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Artificial intelligence next step in forecasting wildfire behaviour
EDMONTON - A provincial wildfire management specialist says Alberta is investing in artificial intelligence to try to predict where a wildfire may ignite before it happens. Ed Trenchard, who plans res...
Oct 25, 2023
Fairview Health Complex ED closure
Alberta Health Services has announced a temporary disruption at the Fairview Health Complex Emergency Department. Starting at 7 a.m. on Thursday, October 26, the ED will be without a doctor for 24 hou...
Oct 25, 2023
Whitecaps to square up against defending champs for 5th time as playoffs begin
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps begin their playoffs against the same opponent they faced to end their season. Vancouver heads down to California to take on Los Angeles FC on Saturday as part of a...
Oct 25, 2023
'The war has begun': Quebec coroner hears of stalking, custody concerns in familicide
MONTREAL - A former work colleague of a Montreal woman who was killed along with her children by her estranged spouse in December 2019 told an inquiry Wednesday that he was following her despite a cou...
Oct 25, 2023
Regulator to restart consultations on long-delayed drug-price reform guidelines
OTTAWA - The federal agency that regulates the price of patented medicines says it plans to relaunch consultations on the finer points of long-delayed drug-price reforms. The Patented Medicine Prices ...
Oct 25, 2023
Small Business Week Wrap-Up Mixer to be held in Grande Prairie October 26
The official wrap-up of Small Business Week in Grande Prairie is happening Thursday.The Grande Prairie & District Chamber of Commerce is holding a Small Business Week Wrap-Up Mixer with a business...
Oct 25, 2023
Mac Neil becomes Canada's most decorated Pan Am Games athlete with fifth gold medal
SANTIAGO, Chile - Maggie Mac Neil became Canada's most decorated Pan American Games athlete with her fifth gold medal in the pool in Santiago, Chile. The 23-year-old from London, Ont., swam the butter...
Oct 25, 2023
Rep. Bowman of New York faces misdemeanor charge in fire alarm pulled in House office building
Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman was charged Wednesday with a misdemeanor for triggering a fire alarm as lawmakers scrambled to pass a funding bill before a government shutdown deadline in September. The...
Oct 25, 2023
Odyssey House featured in new book We Need To Do This
Grande Prairie's women's shelter is featured in a significant new book that traces the history of the women's shelter movement in Alberta.Written by journalist Alexandra Zabejek We Need To Do This hig...
Oct 25, 2023
Driver pleads guilty over 2021 crash that killed two University of B.C. students
VANCOUVER - The BC Prosecution Service says a Vancouver man accused in the dangerous driving deaths of two University of British Columbia students has pleaded guilty. Dan McLaughlin, a spokesman with ...
Oct 25, 2023