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Canadian women's ski jump team chases excellence from base abroad
Certified bee keeper Abigail Strate sees a parallel between a hive and the Canadian women's ski jump team based in Slovenia. "There doesn't really seem to be a queen bee, but we're all just kind of wo...
Nov 30, 2023
MD of Greenview to hold Grande Cache by-election Feb. 21
Grande Cache residents will be able to vote on who will represent them in the Municipal District of Greenview Council in the new year.A by-election has been set for mid-February to elect a new council...
Nov 30, 2023
Regional Fire Service members celebrated and sworn-in at awards ceremony
The County of Grande Prairie held a special awards and graduation ceremony Wednesday night (November 29) for members of their Regional Fire Service. This year's ceremony featured ten Fire Service grad...
Nov 30, 2023
Time to table online harms bill, experts, advocates, researchers say in open letter
OTTAWA - An open letter from experts the government convened last year to provide advice on legislating against online harms is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to table legislation. The letter pu...
Nov 30, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Claims of toxic workplace at CSIS absolutely 'devastating': PM says
AJAX, Ont. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says allegations of a toxic workplace culture, involving harassment and sexual assault at Canada's spy agency are "devastating" and "absolutely unacceptable....
Nov 30, 2023
Hockey Canada says almost 1,900 maltreatment complaints received in 2022-23
TORONTO - Hockey Canada says a new independent third-party complaint mechanism received information on almost 1,900 potential cases of maltreatment during its first season. The data is contained in th...
Nov 30, 2023
Chiefs of Ontario asks for judicial review of carbon price regime
TORONTO - First Nations leaders in Ontario are asking a court to review what they call Canada's "discriminatory" carbon price system. A group representing more than 130 First Nations in the province h...
Nov 30, 2023
Inspector general launches probe examining decision to relocate FBI headquarters to Maryland
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal watchdog will investigate how the Biden administration chose a site for a new FBI headquarters following a contentious competition marked by allegations of conflict of inte...
Nov 30, 2023
Conservative critic draws criticism after she asks heritage minister to speak English
OTTAWA - A Conservative critic is drawing criticism after she asked federal Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge to answer a question in English during a parliamentary committee meeting. Heritage critic ...
Nov 30, 2023
Australian women focused on Olympic qualification as they take on Canada in B.C.
LANGFORD, B.C. - While Olympic champion Canada celebrates captain Christine Sinclair's international swansong with a Summer Games berth already secured, Australia is still focused on getting to Paris....
Nov 30, 2023