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Nearly 70 per cent of eligible Albertans voted in provincial election
EDMONTON - The unofficial turnout shows nearly 70 per cent of Albertans voted in the provincial election - the highest in decades.Elections Alberta says about 2,615,000 people in Alberta were register...
Apr 17, 2019
Feds seek dismissal of plutonium lawsuit; no quake concerns
RENO, Nev. - The U.S. Energy Department is asking a federal judge in Reno to dismiss the state's lawsuit challenging plutonium shipments to Nevada, adding that the material at the storage site north o...
Apr 17, 2019
Possible delay looms in former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle's assault trial
OTTAWA - The assault trial of former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle faces a possible delay of several months due to legal wrangling over allowable evidence. Boyle, 35, has pleaded not guilty in Onta...
Apr 17, 2019
Bus carrying Germans crashes, kills 28 on Portugal's Madeira
LISBON, Portugal - A tour bus carrying German tourists crashed on Portugal's Madeira Island on Wednesday, killing 28 people and injuring 28 others, local authorities said. The bus carrying 55 people r...
Apr 17, 2019
Parole granted for driver in deadly 1981 Brink's heist
ALBANY, N.Y. - Former radical activist Judith Clark was granted parole Wednesday after serving more than 37 years behind bars for her role as getaway driver in a 1981 Brink's armoured truck robbery th...
Apr 17, 2019
Attacked newsroom: Pulitzer commemorated with sombre silence
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Capital Gazette staff members stayed silent and somberly exchanged hugs Monday when the Maryland newspaper won a special Pulitzer Prize citation for its coverage and courage in the fa...
Apr 17, 2019
Raptors coach Nick Nurse takes some of the blame for Lowry's poor shooting night
TORONTO - If Kyle Lowry had played in Toronto's final game of the regular season, would his shot still have been M.I.A. against Orlando? Or could he have used the rhythm of a game just five days ...
Apr 17, 2019
Cash Reward being offered for information that leads to arrest of B.C. murder suspect
A combined $55,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of B.C. murder suspect Brandon Nathan Teixeira. He is wanted for the murder of a 28-year-old Surrey man back on Octo...
Apr 17, 2019 Teixeira is wanted for the 2017 murder of 28-year-old Nicholas Khabra in Surrey B.C.
Local Alberta Party candidates reflect on election results
Alberta Party candidates are feeling mixed emptions after Tuesday's provincial election. Both Grant Berg in Grande Prairie and Jason Jones in GP-Wapiti finished third.Party leader Stephen Mandel faile...
Apr 17, 2019 Alberta Party candidate for Grande Prairie Grant Berg (Left) and GP-Wapiti candidate Jason Jones (Right). Photo/ Courtney Almeida
Grande Prairie Outdoor Pool expected to be opening this summer
This summer we can expect the opening of the long-awaited Grande Prairie Outdoor Pool.Interim General Manager at the Community Knowledge Campus Angela Redding says progress on the project is weather d...
Apr 17, 2019 Grande Prairie Outdoor Pool - Photo by Curtis Galbraith