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Grande Prairie boy embarks on 184 km Dash to the Cache for Cancer
While most kids are sleeping in, or getting in some more time with their friends before back to school, 12-year-old Brysen Howe is spending the next five days walking to Grande Cache to raise money fo...
Aug 26, 2019 Brysen Howe is 12-years-old and will be going into grade 7 this September
Liberals, Tories unveil campaign slogans and contrasting pitches to voters
OTTAWA - Canadians will be asked this fall to choose between moving forward with the Liberals or getting ahead with the Conservatives. But while they both seem to be urging vo...
Aug 26, 2019
Barty overcomes scare on packed first day of US Open
NEW YORK - Second-seeded Ash Barty overcame a slow start and a shaky serve to survive a first-round scare on a packed opening day of the U.S. Open. Barty, the French Open champion, amassed 36 unforced...
Aug 26, 2019
Super Bowl practice run for Fox at Dolphins' preseason game
MIAMI - It's two hours before kickoff, and in the Fox TV truck, a large screen shows logos of the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Miami Dolphins and this season's Super Bowl. Talk about fantasy football. Th...
Aug 26, 2019
Tim Hortons, City partner for Toonie Tuesdays at outdoor pool
Tim Hortons has partnered with the City of Grande Prairie to offer residents a chance to try out the new outdoor pool for just two bucks.Toonie Tuesdays will be starting tomorrow, with public swim adm...
Aug 26, 2019
Henderson storms back on back nine at CP Women's Open to stay in contention
AURORA, Ont. - Brooke Henderson was off to a rough start at the CP Women's Open, struggling to read the swirling winds at Magna Golf Club. She had started the day in a three-way tie for third, just th...
Aug 26, 2019
The unusual suspects: British Columbia's middle-class gang problem
SURREY, B.C. - At the end of a tranquil cul-de-sac in a pleasant neighbourhood, a tall stucco house overlooks a well-kept lawn and lush flowerbeds. The home is in the Metro Vancouver city of Surr...
Aug 26, 2019
Salah double helps Liverpool to 3rd straight win in EPL
Mohamed Salah was just inside Arsenal's half when he collected the ball, befuddled David Luiz with a nonchalant jink and homed in on goal from the right wing. The Liverpool star made the finish look e...
Aug 26, 2019
Sod turned on Grande Prairie's newest school
The sod has officially been turned on the brand-new K-9 catholic school in the O'Brien Lake area.Monday morning dignitaries from the Grande Prairie and District Catholic School Division were joined by...
Aug 26, 2019 (photo credit to Jeromy Corrigan)
Court orders women accused of defaming author to share emails, online posts
VANCOUVER - A B.C. Supreme Court judge has awarded author Steven Galloway access to emails between a woman who accused of him of sexual assault and staff at the University of British Columbia in&...
Aug 26, 2019