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The unusual suspects: British Columbia's middle-class gang problem
SURREY, B.C. - At the end of a tranquil cul-de-sac in a pleasant neighbourhood, a tall stucco house overlooks a well-kept lawn and lush flowerbeds. The home is in the Metro Vancouver city of Surr...
Aug 26, 2019

Salah double helps Liverpool to 3rd straight win in EPL
Mohamed Salah was just inside Arsenal's half when he collected the ball, befuddled David Luiz with a nonchalant jink and homed in on goal from the right wing. The Liverpool star made the finish look e...
Aug 26, 2019

Sod turned on Grande Prairie's newest school
The sod has officially been turned on the brand-new K-9 catholic school in the O'Brien Lake area.Monday morning dignitaries from the Grande Prairie and District Catholic School Division were joined by...
Aug 26, 2019 (photo credit to Jeromy Corrigan)

Court orders women accused of defaming author to share emails, online posts
VANCOUVER - A B.C. Supreme Court judge has awarded author Steven Galloway access to emails between a woman who accused of him of sexual assault and staff at the University of British Columbia in&...
Aug 26, 2019

Teddy for Toonie fundraiser to donate some funds to Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Foundation
For the first time in the 20 year history of the ATB Financial Teddy for a Toonie fundraising campaign, money raised in Grande Prairie will stay in the community.Close to $56,000 was raised in Grande ...
Aug 26, 2019 Photo credit: ATB Financial/Facebook

Nursing home employees surrender in patient deaths
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Three employees of a Florida nursing home where 12 people died in sweltering heat after a hurricane cut power turned themselves in on Monday to face charges, their attorneys sa...
Aug 26, 2019

So, a bear walks into a restaurant ...
A hotel owner in northern Alberta got more than fresh air when he briefly left the front door of his business open last week.A restaurant server at the Red Earth Inn near Red Earth Creek told the owne...
Aug 26, 2019

Scheer, Harper among politicians at memorial for Calgary MP Deepak Obhrai
CALGARY - Some prominent Conservative politicians are paying their respects at a memorial for former Calgary member of Parliament Deepak Obhrai. Obhrai, who was 69, died earlier this month&n...
Aug 26, 2019

Feds amend shipyard search following complaint about bias toward Quebec's Davie
OTTAWA - The federal government is amending its search for a third shipyard to add to its multibillion-dollar national shipbuilding strategy. The move follows a complaint last week from an Ontari...
Aug 26, 2019

Bouchard out of US Open after first-round loss to 12th-seed Sevastova
NEW YORK - Canada's Eugenie Bouchard is out of the U.S. Open after a first-round loss to 12th-seed Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia on Monday. Sevastova converted five of her nine break point chances ag...
Aug 26, 2019