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Rail work stoppage shuts down some Ontario, Quebec commuter rail lines
TORONTO - Bewildered commuters were turned away from shuttered rail lines on Thursday as an unprecedented railway lockout upset travel plans for more than 30,000 daily riders in some of Canada's large...
Aug 22, 2024
Cenotaph rejuvenation committee looks for veteran volunteers
Grande Prairie Legion First Vice President Frank Skolly is calling for Veteran volunteers who want to help "rejuvenate" the Cenotaph. Located in Jubilee Park, the Cenotaph has played host to many Reme...
Aug 22, 2024
Grande Prairie RCMP CRT traffic stop leads to an arrest
A Beaverlodge resident has been arrested by Grande Prairie RCMP for multiple charges related to drug trafficking.On August 7, Grande Prairie RCMP's Crime Reduction Team observed a truck that had previ...
Aug 22, 2024
Grande Prairie Enforcement Services relocating to RCMP detachment
The Grande Prairie Enforcement Services front counter at Cedar Point will be relocated next month.In late September, the counter will be relocated to the Grande Prairie RCMP detachment, with services ...
Aug 22, 2024
The latest developments in the lockout at Canada's two biggest railways
In the culmination of months of increasingly bitter negotiations, Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. locked out 9,300 engineers, conductors and yard workers after the ...
Aug 22, 2024
Zelenskyy visits border area for the first time since Ukrainian forces entered Russia's Kursk region
President Voldymyr Zelenskyy toured the northeastern Ukrainian region of Sumy on Thursday in his first visit to the border area since his forces entered Russian territory more than two weeks ago. Duri...
Aug 22, 2024
Gilma becomes a powerful Category 3 hurricane and is forecast to strengthen as it stays at sea
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Gilma strengthened into a powerful Category 3 hurricane Thursday in the eastern Pacific Ocean and was forecast to remain a powerful hurricane for the next couple of days while stayi...
Aug 22, 2024
In the news today: Lockout could derail Canadian supply chains and disrupt commuters
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Rail shutdown begins as workers locked out In a first for Canada, freight traffic on its two largest railways ...
Aug 22, 2024
Japanese Canadian paper, pillar for community during war, saved from digital oblivion
VANCOUVER - More than eighty years ago, Japanese Canadians came together to sustain The New Canadian, the only newspaper specifically for the community that was allowed to be published through the Sec...
Aug 22, 2024
Municipalities say Alberta oilpatch policies harming tax base, public interest
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government is trying to increase production from the province's declining conventional oil and gas fields at the expense of local tax bases, environmental over...
Aug 22, 2024