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Metro grocery stores to permit reusable containers in effort to cut waste
MONTREAL - The Metro grocery chain will allow customers across Quebec to bring reusable containers for the purchase of fresh products in what one expert de...
Apr 17, 2019
Two local products commit to GPRC Wolves Volleyball team for the fall
The off-season is well underway for the sports teams at GPRC as they continue to look to bolster their line-ups for next season with new recruits.The Wolves women's volleyball team announced Tuesday a...
Apr 17, 2019 Kari White (Left) and Halle Krall (Right) will join the GPRC Women's Volleyball team for the 2019-20 season. (photo credit to the GPRC Wolves)
With Kenney in power, a bumpy ride could be in store for Trudeau and Horgan
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and BC Premier John Horgan may need to fasten their seatbelts.It appears they are in for a bumpy ride with Jason Kenney's majority win in yesterday's Alberta election.Ken...
Apr 17, 2019 Facebook/Jason Kenney
Texts: Chicago prosecutor called Smollett 'washed up celeb'
CHICAGO - Text messages show the Chicago prosecutor whose office handled the case of "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett told her top deputy that Smollett was a "washed up celeb" who was overcharged. The o...
Apr 17, 2019
Notley vows to lead Official Opposition
Rachel Notley may have lost her government's re-election bid in yesterday's Alberta election, but the NDP chief won her own Edmonton seat and vows to stay on to lead the province's Official Opposition...
Apr 17, 2019
Peace region well represented at Peewee Prospects Cup
Hockey Alberta announced Tuesday the 160 players who will be taking part in the Peewee Prospects Cup which will take place next month in Lethbridge.There will be plenty of local content on both of the...
Apr 17, 2019
Canada's Denis Shapovalov falls in first round of Monte-Carlo Masters
MONTE CARLO - Canada's Denis Shapovalov has made an early exit at the Monte-Carlo Masters. The No. 15 seed from Richmond Hill, Ont., lost 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 to unseeded German Jan-Lennard Struff in the fir...
Apr 17, 2019
NBC, LA 2028 to combine to sell sponsorships, ad time
NBC Universal and the LA Olympics are going into business together, combining to package commercial time on all the network's platforms with opportunities to sponsor the American team through 2028. Th...
Apr 17, 2019
Former Volkswagen CEO charged with fraud in Germany
FRANKFURT - German prosecutors charged former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn and four others with fraud in the emissions cheating scandal that has helped turn many Europeans against diesel engines a...
Apr 17, 2019
Magic stumble out of the gate in Game 2, look to regroup upon return home
TORONTO - Terrence Ross' post-mortem on Orlando's lopsided loss to Toronto in Game 2 of their NBA playoff series Tuesday was short and not very sweet. "We just played bad," said Ross, a former Ra...
Apr 17, 2019