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GP Comp Warriors move into top ten in Football Alberta rankings
You can now add a third Grande Prairie area team into the top 10 in Football Alberta's rankings.Following a victory over Fort McMurray on Saturday, as well as a win over Valleyview back on Thursday, t...
Sep 09, 2019 Both of last year's Peace Bowl finalists sit in the top ten in their respective tiers (Photo: Jeromy Corrigan)
Cut by Raiders, Brown becoming a Patriot on eve of opener
ALAMEDA, Calif. - Randy Moss. Josh Gordon. And now Antonio Brown. A dozen years after Bill Belichick took a chance on Moss when the talented but troubled diva had worn out his welcome in Oakland, the ...
Sep 09, 2019
Tory leader pitches tax cuts, carbon fight ahead of Manitoba election day
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Progressive Conservative Leader Brian Pallister has made a final pitch to voters ahead of tomorrow's provincial election. Pallister, surrounded by his party's candidates outside th...
Sep 09, 2019
Embleton, Demchuk lead Wolves to victory over Keyano
The GPRC Women's Soccer Team is off to a hot start in their ACAC regular season.Sydney Embleton scored in the 32nd minute, while Jayden Demchuk added the insurance marker in the 57th to lead the Wolve...
Sep 09, 2019 GPRC's Women's Soccer team battled the cold, wet weather Sunday to open their season at 2-0 (Photo: Facebook / GPRC Wolves)
Canada captain Junior Hoilett returns home after Cuba win due to family reasons
Forward Junior Hoilett, who captained Canada and recorded a hat trick in Saturday's 6-0 win over Cuba, will miss Tuesday's rematch due to family reasons, according to the Canadian Soccer Associat...
Sep 09, 2019
14 dead, 29 missing after bus overturns in Morocco floods
RABAT, Morocco - Fourteen people were killed and 29 others injured when a bus overturned on a bridge amid flooding in south-central Morocco, the state news agency reported Monday. The MAP agency says ...
Sep 09, 2019
Correction: AF-Obit-Robert-Mugabe story
HARARE, Zimbabwe - In a story Sept. 6 about the death of former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Mugabe was "the first post-colonial leader of what had b...
Sep 09, 2019
Trump slams John Legend for not helping with justice reform
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is criticizing musician John Legend for not playing a role in passing criminal justice reform following a TV special on the subject in which the star appeared. Trum...
Sep 09, 2019
Justice Minister to discuss rural crime during Peace Region visits
Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer is the latest provincial cabinet minister to be holding meetings across Alberta regarding an issue under his portfolio. Schweitzer will be in Grande Prairie this Thurs...
Sep 09, 2019 Minister of Justice and Attorney Gerneral Doug Schweitzer (right) will be in Grande Prairie on September 12 (Photo: Facebook / Doug Schweitzer)
Greta Thunberg coming to Montreal in late September to take part in climate march
MONTREAL - Teen environmental activist Greta Thunberg will be in Montreal at the end of the month to take part in a climate march. The 16-year-old Swedish climate activist announced her presence at th...
Sep 09, 2019