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Protesters abandon Quebec rail blockade after show of force by police
ST-LAMBERT, Que. - A blockade south of Montreal that halted rail traffic and frayed nerves since Wednesday was abandoned late Friday after riot police arrived to enforce a court injunction. The r...
Feb 23, 2020
Power play powers Bonnyville past Storm
Discipline and the penalty kill did in the Grande Prairie Storm on Saturday, as they continue to look for their first win in over a month. The Bonnyville Pontiacs scored four times on 12 power play ch...
Feb 23, 2020 Devin Sutton scored twice for the Storm. Photo courtesy EverythingGP
Saturday local hockey recap
The Dawson Creek Canucks completed a four game sweep of the Grimshaw Huskies on Saturday to move on to the North Peace Hockey League final. Kevin Hope scored twice to push the Canucks to a 4-1 win in ...
Feb 23, 2020 Grace Lutz had a 39 save shutout for the PCFAC Female Midget Elite Storm. Photo courtesy EverythingGP
Intel officials say Russia boosting Trump candidacy
WASHINGTON - Intelligence officials have warned lawmakers that Russia is interfering in the 2020 election campaign to help President Donald Trump get reelected, according to three officials familiar w...
Feb 23, 2020
Survivor: German shooter emptied magazine, calmly walked out
HANAU, Germany - Piter Minnemann and his friends were eating when they heard shots fired outside the door of the snack bar in Hanau where they had gathered. Minnemann, 18, recalled that he had just go...
Feb 23, 2020
GPRC Men's basketball picks up win in Edmonton
It was the Liam O'Hallahan show Saturday afternoon in Edmonton. O'Hallahan poured in 48 points to lead the GPRC men's basketball team to a 100-94 overtime win over King's University college. Darian Go...
Feb 23, 2020
Italy reports 1st virus death, cases more than quadruple
CODOGNO, Italy - Italy reported its first death from the new virus from China early Saturday and the number of people infected more than quadrupled due to a cluster of cases that prompted officials to...
Feb 23, 2020
Raf Simons joining Prada in full creative collaboration
MILAN - Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons - two of the fashion world's biggest creative names - will collaborate on Prada collections from Spring/Summer 2021 going forward indefinitely, the designers annou...
Feb 23, 2020
Grande Prairie Old Timers' Association to hold 91st Annual Banquet
The 91st Annual Banquet for the Old Timers. Association of Grande Prairie is set to go on March 18 at the Jackpot Grill & Events Centre.Doug Spry, board member for the association, says they will ...
Feb 23, 2020 From the Grande Prairie & District Oldtimers' Association Facebook page
Suicide Prevention Resource Centre names new Executive Director
The board for the Suicide Prevention Resource Centre named Ainsley Miller their new Executive Director on Thursday. Miller has lived in Yellowknife for the last three years and previously lived in Gra...
Feb 23, 2020 Suicide Prevention Resource Centre logo. Photo Credit: Suicide Prevention Resource Centre Facebook page.