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Local hockey, ski hills, other sports this weekend
StormThe Storm host Whitecourt Friday and visit Whitecourt Saturday. Both games will start at 7 p.m.Grande Prairie is coming off an 8-2 home win over Bonnyville on Wednesday.The second-place Storm tra...
Feb 28, 2025
Blue Jays top Tigers 10-7 to snap two-game skid in spring training
DUNEDIN - The Toronto Blue Jays used an eight-run fourth inning to earn a 10-7 win over the Detroit Tigers on Friday in spring training action. It was a split-squad game for the Blue Jays (4-2), who w...
Feb 28, 2025
Joel Embiid will miss the rest of the season for treatment and rehabilitation of his left knee
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - Joel Embiid will miss the rest of the season, with the Philadelphia 76ers saying Friday he will focus on treatment and rehabilitation of his left knee. Embiid was already set to mi...
Feb 28, 2025
Ottawa tells First Nations chiefs committee to sort out child welfare talks with AFN
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu says Ottawa needs the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and a committee trying to renegotiate a child welfare agreement to decide who's leading the talk...
Feb 28, 2025
Joly says Ukraine needs a security guarantee after Trump-Zelenskyy fight
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says there's a good chance that Russia could re-invade Ukraine if there are no security guarantees in a peace deal. Her statement comes after Ukrainian P...
Feb 28, 2025
Iowa's governor signs a bill removing gender identity protections from the state’s civil rights code
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa became the first U.S. state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code on Friday when Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill that opponents say wil...
Feb 28, 2025
Toronto FC captain Jonathan Osorio on the verge of another MLS milestone
One week after scoring in his 13th straight MLS season, Toronto FC captain Jonathan Osorio is on the verge of another milestone. The 32-year-old midfielder from Brampton, Ont., is one goal away from j...
Feb 28, 2025
Grande Prairie RCMP arrests suspects in Girouxville break and enter
The Grande Prairie RCMP have arrested several individuals suspected of being involved in a break and enter and vehicle theft from Girouxville.On February 21, the Grande Prairie Crime Reduction Unit wa...
Feb 28, 2025
Jury finds Illinois landlord guilty of murder, hate crime in 2023 attack on Palestinian American boy
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - A jury found an Illinois landlord guilty of murder and hate crime charges Friday for a brutal 2023 attack on a Palestinian American family that left a 6-year-old dead. Joseph Czuba...
Feb 28, 2025
Canadiens forward Dach set to miss remainder of season after undergoing knee surgery
BROSSARD, Que. - Kirby Dach will miss the rest of the NHL season. The Montreal Canadiens announced Friday that the forward has undergone successful surgery on his injured right knee and is expected to...
Feb 28, 2025