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The Latest: Few documents found on truck victims, no IDs
LONDON - The Latest on the deaths of 39 people in a truck in England (all times local): 3:15 p.m. UK police in Essex say all of the 39 victims found dead in a truck container in southeastern England a...
Oct 26, 2019
Huskies roll past Kings on home ice
Jared Winkel and Jared Loewen each scored twice as the Fort St John Huskies hammered the County of Grande Prairie JDA Kings 11-3 in NWJHL play on Friday. Jeridyn Loewen, Dean Whitcomb, Geoff Dick, Joe...
Oct 26, 2019 photo courtesy EverythingGP
Former N.S. police chief found guilty of sexually exploiting teen
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - A former police chief in Nova Scotia who was described in court as a "father figure" to a 17-year-old girl with mental health issues was convicted Thursday of sexually exploiting t...
Oct 26, 2019
Storm see losing streak stretch to four
A three goal third period powered the Camrose Kodiaks to a 4-1 win over the Grande Prairie Storm on Friday night. The Storm opened the scoring early in the second as Brody Dale connected on the power ...
Oct 26, 2019 Photo courtesy EverythingGp
Local owner sending three horses to quarter-horse racing's richest day
Albuquerque, New Mexico is hosting the richest day in quarter-horse racing and a local owner will send three horses to the starting gate.All three of Chuck Stojan's ponies running in the Challenge Cha...
Oct 26, 2019
Peace Wapiti Academy student selected for 2019-2020 Minister's Youth Council
A Grade 12 student from the Peace Wapiti Academy (PWA) has been chosen for the 2019-2020 Minister's Youth Council.The council is for students to share different perspectives and discuss education issu...
Oct 26, 2019 Brookelyn Sorensen (Photo courtesy of the Peace Wapiti School Division)
Alberta UCP government tables budget with cuts to civil servants, universities
EDMONTON - Alberta is blazing a new trail for its red-ink economy with a budget that preserves health and education funding but takes a big stick to cities, civil servants and universities. ...
Oct 26, 2019
Liberals: TMX pipeline could fund $500 million a year in clean energy projects
OTTAWA - The Liberal government expects to get $500 million a year out of the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline and is promising to spend it all on cleaner sources of energy and projects that...
Oct 26, 2019
Life after losing: electoral defeat brings whole new set of challenges
OTTAWA - Brian Murphy barely had time to process losing his seat in the 2011 federal election before the House of Commons wrote to ask if he wanted it back. There was a catch,...
Oct 26, 2019
More Vietnamese fear relatives are among 39 dead in truck
HANOI, Vietnam - More Vietnamese families came forward Saturday with information their relatives may be among the 39 people found dead in the back of a container truck in southeastern England. British...
Oct 26, 2019