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Storm fall 1-0 to Wolverines, drop third straight
The Grande Prairie Storm dropped their third straight game Tuesday night to the red-hot Whitecourt Wolverines 1-0. Whitecourt came into the game with five straight wins. The lone goal of the game came...
Jan 29, 2020 Storm goalie 25 saves in the loss (Photo: Shaun Penner)
Gov't wasting billions on 'failed' projects through outsourcing, says union
OTTAWA - Outsourcing of work that could be done by federal government employees is costing taxpayers billions of dollars, and has created an unaccountable shadow public service, says a report fro...
Jan 29, 2020
Drugs found after vehicle stopped for stolen license plate
Drugs and stolen property have been seized by Grande Prairie RCMP as a result of a traffic stop on Monday.RCMP say just after 9 p.m. on January 27, Traffic Unit officers stopped a vehicle in the City ...
Jan 29, 2020
Italian town where Bryant played as a kid mourns - again
ROME - For a city already familiar with losing a basketball hero, Kobe Bryant's death made a particularly strong impact in the Italian town of Rieti. Nicknamed "the centre of Italy" for its geographic...
Jan 29, 2020
US says mystery crash in Afghanistan was US Air Force plane
KABUL - An American military aircraft crashed in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, the U.S. military said, adding that there were no indications so far it'd been brought down by enemy fire. The spokesman...
Jan 29, 2020
'I'm being raped': Weinstein accuser details alleged assault
NEW YORK - As she tried to fight off Harvey Weinstein's advances, Mimi Haleyi told him "no, no, no" before he held her down on a bed and forcibly performed oral sex on her, she said in emotional testi...
Jan 29, 2020
GOP defends Trump as Bolton book adds pressure for witnesses
WASHINGTON - Senators faced mounting pressure Monday to summon John Bolton to testify at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial even as Trump's lawyers mostly brushed past extraordinary new allega...
Jan 29, 2020
Radha Blank of 'The 40-Year-Old Version' isn't late
PARK CITY, Utah - The Sundance Film Festival is a showcase of new voices in cinema, and few have come through louder and clearer than Radha Blank's. Blank wrote, directed and stars in her debut film, ...
Jan 29, 2020
Leaked report shows United Nations suffered hack
GENEVA - Sophisticated hackers infiltrated U.N. offices in Geneva and Vienna last year in an apparent espionage operation, and their identity and the extent of the data they obtained is not clear. An ...
Jan 29, 2020
Details on new federal daycare spending coming in budget, minister says
OTTAWA - Canada's minister in charge of federal efforts to expand child care says funding to create 250,000 before- and after-school spaces will be on top of $7.5 billion in already planned spend...
Jan 29, 2020