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Veteran curler Wayne Middaugh to join Team Glenn Howard in Brier bubble next month
It will be like old times for Glenn Howard at the Tim Hortons Brier next month. The veteran skip will have longtime teammate Wayne Middaugh in tow at the March 5-14 national men's curling championship...
Feb 03, 2021

Two Red Deer men arrested following Ridgevalley incident Wednesday
UPDATE (Feb. 4, 2:54 p.m.): Grande Prairie RCMP have charged 31-year-old Michael Russel Charles Stemmler and 41-year-old James Patrick Gosse, both of Red Deer, each with:ArsonUnauthorized possession o...
Feb 03, 2021

CF Montreal adds size, experience up front in Norwegian international Bjorn Johnsen
MONTREAL - CF Montreal added size and experience up front Wednesday by acquiring American-born Norwegian international forward Bjorn Johnsen from South Korea's Ulsan Hyundai club. The MLS team used ta...
Feb 03, 2021

Canadian human rights groups among coalition calling for Beijing Olympic boycott
TORONTO - Cheuk Kwan wants the world to remember what happened after numerous countries considered boycotting the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, but eventually agreed to participate. "The world should take ...
Feb 03, 2021

No new COVID-19 cases recorded in City of Grande Prairie
There were no new cases of COVID-19 recorded in the City of Grande Prairie for February 2, while also recording eight new recoveries, lowering the active case total to 136 as off the end of day Tuesda...
Feb 03, 2021

Senate committee accepts assisted-dying bill but amendments still to come
OTTAWA - A Senate committee has accepted without amendment a bill to expand access to medical assistance in dying.But the legal and constitutional affairs committee breezed through clause-by-clause st...
Feb 03, 2021

Judge denies CSIS request to collect foreign intelligence
OTTAWA - A court has put the brakes on a Canadian Security Intelligence Service request to collect foreign information, ruling a proposed technique would stray beyond the spy service's legal mandate. ...
Feb 03, 2021

High Prairie RCMP arrest suspect following lengthy standoff on Peavine Metis Settlement
A man is now in custody following an over eight-hour standoff between the High Prairie RCMP and the suspect at a home on the Peavine Metis Settlement.Authorities say they were called to the home at ar...
Feb 03, 2021

'A really crazy adventure:' Arbuckle happy to be with Argonauts after eventful 2020
TORONTO - Three teams, three contract negotiations, a 33,000-kilometre relocation with another move on the way, a layoff caused by a global pandemic and a new baby. A lot has happened to Nick Arbuckle...
Feb 03, 2021

Wisconsin prosecutors seek Rittenhouse arrest, higher bond
MADISON, Wis. - Prosecutors asked a judge Wednesday for a new arrest warrant for an Illinois teen charged with shooting three people, killing two of them, during an anti-police protest in Wisconsin af...
Feb 03, 2021