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Outgoing City Councillor to focus on family and business
Three Incumbent Councillors were elected back to city council while one isn’t going to be serving for the next four years. Kevin McLean was .22 percent behind Yadvinder Minhas when polls closed ...
Oct 18, 2017
NPHL revises schedule
The North Peace Hockey League season will start October 28. Fort St. John will visit Grande Prairie. The North Peace Hockey League issued a new schedule yesterday after the Spirit River Rangers announ...
Oct 18, 2017
Incumbents re-elected in the County of Grande Prairie
Voter turnout was down in the County. It was 21.4 percent this year, compared to 25 percent in 2013. There were some close races, but all the incumbent County of Grande Prairie Councillors that ran ag...
Oct 18, 2017
Election results pour in for towns around the region
As the polls close for the 2017 Municipal Election, unofficial results from towns in the Grande Prairie region are rolling in. Gary Rycroft will serve as Mayor of Beaverlodge after receiving the most ...
Oct 18, 2017
Bill Given re-elected as Mayor of Grande Prairie
Voter turnout in the city was 22 percent, up one percent from the 2013 election. Bill Given has been re-elected as Mayor of Grande Prairie in the 2017 Municipal Election. With 68 percent of the vote o...
Oct 18, 2017
Pakistan arrests cleric over involvement in murder of model
MULTAN, Pakistan - Pakistani police say they have arrested a Muslim cleric for alleged involvement in the 2016 murder of social media model Qandeel Baloch. She was found strangled in her home in the c...
Oct 18, 2017
Before-and-after study by university shows firefighters absorb toxins
OTTAWA - New research has confirmed what firefighters have long suspected - exposure to flames and smoke leaves them with elevated levels of toxic chemicals in their bodies. In what may be the first b...
Oct 18, 2017
Xi urges stronger Chinese stand against 'grim' challenges
BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged a reinvigorated Communist Party to take a stronger role in society and economic development to better address the nation’s “grim&#...
Oct 18, 2017
MercyMe wins artist of the year at Dove Awards
NASHVILLE - Contemporary Christian band MercyMe took home awards for artist of the year and pop/contemporary album of the year and the band’s frontman, Bart Millard, was named songwriter of the ...
Oct 18, 2017
Portuguese minister resigns over 106 wildfire deaths
LISBON, Portugal - The Portuguese minister in charge of emergency services resigned Wednesday after 106 people were killed in unprecedented wildfires this year in the Iberian nation. The European Unio...
Oct 18, 2017