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Thunberg brushes off mockery from US finance chief
DAVOS, Switzerland - Climate activist Greta Thunberg on Friday brushed off criticism and mockery from U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, saying that his comments have "of course no effect" on her...
Jan 24, 2020

Italy's 5-Star leader Di Maio steps down as party struggles
ROME - The head of Italy's ruling 5-Star Movement stepped down as party leader Wednesday, following a string of parliamentary defections, falling poll numbers and questions about the movement's future...
Jan 24, 2020

Locally-made documentary about double-amputee from Grande Prairie to air Friday
A local-produced documentary about a double-amputee who used to live in the Swan City will be shown on television tonight.It is called The Invincible James Lee and will be shown on AMItv. Showtimes wi...
Jan 24, 2020 Photo: The Invincible James Lee

Symposium on gender equality to go next month
The Grande Prairie Friendship Centre will be hosting the Indigenous Iskwew+ In Leadership Symposium next month.Iskwew is the Cree word for woman.The symposium is to go on both February 13 and 14 at th...
Jan 24, 2020 Logo designed by Brigitte Benning (photo from the Grande Prairie Friendship Centre Facebook page)

US Vice-President Pence meets Pope Francis at the Vatican
VATICAN CITY - U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence met Friday with Pope Francis during a visit to Rome that includes meetings with the Italian president and premier. The audience comes on the same day that...
Jan 24, 2020

Thousands turn up for 'million' Iraq rally against US troops
BAGHDAD - Thousands rallied in Baghdad on Friday to demand that American troops leave the country, though their numbers fell short of the "million-man" march called for by an influential Shiite cleric...
Jan 24, 2020

Darche returning to Super Bowl as team doctor with Kansas City Chiefs
J.P. Darche is returning to the Super Bowl. The former long-snapper will head to Miami with the Kansas City Chiefs as one of their team doctors. The 44-year-old native of St-Laurent, Qu...
Jan 24, 2020

McGill's 'Dr. Death' takes unconventional journey to Super Bowl
Former McGill University football coach Sonny Wolfe realized immediately he had something special in Laurent Duvernay-Tardif. At six foot five and 275 pounds in 2010, Duvernay-Tardif was an impre...
Jan 24, 2020

Russia-Poland feud over history clouds Auschwitz anniversary
WARSAW, Poland - Over the next several days, world leaders will gather twice to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the most notorious of Nazi Germany's death camps. Tha...
Jan 24, 2020

Death toll from storm in Spain reaches 12, more missing
MADRID - Authorities in Spain say the death toll from a storm that devastated the eastern part of the country this week has risen to at least 12 with rescuers searching for several missing persons. Em...
Jan 24, 2020