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Highway 40 near Grande Cache to have substantial repairs
Drivers heading between Grande Cache and Grande Prairie can expect single lane, alternating traffic in the Sheep Creek Provincial Recreation Area for the next several months.The road has been reduced ...
Aug 23, 2019

Vipers begin prep for 19/20 season
With less than a month until the 25th anniversary season for the North West Junior Hockey League, the Sundown Oilfield Services Sexsmith Vipers will open up training camp this weekend.President of the...
Aug 23, 2019 (photo credit to Jeromy Corrigan)

Senate's new independence so good it should be enshrined in law: Harder
OTTAWA - The Liberal government's representative in the Senate says changes aimed at making the upper chamber a more independent place have worked so well that they should stay. Sen. Peter H...
Aug 23, 2019

Hotter, larger fires turning boreal forest into carbon source: research
Bigger, hotter wildfires are turning Canada's vast boreal forest into a significant new source of climate-changing greenhouse gases, scientists say. The shift, which may have already happened, could f...
Aug 23, 2019

People's Party outlines seats with prominent candidates in bid to enter debates
OTTAWA - The upstart People's Party of Canada is making another bid to get leader Maxime Bernier onto the official debate stage during this fall's election campaign. The Leaders' Debates Commissi...
Aug 23, 2019

NAFTA, Hong Kong on agenda for Trudeau-Trump bilateral meeting during G7 summit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will have a tete-a-tete with President Donald Trump this weekend on the margins of the G7 summit in France. White House officials have confirmed the bilateral me...
Aug 23, 2019

Ottawa police charge transit driver with 38 offences in deadly bus crash
Ottawa police are charging the driver of a city bus with more than three dozen offences after a deadly crash in January that killed three people and injured 23 others. Aissatou Diallo was in...
Aug 23, 2019

300-plus accusers in Ohio State doctor scandal
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Lawyers for men suing Ohio State University over decades-old alleged sexual misconduct by a team doctor say the growing number of accusers has topped 300. Totals confirmed to The Asso...
Aug 23, 2019

Grande Peace Athletic Club set for Bantam Fall camp
The Grande Peace Athletic Club will begin their Bantam Fall camp Friday night at the Coca-Cola Centre.Head Coach of the Bantam AAA squad, Mike Brown explains how this weekend will be extremely competi...
Aug 23, 2019 (photo credit to Jeromy Corrigan)

Bear Creek Outdoor Pool open tomorrow
It's been a long six year wait, but residents of Grande Prairie can finally take a swim in the Bear Creek Outdoor Pool tomorrow.The City of Grande Prairie has confirmed that the pool will be open to t...
Aug 23, 2019