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Tennessee Titans fire coach Mike Vrabel after back-to-back losing seasons
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Titans have fired coach Mike Vrabel after six seasons with the franchise having won only six of the past 24 games, including blowing a third straight AFC South ti...
Jan 9, 2024
CP NewsAlert: NASA delays Artemis II moon mission that includes Canadian astronaut
NASA says it will be delaying the Artemis moon mission that includes Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, initially scheduled for November of this year. The U.S. space agency provided an update today on ...
Jan 9, 2024
Christmas tree curb collection until the 26th
Aquatera is once again collecting natural Christmas trees following the holiday season. Residents in the City of Grande Prairie can place their real Christmas trees outside for curb collection, which ...
Jan 9, 2024
RCMP to begin collecting, analyzing race-based data in pilot project
OTTAWA - The RCMP says it will begin collecting race-based data in select locations this month to better understand interactions between police and people in various communities. The pilot project fol...
Jan 9, 2024
Sweden will send 'reduced battalion' to join Canadian-led NATO force in Latvia
OTTAWA - Sweden's prime minister says his country plans to join a Canadian-led NATO brigade force in Latvia. In a speech Monday to a national security conference, Ulf Kristersson said his government i...
Jan 9, 2024
Blinken dismisses South Africa genocide case against Israel as 'meritless'
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has dismissed the South African genocide case against Israel as "meritless." Speaking to reporters Tuesday in Tel Aviv, Blinken said the ...
Jan 9, 2024
B.C. launches Canada's first self-screening cervical cancer plan, with at-home tests
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is phasing out the pap test for cancer screening in favour of mail-in kits collected by patients. The government says trials have shown that screening for the human papill...
Jan 9, 2024
White House orders Cabinet secretaries to notify when they can't perform duties after Austin illness
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House chief of staff on Tuesday ordered Cabinet heads to notify his office if they ever can't perform their duties, as the Biden administration, reeling from learning of De...
Jan 9, 2024
Grande Prairie-born hockey player receives AHL call-up
A Grande Prairie-born hockey player has been called up to the AHL to suit up for the Utica Comets, the affiliate club for the New Jersey Devils. Twenty-one-year-old Jace Isley, who played all of his j...
Jan 9, 2024
Cotillion Butte Recreation Association accepting bids for Cotillion Hall removal
Saddle Hills' Cotillion Butte Recreation Association is accepting bids to purchase and remove the old Cotillion Hall.The original hall was built in 1964 but has since fallen into disrepair and a repla...
Jan 9, 2024