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Scheer seeks guarantee SNC-related documents will be saved by bureaucrats
DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has written to the government's top bureaucrat to ask him to keep a list of any requests he gets to delete records - suggesting that a...
Oct 20, 2019
Netflix releases Panama Papers movie despite lawsuit
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Netflix has released a movie based on the so-called Panama Papers despite an attempt by two lawyers to stop the streaming premiere. "The Laundromat," starring Gary Oldman, Antonio B...
Oct 20, 2019
Mixed message: Boris Johnson seeks Brexit delay, sort of
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pressed ahead Sunday with plans to try to win parliamentary backing for his new Brexit deal even as the European Union began considering his grudging requ...
Oct 20, 2019
Navigators return to .500 with Saturday night win
Ryan Noble made 46 saves to lead the North Peace Navigators to a 5-3 win over the visiting Fort St John Huskies in NWJHL play on Saturday. Theo Cunningham scored twice and added an assist to pace the ...
Oct 20, 2019 Photo courtesy EverythingGP
Wolves women's volleyball remains unbeaten to start ACAC season.
GPRC Women's volleyball is 2-0 to start the season after a three game sweep over Keyano (25-17, 29-27, 25-23) on Saturday. Leah Friesen led the way with 16 points (11 kills, 2 blocks, 3 service aces),...
Oct 20, 2019 Photo courtesy Shaun Penner/EverythingGP
'The Casagrandes' extols Mexican American life via animation
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - "The Casagrandes," Nickelodeon's new original animated series that centres around an 11-year-old girl trying to survive a big city, is one of the first cartoons in the U.S. to feat...
Oct 20, 2019
Faced with protests, Lebanon PM blames own gov't for crisis
BEIRUT - Lebanon's prime minister gave his partners in government a 72-hour ultimatum to come up with "convincing" solutions for a rapidly worsening economic crisis, as nationwide protests against the...
Oct 20, 2019
The County is hosting open houses to discuss bioswales at Clairmont Lake
The County of Grande Prairie is holding two open houses on Tuesday, where the topic of bioswales will be discussed.Bioswales are green infrastructure, designed to filter out pollutants from rainwater ...
Oct 20, 2019 County of Grande Prairie
Johnson returns to London to drum up support for Brexit deal
LONDON - After defying expectations to win the backing of European Union leaders for his new Brexit deal , Prime Minister Boris Johnson was battling Friday to secure enough support to get the deal thr...
Oct 20, 2019
US defence chief in Afghanistan to assess the way ahead
KABUL - U.S. Defence Secretary Mark Esper has arrived in Kabul to assess what comes next for the U.S. military in Afghanistan. Peace talks with the Taliban are stalled and persistent violent attacks b...
Oct 20, 2019