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Spring Creek Road reopened, with conditions
Crews have finished preliminary slope and repair work on a section of Township Road 711, known as Spring Creek Road, and the road has now reopened to traffic.Traffic is still limited to 30 km/h in the...
Nov 13, 2019 Spring Creek Road (photo courtesy of County of Grande Prairie)
Alberta Premier tells BQ leader to "pick a lane"
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet needs to ``pick a lane.'' Kenney reacted in Calgary to comments the national separatist-party leader made after...
Nov 13, 2019
Astros’ Verlander, Mets’ deGrom win 2nd Cy Young Awards
NEW YORK - Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander has been awarded his second AL Cy Young Award. Verlander beat out teammate Gerrit Cole in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America annou...
Nov 13, 2019
Today's babies won't know life without climate change, new report warns
OTTAWA - A new report from the international medical journal The Lancet says a child born today will never know a life when his or her health isn't at risk from a warming planet. The journal...
Nov 13, 2019
Facing former team in West Division final gives Bombers QB Collaros more motivation
WINNIPEG - Zach Collaros will be fuelled by more than playoff excitement on Sunday. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers starting quarterback will lead his new team against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, an oppon...
Nov 13, 2019
Trench battle expected to be key as Eskimos battle Ticats in CFL East Final
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Eskimos eviscerated the Montreal Alouettes through the air last week - but in Sunday's CFL East final against the league-leading Hamilton Tiger-Cats, the passing game may ...
Nov 13, 2019
AP sources: Deval Patrick mulling Democratic White House run
WASHINGTON - Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is considering making a late run for the Democratic presidential nomination, according to two people with knowledge of his deliberations, underscor...
Nov 13, 2019
Woman says Denver arena guard told her to remove hijab
DENVER - A Muslim civil rights group is protesting after a Colorado arena security guard told a woman to remove her hijab before she could enter to see her 8-year-old daughter sing the national anthem...
Nov 13, 2019
Saskatoon non-profit group plans to create safe place to leave newborns
SASKATOON - The discovery of a dead infant in a recycling bin in Saskatoon has prompted a non-profit agency to move ahead with its plan for a safe place for women to anonymously&nb...
Nov 13, 2019
Utility to pay $360M for major Southern California wildfires
LOS ANGELES - Southern California Edison has agreed to pay $360 million to local governments to settle lawsuits over deadly wildfires sparked by its equipment during the last two years, including one ...
Nov 13, 2019