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Vigen at the top of the leaderboard at WPCA Finals
Chanse Vigen sits in first following Day 2 of the world Chuckwagon Finals at Century Downs in Calgary.Vigen has the best time on aggregate following two days of competition at 2:46.56.He is more than ...
Aug 23, 2019
Wolves Basketball announce latest recruit
Basketball season is just around the corner for the GPRC Wolves and the Women's team announced their latest addition to the club earlier this week.St.Albert product Gracie Reschke will be joining the ...
Aug 23, 2019 (photo credit to the GPRC Wolves)
Northern Lights represented at U16 Girls Invitational
The baseball season isn't over just yet for one member of the Northern Lights U18 ball club.Madi Quartley is representing the Peace Country and the province of Alberta at the U16 Girls Invitational in...
Aug 23, 2019 (photo credit to the Northern Lights Baseball Academy)
Province announces curriculum review panel
EDMONTON, AB - The provincial government has officially announced a new panel to review the curriculum for students in Alberta."I am pleased to announce today that the pause is officially off, and we ...
Aug 23, 2019 Curriculum Advisory Panel chair, Angus McBeath and vice-chair, Jen Panteluk (left), along with Education Minister Adriana LaGrange (right) meet with students at St. Teresa of Calcutta Elementary School in Edmonton. (Government of Alberta photo)
China says British consulate staffer detained 15 days
HONG KONG - China said Wednesday a staffer at the British consulate in Hong Kong has been given 15 days of administrative detention in the city of Shenzhen for violating regulations on public order. T...
Aug 23, 2019
Iran moves to strike 4 zeroes from its battered currency
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's president sent a bill to parliament Wednesday that would cut four zeroes from the value of the Islamic Republic's sanctions-battered currency, the rial, as tensions remain high b...
Aug 23, 2019
'What our ancestors meant:' Canada, First Nations create new park reserve
LUTSEL K'E, N.W.T. - A deal on a vast new national park reserve in the North is being called a model for future relationships between First Nations and Canada. "This is what our ancestors meant w...
Aug 23, 2019
In the news today, Aug. 21
Four stories in the news for Wednesday, Aug. 21 --- ETHICS REPORT NOT HURTING LIBERALS: POLL A new poll suggests a scathing ethics report on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's handling of ...
Aug 23, 2019
In the news today, Aug. 23
Four stories in the news for Friday, Aug. 23 --- GRITS DIG UP VIDEO OF SCHEER SPEAKING AGAINST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE Liberals went trolling Thursday for young, progressive-minded voter...
Aug 23, 2019
Liberals unhurt, Tories not helped by scathing SNC-Lavalin report: Poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests a scathing ethics report on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's handling of the SNC-Lavalin affair hasn't so far hurt the Liberals' chances of re-election this fall - and...
Aug 23, 2019