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Oilers' Athanasiou, Flames' Jankowski among players without qualifying offers
The NHL's free agency market grew a bit more crowded Wednesday as the deadline passed for teams to submit qualifying offers to restricted free agents. Several notable names - including Flames centre M...
Oct 07, 2020
Marine general has COVID after Pentagon meeting
WASHINGTON - The assistant commandant of the Marine Corps has tested positive for the coronavirus, days after he and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff were in a Pentagon meeting with a Coast Guard ...
Oct 07, 2020
84 Avenue sanitary sewer project won't finish in 2020; road will be resurfaced for winter
Aquatera says soil issues are the leading cause of delays in the installation of a sanitary sewer main along 84 Avenue, north of the Westpointe neighbourhood, between 116 and 113 Street.Engineering Se...
Oct 07, 2020
LEADING OFF: Homers fly in playoffs, Atlanta arms dominate
A look at what's happening around the majors on Thursday: OCTOBER OCTANE Maybe it's the Southern California air or the indoors atmosphere in Texas, but the ball is really flying this post-season. With...
Oct 07, 2020
Texas governor gives OK for bars to begin reopening
AUSTIN, Texas - Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday allowed bars to begin reopening in Texas for the first time since June, ending a lockdown that began during a massive coronavirus outbreak that...
Oct 07, 2020
Kleskun Creek fire under control; crews actioning hot spots
County of Grande Prairie Regional Fire Services continues to work on the Kleskun Creek wildland fire that was spotted on Tuesday.The fire was reported east of Teepee Creek, near Range Road 31. The are...
Oct 07, 2020
Tech worker pleads guilty in Utah college student's death
SALT LAKE CITY - A tech worker pleaded guilty in the death of a Utah college student Wednesday, more than a year after her disappearance sparked a large-scale search that ended with the discovery of h...
Oct 07, 2020
No new trial for two men convicted in Via Rail terror case: Supreme Court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says there should be no new trial for two men convicted of terrorism offences. Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier were found guilty in 2015 of terror-related charges...
Oct 07, 2020
Capitals snag Bjorklund; becomes third GP minor hockey player selected in 2020 NHL Draft
Make it three players with Grande Prairie Minor Hockey ties to be selected in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.Swan City-born goaltender Garin Bjorklund was selected in the sixth round, 179th overall by the W...
Oct 07, 2020
Calls for homeless camp to be shut in Vancouver park as council considers plan
VANCOUVER - Residents of a Vancouver neighbourhood were comfortable with a few people sleeping overnight in a park before moving on, but Kelsey Mulyk says they weren't prepared for homeless campers to...
Oct 07, 2020