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Crown appeals sentence to police officer accused of corruption
The Crown is appealing a three-month intermittent sentence handed to a Calgary police officer for corruption-related crime.Anthony Braile, who is 50, was one of three officers convicted of criminal ha...
Apr 10, 2019
Man accused of breaking the arm of a woman after a road rage fit heads to trial
EDMONTON - The trial of an Edmonton man who is accused of breaking a woman's arms with a crowbar in a fit of road rage has heard that he insisted during a police interview that he was innocent.Jared E...
Apr 10, 2019
Most Fed officials see rates staying on hold for all of 2019
WASHINGTON - A majority of Federal Reserve officials last month believed that economic conditions would likely warrant keeping the Fed's benchmark policy unchanged for the rest of this year. Several o...
Apr 10, 2019
Opioid overdoses claimed more than 3,200 lives in first nine months of 2018
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada has released new data showing that than 3,200 Canadians died after apparent opioid-related overdoses between January and September last year. The data ...
Apr 10, 2019
Hilaria Baldwin describes decision to share miscarriage news
NEW YORK - Hilaria Baldwin says she chose to share that she had a miscarriage because it would hurt if she "went through it in silence." The author, yoga instructor and wife of actor Alec Baldwin wrot...
Apr 10, 2019
Schools struggle with phone bans:'These devices continue to cause major problems'
On Friday, March 29, St. Francis School in Harbour Grace, N.L., announced a ban on cellphones and other personal electronics for its students, who range from kindergarten through Grade 8. "These devic...
Apr 10, 2019
Montreal offers to help find new homes for carriage horses as industry ends
Montreal is announcing a program to help ensure the city's caleche horses are sent for adoption after the horse-drawn carriage industry is shut down at the end of th...
Apr 10, 2019
Huskies hold heads high following trip to Provincials
The Fort St.John Huskies and JDA Kings of the North West Junior Hockey League finished up their campaigns over the weekend as both clubs competed at Junior B Provincials.Unfortunately for both clubs n...
Apr 10, 2019 The Fort St.John Huskies finished the regular season with a 23-20-3 record.
2010 controversy changed women's hockey, but Canada, U.S. still out front
ESPOO, Finland - The hand-wringing over women's hockey in 2010 changed the game in ways not easily measured because Canada and the United States keep moving the goalposts for the rest of the...
Apr 10, 2019
The City releases Community Housing Needs Assessment report
An affordable housing plan is being developed by the City of Grande Prairie based on a Community Housing Needs Assessment report presented to the Community Living Committee. A key finding in the repor...
Apr 10, 2019