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Investigation launched after pin found in hot dog in Calgary park
CALGARY - Police in Calgary say they're investigating whether a hot dog found with a pin in it was an attempt at animal cruelty.Officers were called to Fish Creek Provincial Park in the city's southwe...
May 27, 2020
A look at Huawei Technologies and Meng Wanzhou
VANCOUVER - Some facts about Huawei Technologies and Meng Wanzhou: The company: Huawei was founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei. The 75-year-old is Meng's father. The company is based in the tech hub of Sh...
May 27, 2020
Grande Prairie area playgrounds opening June 1
Playgrounds in the Grande Prairie area will be re-opened on June 1, as part of the area's regional approach to re-opening through the Grande Prairie Regional Emergency Partnership (GPREP). The partner...
May 27, 2020
Three road projects to begin in the City of Grande Prairie in early June
The City of Grande Prairie will be starting three road improvement projects in the first few weeks of June.Starting on Monday, June 1, there will be asphalt overlay along 98 Street between 112 Avenue ...
May 27, 2020
New La Glace fire hall expected to open in June
Almost exactly two years after the tender was awarded, the new fire station in the Hamlet of La Glace is set to open in mid-June.The tender was awarded on June 25, 2018, to Southwest Design & Cons...
May 27, 2020
Firearm-rights group challenges Liberal assault-style gun ban in Federal Court
OTTAWA - A firearm-rights group is challenging the constitutionality of the Liberal government's recent ban of many assault-style guns in Federal Court. The Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights ...
May 27, 2020
Boeing slashes 12,000 jobs as virus seizes travel industry
Boeing is cutting more than 12,000 jobs through layoffs and buyouts as the coronavirus pandemic seizes the travel industry. And the aircraft maker says more cuts are coming. One of the nation's bigges...
May 27, 2020
NASA chief "all in" for Tom Cruise to film on space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA is rolling out the International Space Station's red carpet for Tom Cruise to make a movie in orbit. The space agency's administrator, Jim Bridenstine, said before Wednesda...
May 27, 2020
Glazed or jelly? Doughnuts lure city-roaming bear into trap
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Glazed or jelly? A black bear roaming around a Florida city proved no match for the doughnuts that lured the animal into a humane trap. The Fort Myers News-Press reports that the ju...
May 27, 2020
"OK, let's make history": hybrid House of Commons convenes to debate COVID-19
OTTAWA - "OK, let's make history": with those words from the Speaker of the House of Commons, a hybrid meeting of members of Parliament is now underway. It's the first time in Canadian history that MP...
May 27, 2020