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Parliament set to reconvene with Speaker election on Dec. 5
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will lay out priorities for his new minority government on Dec. 5. The Prime Minister's Office says that is the day the House of Commons will convene for the fir...
Nov 12, 2019
Ricky Gervais returning to host the 2020 Golden Globe Awards
LOS ANGELES - Look out Hollywood, Ricky Gervais is returning to host the Golden Globe Awards. Gervais memorably hosted the Globes from 2010 to 2012, skewering many of the attendees with irreverent jok...
Nov 12, 2019
Two N.S. constables guilty of criminal negligence in death of intoxicated inmate
HALIFAX - Two special constables with the Halifax police force have been found guilty of criminal negligence causing the death of an impaired inmate who suffocated in his jail cell after being left wi...
Nov 12, 2019
Protections for 660,000 immigrants on line at Supreme Court
WASHINGTON - Protections for 660,000 immigrants are on the line at the Supreme Court. The justices are hearing arguments Tuesday on the Trump administration's bid to end the Deferred Action for Childh...
Nov 12, 2019
Queen, politicians out in force as UK remembers its war dead
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II joined Britons in remembering their war dead, as the country's political leaders paused campaigning for the Dec. 12 election to take part in a sombre Remembrance Sunday ser...
Nov 12, 2019
Court update: Guilty pleas in three cases
Alberta Justice says a Grande Prairie man charged in a child pornography case has pleaded guilty.Justin Doucet entered the plea to possession of child pornography November 5 in Grande Prairie Court of...
Nov 12, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith
MLA happy GP is "on the map again" for new schools
November 1 was a big day for new school projects in this area. Sod was turned for the new Comp. on the same day the province announced funding for design work on 25 new schools across the province, in...
Nov 12, 2019 Grande Prairie MLA Tracy Allard (left) with Public District Board Chair John Lehners, Superintendent Sandy McDonald, and Mayor Bill Given at the November 1 sod-turning for the new Comp. high school. Photo by Curtis Galbraith.
Report predicts drug resistance likely to kill 400,000 Canadians by 2050
VANCOUVER - Superbugs are likely to kill nearly 400,000 Canadians and cost the economy about $400 billion in gross domestic product over the next 30 years, warns a landmark report. An expert pane...
Nov 12, 2019
Court says EU states must label Israeli settlement products
BRUSSELS - The European Union's top court ruled Tuesday that EU countries must identify products made in Israeli settlements on their labels, in a decision welcomed by rights groups but likely to spar...
Nov 12, 2019
Angered at EU, Turkey threatens to release IS prisoners
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday issued a veiled threat suggesting Turkey could release the Islamic State group prisoners it holds and send them to Europe, angered at...
Nov 12, 2019