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Nurses group asks court to halt federal use of Emergencies Act to end Ottawa protest
OTTAWA - A group involved in the anti-government protest against COVID-19 measures in Ottawa is asking a court to put the brakes on federal use of the Emergencies Act to clamp down on demonstrators. I...
Feb 18, 2022
Judge rejects effort by Trump to toss Jan. 6 lawsuits
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Friday rejected efforts by former President Donald Trump to toss out conspiracy lawsuits filed by lawmakers and two Capitol police officers, saying in his ruling t...
Feb 18, 2022
Travellers to Nunavut who are not fully vaccinated for COVID-19 can isolate at home
IQALUIT, NUNAVUT - Travellers to Nunavut who are unvaccinated for COVID-19 or partially vaccinated will no longer have to isolate in one of the government's isolation hotels in Southern Canada. Nunavu...
Feb 18, 2022
Old Grande Prairie Composite High School hosts final Pow Wow Invitational basketball tournament
For the final time, the Pow Wow Invitational basketball tournament is underway at Grande Prairie Composite High School and Peace Wapiti Academy (PWA).The traditional tournament has been held and hoste...
Feb 18, 2022
Politicians condemn violence at Coastal GasLink construction site in northern B.C.
HOUSTON, B.C. - Politicians are denouncing what police have called a violent confrontation in separate attacks against officers and employees at a construction site for a natural gas pipeline being bu...
Feb 18, 2022
Archivist: Trump took classified documents to Mar-a-Lago
WASHINGTON (AP) - The 15 boxes of White House records that were stored at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence contained items marked as classified national security information, the N...
Feb 18, 2022
MLB cancels spring games through March 4 due to lockout
NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball cancelled the first week of spring training games through March 4 on Friday in the first public acknowledgement of the disruption caused by the lockout. The annou...
Feb 18, 2022
Edmonton man charged after Grande Prairie drug seizure
Grande Prairie RCMP say a late January drug seizure has led to charges against an Edmonton man.Police say they did a search on January 27 and found over two kilograms of cocaine, 195 oxycodone pills, ...
Feb 18, 2022
Canada stands to have Tokyo relay medal upgraded over Ujah doping
LONDON (AP-CP) - Canada's 4x100-metre relay team stands to be upgraded to a silver medal from the Tokyo Summer Games after Britain was stripped of its silver medal due to C.J. Ujah's doping violation....
Feb 18, 2022
Grande Prairie average rent down January year over year
Rentals.ca says rental rates for one and two-bedroom homes in Grande Prairie were down on a year-over-year basis in January 2022. According to the website, in Grande Prairie, year-over-year rates were...
Feb 18, 2022