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City provides report on ending homelessness in Grande Prairie
The City of Grande Prairie unveiled its report on year four of its five-year plan towards ending homelessness today at Teresa Sargent Hall. Representatives from the City, community organizations, and ...
Jul 05, 2019 Housing and Homeless Initiatives Supervisor Katherine Schmidt speaking at Teresa Sargent Hall on Friday (Photo: Shaun Penner)
Alberta First Nation basketball players to hit court despite referee dispute
CALGARY - Young basketball players from a southern Alberta First Nation will be able to play in a tournament this week despite a dispute with a Calgary referee group. Truman...
Jul 05, 2019
Quebec LGBTQ activist Laurent McCutcheon dies after long cancer battle
MONTREAL - Laurent McCutcheon, a leading figure in the fight for LGBTQ rights in Quebec, died Thursday after receiving medical assistance in dying, his spouse said on Friday. McCutcheon had battled ca...
Jul 05, 2019
Philly got Patti LaBelle's name wrong on honorary street
Philadelphia honoured singer Patti LaBelle with her very own street earlier this week. Unfortunately, the signs didn't get her name right. The city's Streets Department didn't capitalize the "b'' in t...
Jul 05, 2019
CC Sabathia honoured in final season at All-Star Game
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia will be honoured by Major League Baseball at Tuesday night's All-Star Game in Cleveland, Ohio. Sabathia is in the final season of his 19-yea...
Jul 05, 2019
Night 2 at Rycroft wagons tonight
Night 2 of the Deken Race the 8 wagon races in Rycroft starts at 6:30 tonight with the All Pro chucks.The Western Chuckwagon Association heats will follow.Dayton Sutherland recorded the fastest time o...
Jul 05, 2019 Photo from the Rycroft Agricultural Society Facebook.
System failed slain Quebec girl, youth protection internal probe finds
MONTREAL - The system as a whole - not one person or service - is to blame for lapses in the case of a slain seven-year-old Quebec girl who'd been followed by youth protection, according to an interna...
Jul 05, 2019
Region that includes the Peace has Alberta's lowest unemployment rate
Statistics Canada says the area that includes the Peace Country had the lowest unemployment rate in Alberta last month.It stood at 5.7 per cent, the same as it was in May. Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake was a...
Jul 05, 2019
Quebec sweetens pot in effort to get more immigrants to learn French
MONTREAL - Quebec announced tens of millions of new dollars Friday aimed at getting more newcomers to learn French. One of the Coalition Avenir Quebec's main pitches to get elected last fall ...
Jul 05, 2019
Kawhi Leonard mulls decision as NBA signing period looms
TORONTO - The Kawhi Leonard watch continued Friday with less than 24 hours remaining before NBA free agents can officially sign contracts. Players can put pen to paper at 12 p.m. ET on Saturday, thoug...
Jul 05, 2019