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City Council appoints Regional School Sites Committee representative
City Council appointed Councillor Dylan Bressey on Monday as the representative to the Regional School Sites Committee.The Regional School Sites Committee aims to improve coordination between the scho...
Aug 14, 2019 St. John Paull II Catholic School is one of the Grande Prairie area's newer schools
Crown touts testimony depicting Joshua Boyle's 'pattern of behaviour'
OTTAWA - A Crown prosecutor says testimony about former hostage Joshua Boyle's controlling, abusive nature should be admitted into evidence at his assault trial because it depicts a relevant pattern o...
Aug 14, 2019
A timeline of key events in the SNC-Lavalin political controversy
OTTAWA - A chronology of key developments in the SNC-Lavalin controversy, according to public documents, reports and testimony to the House of Commons justice committee: Feb. 19, 2015 - The RCMP lays ...
Aug 14, 2019
Quebec business lobby says province needs more immigrants to meet needs
Quebec should significantly boost planned immigration levels and soften French-language requirements for newcomers in order to better meet the needs of the labour market, a major business lo...
Aug 14, 2019
Softball gold, swimming silver and bronze for local athletes at the Western Canada Summer Games
Team Alberta won the men's softball gold medal Tuesday at the Western Canada Summer Games in Swift Current, Saskatchewan.Alberta beat one of two teams from Saskatchewan 3-2 in the gold medal game.Fair...
Aug 14, 2019 Team Alberta gets its softball gold medals. Photo from www.2019wcsg.ca
NewsAlert: Trudeau breached Conflict of Interest Act, says ethics commissioner
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated the Conflict of Interest Act by improperly pressuring former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to halt the criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin, Cana...
Aug 14, 2019
Quarterback Adams Jr., running back Stanback both resume practising with Als
The Montreal Alouettes appear to have two key offensive performers back. Quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. and running William Stanback both resumed practising this week. They on the in...
Aug 14, 2019
Grande Prairie man charged in Stony Plain break and enter
A Grande Prairie man has been charged following a break and enter in Stony Plain yesterday.Parkland RCMP were called to a chinese restaurant in the Edmonton suburb around 3:00 a.m. yesterday morning. ...
Aug 14, 2019 Photo: Facebook / Bing's #1 Restaurant Stony Plain
All eyes on Dildo, N.L., as Jimmy Kimmel broadcasts tongue-in-cheek mayoral race
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The picturesque Newfoundland town of Dildo is attracting unprecedented international attention over its name, as late night comedian Jimmy Kimmel continues ...
Aug 14, 2019
CMA voters deciding whether to nominate 'Old Town Road'
NASHVILLE - Rapper Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" with Billy Ray Cyrus has created a musical phenomenon, but many in Nashville are trying to decide whether to nominate it for a country music award. Votin...
Aug 14, 2019