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Pelosi sets Wednesday votes to send impeachment to Senate
WASHINGTON - The U.S. House is set to vote Wednesday to send the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate for a landmark trial on whether the charges of abuse of power and ...
Jan 16, 2020
Outdoor Winter Try-It Day events postponed due to extreme cold
The Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection says some Winter Try-It Day events scheduled for Saturday will have to be postponed due to the extreme cold weather. With a forecasted high of minus 26 deg...
Jan 16, 2020 Cross country skiing will now go on February 1 (Photo: Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection)
FBI arrest former Canadian reservist, suspected neo-Nazi, in United States
OTTAWA - A former Canadian military reservist who was accused of being a neo-Nazi before disappearing last summer has been arrested by the FBI in the United States. Patrik Mathews was one of three peo...
Jan 16, 2020
Alberta says universities over-budget; need to freeze travel, hiring, hosting
EDMONTON - Alberta's advanced education minister says post-secondary schools are going over their budgets and he's urging them to immediately freeze hiring and stop spending on travel and hosting.Deme...
Jan 16, 2020
Deaf-blind Ontario woman suing governments over student loan debt inequality
TORONTO - A disabled woman is in an Ontario court this week seeking changes to Canada's student loan program that she argues would level the playing field for people with disabilities. Jasmin Simpson,...
Jan 16, 2020
U.S. Senate approves new version of North American free trade agreement
WASHINGTON - Senators on Capitol Hill have finally approved the latest version of North America's free trade pact. The implementation bill for the long-awaited U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement passed on a...
Jan 16, 2020
JDA Kings defeat Vipers, Huskies continue dominance of NWJHL
Sundown Oilfield Sexsmith Vipers @ County of Grande Prairie JDA Kings The County of Grande Prairie JDA Kings picked up a 9-2 victory over the Sundown Oilfield Sexsmith Vipers Wednesday night. The King...
Jan 16, 2020 Photo Credit: EverythingGP
Quebec provincial police open homicide probe into killing of Mascouche mother
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police are investigating the killing of a woman in her 30s inside a home in Mascouche. Officers were called to a residence today on des Anglais Road in the subur...
Jan 16, 2020
Stephen Harper says farewell to party post, but says will stay connected
OTTAWA - Former prime minister Stephen Harper has left his role with the chief fundraising arm of the federal Conservative party, but says he still intends to play a role with the party itself. Harper...
Jan 16, 2020
Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime rolls into semifinals at Adelaide International
ADELAIDE, Australia - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is off to the semifinals of the Adelaide International. The No. 2 seed from Montreal needed just 55 minutes to beat Australian wild card Alex Bolt ...
Jan 16, 2020