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Mayor: Death toll in Florida condo collapse now 78
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - The death toll in the collapse of a Miami-area condo building rose to 78 on Friday, a number the mayor called "heartbreaking" and "staggering" as recovery workers toiled for a 16...
Jul 09, 2021
Floats, horses and bands but no spectators as parade kicks off return of Stampede
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampede is back and kicked off Friday morning with the usual array of floats, bands, horses and dignitaries. But the first parade since the COVID-19 pandemic was missing one mai...
Jul 09, 2021
Quebec Crown drops case against ex-construction tycoon, citing lack of resources
MONTREAL - The Crown has dropped its fraud case against a former construction tycoon in Quebec and four co-accused following a nine-year legal battle. Prosecutor Franois Blanchette told a Quebec court...
Jul 09, 2021
Transport minister halts trains near Lytton, B.C. as evacuees make temporary return
OTTAWA - Transport Minister Omar Alghabra is ordering most trains in the vicinity of Lytton, B.C., to halt as residents return temporarily to the wildfire-scorched community. Alghabra says the Canadia...
Jul 09, 2021
Canada's border agency expecting travel spike on first weekend of eased restrictions
WASHINGTON - Canada's border agents are bracing for a spike in would-be travellers trying to enter the country on the first full weekend since travel restrictions began to ease. The Canada Border Serv...
Jul 09, 2021
Grizzly shot, killed after fatal attack of California woman
HELENA Mont. (AP) - Wildlife officials said they shot and killed a Montana grizzly bear Friday that had pulled a California woman from her tent and killed her earlier this week in the middle of a smal...
Jul 09, 2021
Grande Prairie resident among six charged following stolen vehicle investigation
Six people, including a Grande Prairie man, are facing charges after drugs, firearms and a stolen vehicle were discovered at a home in Whitefish Lake First Nation last month.The discovery happened aft...
Jul 09, 2021
Grizzly shot, killed after fatal attack of California woman
HELENA Mont. (AP) - Wildlife officials say they've shot, killed Montana grizzly bear that pulled California woman from tent, killing her. Leah Davis Lokan of Chico, California, was an experienced outd...
Jul 09, 2021
Unemployment rate for Grande Prairie region drops to 8.9% in June, down from 16.5% in June 2020
Figures from Statistics Canada show the unemployment rate for the economic region that includes Grande Prairie and the Peace Region declined on a month-over-month basis to 8.9 per cent in June, down f...
Jul 09, 2021
France to pull more than 2,000 troops from Africa's Sahel
PARIS (AP) - France will withdraw more than 2,000 troops from an anti-extremism force in Africa's Sahel region and pivot its military presence to specialized regional forces instead, President Emmanue...
Jul 09, 2021