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RCMP asks for public's help in identifying suspects involved in August 15 assault
Grande Prairie RCMP is asking for the public's assistance to identify suspects involved in an assault case in the Swan City.On August 15, while patrolling downtown Grande Prairie, police found a 53-ye...
Aug 31, 2020

Stollery's Children's Hospital to benefit from mental health initiatives fundraiser
Children's hospital across Canada, including the Stollery's Children's Hospital in Edmonton, will have mental health supports and initiatives funded through a new partnership with Sobeys.Through the n...
Aug 31, 2020

Ewan slaloms to sprint win; Alaphilippe leads Tour de France
SISTERON, France - Australian rider Caleb Ewan slalomed through the bunch to win a sprint finish and claim the third stage of the Tour de France on Monday. Julian Alaphilippe held onto the yellow jers...
Aug 31, 2020

Feds 'looking into' alleged bullying by RCMP employee facing security charges
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Public Safety Minister Bill Blair is looking into allegations the RCMP brushed off warnings about a senior director who was later arrested on national-...
Aug 31, 2020

Trudeau calls out vandals who toppled Montreal's Macdonald statue
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is denouncing the vandals who toppled and defaced a Montreal statue of the first prime minister of Canada, John A. Macdonald, over the weekend. Trudeau to...
Aug 31, 2020

John Oliver: Name sewage plant for me, I'll give to charity
Comedian John Oliver upped the stakes in a tongue-in-cheek spat with a Connecticut city, offering to donate $55,000 to charity if officials follow through on a joke to name its sewage treatment plant ...
Aug 31, 2020

Appeals court keeps Flynn case alive, won't order dismissal
WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court won't order the dismissal of the Michael Flynn prosecution, ruling Monday that a judge is entitled to scrutinize the Justice Department's request to dismiss its ca...
Aug 31, 2020

Two arrested, drugs and weapons seized in Grande Prairie drug investigation
A man and a woman from Grande Prairie have been arrested, and drugs and weapons have been seized following a five-week investigation by the Grande Prairie RCMP Municipal Drug Enforcement Unit.On Augus...
Aug 31, 2020

Alberta woman pleads guilty to manslaughter in partner's shooting death
EDMONTON - An Alberta woman who was granted a new trial by the Supreme Court of Canada has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the fatal shooting of her domestic partner. Deborah Doonanco, who is 58,&nb...
Aug 31, 2020

Climate change creating vast new glacial lakes, future flooding risk: research
CALGARY - Meltwater from shrinking glaciers is creating vast lakes that could eventually pose an enormous flooding threat, says newly published research. "Unsurprisingly, we found those...
Aug 31, 2020