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County of Grande Prairie organizing Home Alone Safety Training program
The County of Grande Prairie Family and Community Support Services is organizing an information session next month to educate children on how to stay safe when they're home alone.The program will teac...
Aug 29, 2024
In the news today: Border blockade sentencing begins, wildfire threatens First Nation
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Lawyers to argue sentencing in Coutts blockade Lawyers were set to argue Thursday what a fit sentence should b...
Aug 29, 2024
'Tornadoes over water' seen across Eastern Canada this summer
MONTREAL - Marc-Andr Bourgeois-Gaudet was in his boat off the shores of les-de-la-Madeleine, Que., last Friday when he saw several funnel clouds descending from the sky like tornadoes. As he got close...
Aug 29, 2024
Lawyers to argue sentences for two men convicted in Coutts blockade
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Lawyers were set to argue Thursday what a fit sentence should be for two protesters convicted for their roles in the 2022 border blockade near Coutts, Alta. Earlier this month, a j...
Aug 29, 2024
Incumbent BC United MLAs ponder futures as Conservatives after party demise
VICTORIA - The political landscape in British Columbia has shifted with John Rustad's Conservatives now carrying the centre-right banner heading into a fall election campaign. BC United Leader Kevin F...
Aug 29, 2024
Saskatchewan schools making sure pronoun law followed as kids head back to class
REGINA - Saskatchewan's two largest school divisions say they've addressed concerns from teachers and are enforcing the province's pronoun law as children head back to classrooms next week. Jason Cole...
Aug 29, 2024
Thai court sentences a YouTube chef, who is the son of Spanish actors, to life for murder
BANGKOK (AP) - A court in Thailand on Thursday found Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, a member of a famous Spanish acting family, guilty of premeditated murder and sentenced him to life in prison, in a lurid ...
Aug 28, 2024
Thai court hands a YouTube chef who is the son of famous Spanish actors a life sentence for murder
BANGKOK (AP) - A court in Thailand on Thursday found Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, a member of a famous Spanish acting family, guilty of premeditated murder and sentenced him to life in prison, in a lurid ...
Aug 28, 2024
Bello, Jansen combine for 2-hit shoutout and Red Sox beat Blue Jays 3-0
BOSTON (AP) - Brayan Bello delivered the longest outing of his career, pitching eight innings of two-hit ball on Wednesday night to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 3-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays....
Aug 28, 2024
Global Affairs Canada says it amid controversy over constitutional reforms
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada says the federal government respects Mexican sovereignty and has no intention of intervening in that country's internal affairs around proposed constitutional reforms. T...
Aug 28, 2024