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Stoby claims bronze at World Junior Mixed Martial Arts Championships
It was a great long weekend for Grande Prairie's Ian Stoby as he represented Canada at the inaugural World Junior Mixed Martial Arts Championships in Rome.Stoby competed in the A division among 16 and...
Aug 7, 2019 (photo credit to Champion Gym Facebook page)
Toni Morrison was a 'literary mother' to countless writers
NEW YORK - When author Angela Flournoy was asked to dress as her favourite literary character for a magazine shoot four years ago, she knew how to look the part: a wide and "severe hat," a fur stole a...
Aug 7, 2019
Federal charges ramp up pressure on R. Kelly to make deal
CHICAGO - R. Kelly couldn't be faulted if he felt some confidence he could beat the sex charges brought by Cook County prosecutors earlier this year. He had beaten them before, winning acquittal on al...
Aug 7, 2019
AP Was There: Pregnant actress, 4 others killed at LA home
LOS ANGELES - Fifty years ago this week, Charles Manson orchestrated the slaughter of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six other people over two nights in Los Angeles. The Manson family, as the cult l...
Aug 7, 2019
13 victims after nearly a dozen shootings over the weekend: Toronto police
TORONTO - Thirteen people were injured after nearly a dozen shootings across Toronto over the long weekend, one of which sparked chaos as gunshots rang out in a packed nightclub. "This is no...
Aug 7, 2019
Colder and wetter July than normal in Grande Prairie
Mother nature hasn't been too kind to the Swan City so far this summer with the amount of the rain the City and the region has received.Environment Canada Meteorologist Dan Kulak revealed that July 20...
Aug 7, 2019 (photo credit to Curtis Galbraith)
Three southern resident killer whales declared dead plunging population to 73
VANCOUVER - Three southern resident killer whales have been declared dead by the Center for Whale Research, bringing the population down to 73. The dead killer whales are a 42-two-year-old m...
Aug 7, 2019
Danica Ludlow wins silver, Alyson Ackman takes bronze in women's 400 freestyle
LIMA, Peru - The Canadian women had a solid day in the water at the Pan American Games on Tuesday, coming away with five medals on the first day of the swimming competition. Danica Ludlow and Aly...
Aug 7, 2019
CKC mural project stopped by vandalism
A project to add a mural to the west side of the new grand stand at the Community Knowledge Campus field has been suspended after graffiti was scrawled across the mural.Patty Pura with Enforcement Ser...
Aug 7, 2019 The CKC Grandstand during the gold medal football game at the 2018 Alberta Summer Games. Photo by Curtis Galbraith.
Unrest feared after India revokes Kashmir's special status
NEW DELHI - India's Hindu nationalist-led government moved Monday to revoke the special status of Muslim-majority Kashmir, cutting off communications and deploying thousands of troops in the restive H...
Aug 7, 2019