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Provincial politicians meet High Level evacuees at GPRC
High Level evacuess lined up for financial assistance from the province at evacuation centres Monday.Municipal Affairs Minister Kaycee Madu and Grande Prairie MLA Tracy Allard met with some of the peo...
May 27, 2019 Grande Prairie MLA Tracy Allard and municipal affairs minister Kaycee Madu met with High Level evacuees at GPRC Monday. Photo by Curtis Galbraith.
Judge tosses evidence, acquits Saskatchewan lovers of plotting to kill spouses
PRINCE ALBERT, Alta. - A Saskatchewan judge has acquitted a man and a woman of conspiracy to murder their spouses. The judge entered the verdict after ruling that a key audio recording was i...
May 27, 2019
Liberals push forward with ratification of new NAFTA in House of Commons
OTTAWA - The federal government has moved forward in Parliament with the ratification of the new North American free-trade agreement as the legislative clock ticks towards a summer adjournment and fal...
May 27, 2019
Some tech giants sign onto Canada's declaration on electoral integrity
OTTAWA - Facebook and Microsoft have signed onto a declaration promising a dozen initiatives to protect the integrity of the Canadian election this fall - including removing phoney social-me...
May 27, 2019
Calgary woman banned from owning animals for 15 years
A Calgary woman who wrapped a cat's head in duct tape and put the animal in a plastic bin left in a storage unit has been fined $250 and banned from owning animals for 15 years.A dog was also abandone...
May 27, 2019
Free puppies: Nova Scotia woman issues warning about cruel and unusual scam
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia woman has come forward to warn people about an unusually cruel scam that involves the promise of free, purebred puppies. Lara Ryan says she didn't realize what w...
May 27, 2019
Industrial oil contamination results in closure of Sportsplex Pond
The fishing pond out at the Crosslink County Sportsplex will be closed until further notice.Parks and Recreation Manager with the County of Grande Prairie Christine Rawlins reveals how they were notif...
May 27, 2019
Spanish ex-monarch Juan Carlos I retires from public life
MADRID - Spain's former monarch, Juan Carlos I, says he wants to completely retire from public life on June 2, five years after abdicating the throne. The king emeritus said in a letter published Mond...
May 27, 2019
As they turn 85, Dionne sisters caution about the perils of childhood celebrity
MONTREAL - Annette and Cecile Dionne admit they don't know much about the online world of pint-sized content creators dubbed "kidfluencers." But the sisters, who turn 85 on Tuesday, can tell you a thi...
May 27, 2019
Premier Legault to force the Caisse to purchase REM trains made in Quebec
MONTREAL - Premier Francois Legault says his government will force the Caisse to purchase trains made in Quebec as part of the extension of Montreal's Reseau Express Metropolitain light-rail system. "...
May 27, 2019