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Canadian garbage will depart Philippines for Vancouver later today
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says it is "unfortunate" that a disagreement with the Philippines about Canadian garbage became an international diplomatic incident but she hopes it's ...
Jun 01, 2019
New Hampshire repeals death penalty as Senate overrides veto
CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire, which hasn't executed anyone in 80 years and has only one inmate on death row, on Thursday became the latest state to abolish the death penalty when the state Senate vot...
Jun 01, 2019
Lawsuit calls Mississippi's way of choosing governors racist
JACKSON, Miss. - In 1890, as white politicians across the South cracked down on the black population with Jim Crow laws, Mississippi inserted into its constitution an unusually high bar for getting el...
Jun 01, 2019
‘You killed me too:’ Mother of slain Calgary Stampeder addresses killer in court
CALGARY - The mother of a Calgary Stampeders football player told a sentencing hearing Thursday that she's angry her son survived the crime-filled streets of Detroit only to be gunned down in Canada.R...
Jun 01, 2019 Mylon Hicks
Public school boards urging province to delay Education Act
The president of the Public School Boards' Association of Alberta believes there needs to be a one-year delay in the United Conservatives' promise to implement the Education Act.Cathy Hogg says it's a...
Jun 01, 2019 Cathy Hogg, President of the Public School Boards' Association of Albert. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Quebec launches wide-ranging commission into youth protection service,
MONTREAL - The Quebec government launched a wide-ranging independent commission Thursday to look into youth protection in the province, prompted by the death last month of a seven-...
Jun 01, 2019
Lift those knees: Babies crawl to the Lithuanian finish line
VILNIUS, Lithuania - In Lithuania, the rat race of life apparently starts early. Twenty-five babies have taken to the red carpet in Lithuania in a crawling race as their parents, grandparents and onlo...
Jun 01, 2019
Shawna Miller elected Chair of Alberta Chambers of Commerce
Alberta Chambers of Commerce has announced that Grande Prairie native Shawna Miller will be the new Chair for the 2019-2020 year. The Alberta Chambers of Commerce is a non-partisan grassroots organiza...
Jun 01, 2019 Alberta Chambers of Commerce, Chair Elect, Shawna Miller. Photo/abchamber/web
Registration open for GP Summer Camps
Registration for the City of Grande Prairie's Summer Camps is now open to the public.Recreation Programming and Events Supervisor Hayley Kramps shares there are plenty of options for kids of all ages....
Jun 01, 2019
UPDATE - Mother charged after Fox Creek Amber Alert
UPDATE: Fox Creek RCMP say Charmaine Darnel has been arrested and taken into custody. Charges are pending. Police add the mother and three kids were located near Sylvan Lake by RCMP in that community....
Jun 01, 2019