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UPDATE: Slash now 2-1-1 at Esso Cop
UPDATE: The St. Albert Slash beat Halifax 4-0 Wednesday to run their record to 2-1-1. Spirit River's Dayle Ross was named player of the game for the Slash as she found the back of the net twice in the...
Apr 24, 2019 (photo credit to Esso Cup/Hockey Canada)
Man or cyborg? 'Jeopardy!' champ passes $1 million mark
NEW YORK - There's no truth to the rumour that James Holzhauer is a cyborg created to be the perfect "Jeopardy!" contestant. But given how he's made a level of excellence rarely seen on the television...
Apr 24, 2019
Garner graces cover of People's annual 'Beautiful Issue'
NEW YORK - Jennifer Garner graces the front of this year's "Beautiful Issue" of People magazine with a cover story that cheers the way she balances Hollywood, business and motherhood. The magazine rev...
Apr 24, 2019
Powerful quake hits Philippines, day after deadly temblor
PORAC, Philippines - A new powerful earthquake hit the central Philippines on Tuesday, a day after a magnitude 6.1 quake rattled the country's north and left at least 16 people dead, including in a co...
Apr 24, 2019
Bruins victory over Leafs ensures an American team will hoist the Stanley Cup
TORONTO - Many NHL players were either not yet born or too young to remember the last time a Canadian team hoisted the Stanley Cup. That trend will continue for a 25th NHL season after all three Canad...
Apr 24, 2019
Bjorklund & Lopez's Buffalos drop 2nd game in a row of Telus Cup
UPDATE: The Buffalos are 1-2 after a 3-2 loss Wednesday afternoon to Magog, Quebec. Their next game is at 10 a.m. Thursday afternoon against Tisdale, Saskatchewan. The 2019 Telus Cup continued Tuesday...
Apr 24, 2019 (photo credit to Telus Cup/Hockey Canada)
News groups fight to keep Harvey Weinstein's hearing open
NEW YORK - News organizations are fighting to pull back the curtain on a Harvey Weinstein court appearance that the prosecution and defence want held in secret. The organizations, including The Associ...
Apr 24, 2019
Notre Dame fire was a warning bell. But will Europe listen?
PARIS - It's a thin line where the patina of age on Europe's countless monuments gives way to the onset of neglect. Like with so many loved ones, all is assumed to be fine, until suddenly it's not. In...
Apr 24, 2019
Pete Buttigieg scrambles to turn 2020 buzz into momentum
MANCHESTER, N.H. - There are no policy positions on his website. He has virtually no paid presence in the states that matter most. And his campaign manager is a high school friend with no experience i...
Apr 24, 2019
First quarter home sales off to slower start than 2018
First quarter home sales in Grande Prairie and in the County saw a minor drop compared to the same time last year.Sales in the city dropped to a total of 259 through the first 3 months of 2019, 83 les...
Apr 24, 2019