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Alberta seeks partners for 164 parks to focus spending on 'high value areas'
EDMONTON - The Alberta government wants to hand off management of 164 provincially run parks to outside groups. The move was hinted at in yesterday's budget and confirmed by a spokeswoman for Environm...
Feb 28, 2020
Pipeline talks with hereditary chiefs resume for second day in northern B.C.
SMITHERS, B.C. - The hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en are meeting for a second day with senior federal and provincial ministers as they try to break an impasse in a pipeline dispute tha...
Feb 28, 2020
GPAC Major Midget Storm take game one; Bantam boys and girls host playoff games Friday
Fort Saskatchewan Rangers @ Ernies Sports StormThe Ernie's Sports Storm took game one of their best-of-five series on Friday, defeating the Fort Saskatchewan Rangers 4-1 at the Coca-Cola Centre.Dayne ...
Feb 28, 2020 Ernies Sports Storm forward Dayne Tews. Photo Credit: Shane Clausing
Alberta entered “mild recession” in 2019: report
Last year was not Alberta's strongest from an economic standpoint, but things should improve somewhat in 2020.According to a new report from the Conference Board of Canada, real GDP fell by 0.2 per ce...
Feb 28, 2020
Manitoba man charged in fatal Highway 9 crash
OYEN, Alta. - RCMP have charged a Manitoba man following an investigation into a fatal multiple vehicle collision in southeastern Alberta.Three people died and others were hurt in the August 20 crash ...
Feb 28, 2020
Grande Prairie's housing market stayed stable in 2019
Grande Prairie's real estate market stayed on level last year compared to the year prior.Lesley Craig, President of the Grande Prairie & Area Association of Realtors, says in 2019, the housing mar...
Feb 28, 2020 Canadian Press file photo
Grande Prairie area placed under snowfall warning
UPDATE (Feb. 29, 3:32 p.m.): Environment Canada has ended the snowfall warning for the Grande Prairie, Beaverlodge and Valleyview areas. The warning has also been lifted for Grande Cache.Grande Prairi...
Feb 28, 2020
Fort St. John product going after international curling gold
A curler originally from the B.C. Peace will go after another international medal, starting this weekend in Switzerland.Fort St. John product Ina Forrest is again with Team Canada at the World Wheelch...
Feb 28, 2020 From left, front, Jon Thurston, Ina Forrest, Dennis Thiessen, Mark Ideson and Collinda Joseph. Back, team leader Wendy Morgan, coach Wayne Kiel. Photo supplied by Curling Canada
Busy curling weekend in Dawson Creek
The Dawson Creek Curling Club will be a busy please this weekend as it is hosting two provincial qualifiers.Five teams each are entered in the mixed and U15 events.The first draw is at 7 p.m. Friday n...
Feb 28, 2020 Photo from the Dawson Creek Curling Club Facebook page.
Beyak suspended again from Senate despite apology for posting offensive letters
OTTAWA - The Senate has voted to suspend Sen. Lynn Beyak a second time over derogatory letters about Indigenous Peoples posted on her website. Senators have approved a report from the upper house...
Feb 27, 2020