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Tour bus crashes near Banff
BANFF- RCMP responded to a bus rollover on Highway 1, eastbound, east of the Mt. Norquay exit at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday.The tour bus, carrying 24 people, including the driver and the tour guide, lost co...
Oct 09, 2019
Spring Creek Rd. to be driveable by this winter: County
A section of Township Road 711 that has been closed for several months will be operational before the winter season. Spring Creek Road has been compromised by years of snow and rain, and has become a ...
Oct 09, 2019 Photo: County of Grande Prairie
3 win Nobel in Chemistry for work on lithium-ion batteries
STOCKHOLM - Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for their work developing lithium-ion batteries, which have reshaped energy storage and transformed cars, mobile phones and m...
Oct 09, 2019
Climate protesters shut down bridges in Canadian cities as part of global action
Protesters shut down traffic on major bridges across Canada on Monday as part of an international movement meant to galvanize governments into taking more urgent action against climate change. Ac...
Oct 09, 2019
50+ men's hockey group looking for more players
The Grande Prairie men's 50+ drop-in hockey group is looking for more players.After seeing numbers dwindle down each of the last few years, Gordon Taylor is putting a call out to any men who might be ...
Oct 09, 2019
Body of missing hiker found in Jasper National Park
JASPER, Alta. - The body of a man who went missing in Jasper National Park in August has been found.Zexin ``Joe'' Yue, who was 23, was last seen in the resort town on Aug. 19.RCMP say there is no indi...
Oct 09, 2019
Smith and Canada beat Cuba to open Continental Cup
Beaverlodge's Dani Smith and the Canadian Women's Volleyball team are off to a strong start at the Continental Cup.Canada defeated Cuba 3-1 (25-16, 22-25, 25-17, 25-14) on Tuesday at Roberto Clemente ...
Oct 09, 2019 Beaverlodge native Danielle Smith (#5, front row) and her team are 1-0 to open the Continental Cup (Photo: Facebook / NORCECA)
2 killed in shooting in eastern Germany, 1 person arrested
BERLIN - Two people were killed Wednesday in a shooting in the eastern German city of Halle and the suspected assailants fled, police said. Several shots were fired and the suspected assailants then f...
Oct 09, 2019
3 win Nobel Prize for showing how cells sense low oxygen
NEW YORK - Two Americans and a British scientist won a Nobel Prize on Monday for discovering details of how the body's cells sense and react to low oxygen levels, providing a foothold for developing n...
Oct 09, 2019
The great debate and doctor politics; In-The-News for Oct. 7
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. 7. What we are watching in Canada ... OTT...
Oct 09, 2019