzed Humboldt Broncos hockey player to get spinal surgery in Thailand
CALGARY - A hockey player paralyzed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash is to depart on a 12,000-kilometre journey to Thailand later this week for surgery that could help restore some of his m...
Oct 28, 2019