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Lawmaker apologizes after ejection at HS basketball game
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A top Tennessee House Republican lawmaker has apologized for losing his temper and being ejected from watching a high school basketball game after a confrontation with a refere...
Jan 5, 2022
Alberta group submits final Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls report
The provincial government has received the final report and recommendations from the Alberta Joint Working Group on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.Indigenous Relations Minister Rick W...
Jan 5, 2022
More than half of Canada's promised vaccine donations still to come
OTTAWA - Canada has delivered about one-quarter of the direct vaccine doses it has promised to help less wealthy countries and can't say when more doses will go out the door. In 2021 Canada promised t...
Jan 5, 2022
Iran snubs another deadline in PS752 crash as families call for action
OTTAWA - Iran has snubbed yet another deadline set by Canada and its allies to negotiate a settlement for the families of those killed when its military shot down a passenger jet two years ago. And th...
Jan 5, 2022
Bring back hazard pay for supermarket workers facing extra risks from Omicron: NDP MP
OTTAWA - Grocery stores are being urged to reinstate hazard pay for workers facing extra health and safety risks from the highly contagious Omicron variant. The federal NDP's critic for economic devel...
Jan 5, 2022
Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month highlights preventative measures
January is Fire Fighter Cancer Awareness Month.With that, the County of Grande Prairie Professional Fire Fighters Association is working at reducing the risk of cancer through both awareness and preve...
Jan 5, 2022
Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection postpones winter Try-It Day postponed
The Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection says it has postponed its winter Try-It Day scheduled to take place on January 15.The annual event occurs in both the winter and summer, with normally over...
Jan 5, 2022
Ontario excluding student athletes from indoor play a 'disservice': university group
OTTAWA - The group representing university athletics in Ontario says their student athletes not being counted among those allowed to play in indoor facilities is a "disservice" to their abilities and ...
Jan 5, 2022
Gaps in U.S. social fabric wider than ever 12 months after Trump-fuelled Capitol riot
WASHINGTON - Twenty years ago, an attack from outside its borders brought the United States together. Twelve months after Jan. 6, 2021, an attack from within continues to tear it apart. Thursday marks...
Jan 5, 2022
US hospitals seeing different kind of COVID surge this time
Hospitals across the U.S. are feeling the wrath of the omicron variant and getting thrown into disarray that is different from earlier COVID-19 surges. This time, they are dealing with serious staff s...
Jan 5, 2022