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Singer Pink adopts pup named Nash while on tour in Tennessee
NASHVILLE - The pop star Pink added another member to her family this week when she adopted a puppy while in Tennessee on her “Beautiful Trauma” tour. The Tennessean reports the pup has be...
Mar 14, 2019

S. Korean police questioning 2 K-pop stars in sex scandals
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Police on Thursday questioned two K-pop stars over interlocking sex scandals that have fascinated South Korea and prompted both men to announce they are retiring from the e...
Mar 14, 2019
3 Saudi women activists receive PEN Freedom to Write Award
NEW YORK - Three Saudi women’s rights activists whose arrests last year have been condemned worldwide are being honoured by PEN America. Nouf Abdulaziz, Loujain al-Hathloul and Eman al-Nafjan ha...
Mar 14, 2019

Higson & Rockets clinging to final playoff spot in B.C division
Grande Prairie’s Schael Higson is hopeful this weekend isn’t the end of his Junior hockey career. Higson and the Kelowna Rockets are currently holding on to the final playoff spot in the W...
Mar 14, 2019

SARDA show starts today in Falher
Doors open at Noon today for Day 1 of the SARDA Agricultural Trade Show. It will be open until 7 p.m. at the Regional Recreational Complex in Falher. All the exhibitor space for the show sold out this...
Mar 14, 2019

737 ban not impacting Grande Prairie Airport
The federal government’s decision to ground Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9 jets should not have any impact on the Grande Prairie Airport. “Because we have turboprop aircraft here, that ban has not...
Mar 14, 2019

GPREP hosts mock emergency and disaster exercise
Grande Prairie Regional Emergency Partnership (GPREP) hosted a mock emergency exercise at the TARA Centre at Evergreen Park yesterday. A simulated training exercise was held to prepare ahead of time f...
Mar 14, 2019
Goat elected as honorary mayor sworn in for first term
FAIR HAVEN, Vt. - The new honorary mayor of Fair Haven, Vermont - a 3-year-old goat named Lincoln - was officially sworn into office this week. Lincoln was dressed in a sash reading “Mayor”...
Mar 14, 2019

In the news today, March 14
Four stories in the news for Thursday, March 14 --- TORONTO MAN LATEST CANADIAN VICTIM ID’D IN PLANE CRASH A 72-year-old Toronto man was the latest Canadian victim identified after a plane crash...
Mar 14, 2019

Indigenous guardians sound alarm about climate change impacts in Canada
VANCOUVER - Growing up in a small, remote First Nations community in northwestern British Columbia, Jarett Quock found he faced racism and stereotypes from non-Indigenous people whenever he left the r...
Mar 14, 2019