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Eve Gascon to become third female goaltender to play in QMJHL
Goaltender Eve Gascon continues to make history on the ice. The native of Laval, Que., will become just the third female player to ever play in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League when she makes an ...
Mar 18, 2022
Defense challenges witness in Lorenzen Wright murder trial
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A defense attorney for a man charged with fatally shooting former NBA player Lorenzen Wright attempted to poke holes Friday in the testimony of a convicted killer who said Wright...
Mar 18, 2022
Rotary Dream Home ticket sales to benefit Ukraine Emergency Relief Fund
The Grande Prairie Rotary Club has announced it will be donating a portion of dream home ticket sales to their Ukraine Emergency Relief Fund. The fund will see 20 per cent of the proceeds from dream h...
Mar 18, 2022
Millions of dollars worth of MDMA “precursor” seized in Calgary
CALGARY, AB - Officers say they have prevented what could have been upwards of $5 million worth of MDMA or ecstasy from hitting the streets in Alberta.That comes after ALERT and the Canada Border Serv...
Mar 18, 2022
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says western countries more unified than ever
TORONTO - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says the Russian invasion of Ukraine has unified western nations like never before and strengthened NATO's alliance. Speaking to a crowd at the Universit...
Mar 18, 2022
Dikes to protect N.S.-N.B. link from flooding expected to cost hundreds of millions
HALIFAX - An engineering study looking at three options to save the land link between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick from climate-related flooding is pegging costs at between $189 million and just over...
Mar 18, 2022
Brian Jean returns to Alberta legislature as UCP member with anti-Kenney intentions
EDMONTON - Alberta's newest United Conservative Party member of the legislature returned to the house Thursday to applause but also to an accusation that he is colluding with the Opposition NDP.Brian ...
Mar 18, 2022
Jonathan Osorio helps lead a new generation of Canadian talent at Toronto FC
TORONTO - Jonathan Osorio recalls watching on TV as Canada upset Colombia to win the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He was seven at the time. "I remember vividly that day," said the Toronto FC midfielder. "T...
Mar 18, 2022
UN: 6.5 million people displaced inside Ukraine due to war
GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. migration agency said Friday that nearly 6.5 million people have been displaced inside Ukraine, on top of the 3.2 million who have already fled the country. The estimates from t...
Mar 18, 2022
Grande Prairie records four opioid-related deaths between November & December
Alberta Health says new figures released late Thursday night show there were four more people who died as a result of opioid-related poisonings in Grande Prairie between November and December this yea...
Mar 18, 2022