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Early Morning Fire Damages North End Home
Investigators are looking into the cause of an early morning fire in the city's North end.Grande Prairie Fire Department officials were notified about the blaze by a neighbour who saw the flames on th...
Apr 19, 2019 photo courtesy EverythingGP
City of Grande Prairie looking for ideas for new entrance signs
Residents of the Swan City can have their say on new entrance signs to the city, as the City of Grande Prairie has established a survey that welcomes ideas and suggestions of what the new signs should...
Apr 19, 2019 Photo: Justin Dionne
Palliative Care Conference aims to get conversation going on end of life care
Next month, an event will be held to highlight the topic of end of life care. Grande Prairie Palliative Care Society Executive Director Brenda Finch explains the event is going to look at what's going...
Apr 19, 2019 Facebook/Grande Prairie Hospice Palliative Care Society
Woobine jockey Eurico Rosa da Silva has tough act to follow in 2019
TORONTO - Jockey Eurico Rosa da Silva has a tough act to follow in 2019. His own. The 43-year-old Brazilian registered a record 237 wins at Woodbine Racetrack last year. He easily eclipsed the pr...
Apr 19, 2019
Christian pilgrims march through Jerusalem for Good Friday
JERUSALEM - Thousands of Christian pilgrims and clergy members marched through the ancient stone alleys of Jerusalem's Old City, retracing Jesus' path to crucifixion in observation of Good Friday. The...
Apr 19, 2019
Private cargo ship brings Easter feast to the space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A private cargo ship brought food galore to the International Space Station on Friday. Space station astronaut Anne McClain used a robot arm to capture Northrop Grumman's Cygnus...
Apr 19, 2019
Devotees nailed to crosses on Good Friday in Philippines
SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines - Several Roman Catholic devotees were nailed to wooden crosses in a gory Good Friday ritual in the Philippines, and others flogged themselves or took part in religious pl...
Apr 19, 2019
Tiny Japanese baby is ready to go home after 5 months
TOKYO - A tiny Japanese baby who weighed just 258 grams (9 ounces) when he was born five months ago is going home from the hospital. Ryusuke Sekino was shown on Japanese TV on Friday sitting in his mo...
Apr 19, 2019
Kremlin: No proof in Mueller's report of Russian meddling
MOSCOW - The Kremlin argued on Friday that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's 400-page report has not offered any credible evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The re...
Apr 19, 2019
Flooding, climate change force Quebecers to rethink relationship with water
MONTREAL - Quebec's history, mythology and culture are intertwined with its rivers and lakes, but recurring floods that experts say will only get worse because of climate change&nb...
Apr 19, 2019