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Dick's Sporting Goods to buy struggling shoe chain Foot Locker for $2.4 billion
Dick's Sporting Goods is buying the struggling footwear chain Foot Locker for about $2.4 billion, the second buyout of a major footwear company in as many weeks as business leaders struggle with uncer...
May 15, 2025
New pavement being layed on Township Road 732
Construction on Township Road 732 is set to begin today (Thursday, May 15).The County of Grande Prairie will be working between Highway 2 and Range Road 53 to add a new layer of pavement.While the wor...
May 15, 2025
Farm groups calling for action from new federal cabinet
Two farm groups have sent out releases welcoming the new federal cabinet.In its release, the Grain Growers of Canada is urging the Liberal government to take quick action on three things: settling tra...
May 15, 2025
Dick's Sporting Goods to buy struggling shoe chain Foot Locker for $2.4 billion
Dick's Sporting Goods is buying the struggling footwear chain Foot Locker for about $2.4 billion, the second buyout of a major footwear company in as many weeks as business leaders struggle with uncer...
May 15, 2025
Naples will host the next America's Cup in 2027
ROME (AP) - The next America's Cup will be held off Naples, Italy, in 2027, holder Team New Zealand announced on Thursday. It will be the 38th edition of the world's most famous regatta and the first ...
May 15, 2025
In the news today: SUV attack victim recovering, Ontario to spend now, balance later
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... After festival tragedy, a long road to recovery Even the smallest victories are being celebrated by Roland Nul...
May 15, 2025
Former hockey player continues testifying at ex-teammates' sex assault trial
A former member of Canada's world junior hockey team is expected to continue testifying today at the sexual assault trial of five of his ex-teammates. Tyler Steenbergen began testifying by videoconfer...
May 15, 2025
Trial begins for Quebec man facing first-degree murder charges in 2023 truck attack
RIMOUSKI - Jury selection is beginning in the trial of a man charged with killing three people with a truck in eastern Quebec. Forty-year-old Steeve Gagnon faces five charges, including three counts o...
May 15, 2025
Quebec coroner to release report into Innu man who froze to death in Montreal in 2021
MONTREAL - A coroner is scheduled to release her report today into the death of a homeless Innu man whose body was found inside a portable toilet in Montreal. Fifty-one-year-old Raphal "Napa" Andr die...
May 15, 2025
Former hockey player continues testifying at ex-teammates' sex assault trial
A former member of Canada's world junior hockey team is expected to continue testifying today at the sexual assault trial of five of his ex-teammates. Tyler Steenbergen began testifying by videoconfer...
May 15, 2025