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Grande Prairie led opioid response project gets provincial funding
The City of Grande Prairie is getting provincial government help to continue the fight against the Opioid Crisis.The city has been awarded $197,500 from the Alberta Community Partnership program, in s...
Apr 11, 2019
Military shaves restrictions on women in uniform wearing ponytails
OTTAWA - The Canadian military isn't letting its hair down just yet, but for the first time, women in uniform will be allowed to wear ponytails. The move, which also makes nylon stockings optional whe...
Apr 11, 2019
Keeping Canada's power on will require 20,000 new workers by 2022
OTTAWA - Canada's electricity providers say they need to appeal to a younger and more diverse workforce if they're going to keep the country's lights on. A new report on the industry's labou...
Apr 11, 2019
Prince Harry, Meghan aim to keep baby arrival plans private
LONDON - Prince Harry and his pregnant wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, say they have decided to keep plans around their first baby's arrival private. Kensington Palace officials said in a statemen...
Apr 11, 2019
Dos Santos: Winless Vancouver Whitecaps have shown growth despite slow start
VANCOUVER - Felipe Martins says the Vancouver Whitecaps' poor start won't necessarily define their season. "I think when you win a couple of games at the beginning of the season (i...
Apr 11, 2019
Flames top line hoping to regain its form in game one against Avalanche
CALGARY - The Flames are hoping the team's top line of Johnny Gaudreau, Sean Monahan and Elias Lindholm will regain its mid-season form in Game 1 of Calgary's playoff series against the...
Apr 11, 2019
Poll puts Zelenskiy well ahead in Ukraine president race
KIEV, Ukraine - A new public opinion poll shows comedian and political neophyte Volodymyr Zelenskiy with an enormous lead over the incumbent in the campaign for Ukraine's presidency. The poll released...
Apr 11, 2019
WikiLeaks' Assange arrested at Ecuador embassy in London
LONDON - Police in London say they've arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorean embassy on a court warrant dating back to 2012. In a statement Thursday, police said Assange has been ...
Apr 11, 2019
UK's May faces Parliament after EU grants Brexit extension
LONDON - A clearly frustrated European Union has given Britain some headroom to find a way out of its Brexit quagmire by agreeing an extension to the country's departure until Halloween. But now it's ...
Apr 11, 2019
In the news today, April 11
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, April 11 --- MILITARY SHAVES RESTRICTIONS ON PONYTAILS The Canadian military isn't letting its hair down just yet, but for the first time, women in uni...
Apr 11, 2019