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Last days for Nitehawk, baseball registration
BaseballRegistration for Grande Prairie Minor Baseball is open through Good Friday. The season starts in May. Grande Prairie Minor Baseball is also holding a female youth baseball session April 13 fro...
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U15 A female hockey provincials in Grande Prairie this weekend
Two teams from the Peace will be taking part in U15 A Tier 2 Female Hockey Provincials at the Design Works Centre this weekend.The host side from Grande Prairie will play Beaverlodge in the opening ga...
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Quebec minister to order probe after complaint about QMJHL English-only playoff garb
MONTREAL - Quebec's French language minister says he'll ask the province's language watchdog to investigate after the leader of the Parti Qubcois complained about a lack of French on a QMJHL team's pl...
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Alberta families to receive more back from carbon tax than they pay into it
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) has released its estimate for how much money Albertans would pay in the federal carbon tax.The tax is set to increase on April 1, 2024 by $15 per tonne to $85 p...
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Abuse-Free Sport registry made public by Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner
OTTAWA - The Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner has made public a registry of people barred or provisionally suspended from participating in sport. The establishment of a public searchable dat...
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Federal Court orders revisions to deal between Ottawa and Métis Nation of Alberta
EDMONTON - The Federal Court is ordering Ottawa to make changes to a self-government deal it struck with the Mtis Nation of Alberta. The court says the deal too broadly defines who it applies to and w...
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B.C.'s James Paxton gets a spot on the Dodgers' active roster. He also gets a $2 million bonus
LOS ANGELES - James Paxton is getting a $2 million bonus for being on the Los Angeles Dodgers' active roster for their home opener Thursday, raising his guaranteed pay to $9 million with the chance to...
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Street sweeping underway in the City
The City of Grande Prairie has started seasonal street sweeping on main roads and City trailsThe City expects the main road sweeping to be completed by the start of May, before moving on to secondary ...
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First world championships in Europe for Walker, Team Gushue starts Saturday
The World Men's Curling Championship starts Saturday in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.Brad Gushue's rink will again represent Canada.Beaverlodge product and Team Gushue lead Geoff Walker says he has alrea...
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Quebec firefighters who died in 2023 flood lacked training, equipment: safety board
MONTREAL - Quebec's workplace safety board says a lack of training and equipment contributed to the deaths of two firefighters during a flood northeast of Quebec City last May. The volunteer firefight...
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