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The 2023 Passionate Heart Awards will be given out in February and the Family and Community Support teams at the City and County of Grande Prairie, along with the towns of Beaverlodge, Sexsmith, and W...

VANCOUVER - Friends and relatives of murder victim Martin Payne say they are haunted by the actions of "two selfish, reckless" people who chose their victim because his home was near the prison where ...

OTTAWA - MPs studying the government's proposed definition of an assault-style firearm will resume talks next month about whether to hear from additional witnesses amid concerns the change would ban s...

BRUSSELS (AP) - The European Union said it approved a new package of sanctions Thursday aimed at ramping up pressure on Russia for its war in Ukraine. The package, whose details have not been revealed...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A former Texas police officer was convicted of manslaughter Thursday for fatally shooting a Black woman through a rear window of her home in 2019, a rare conviction of an offi...

OTTAWA - The Senate wrapped up its fall sitting today and has adjourned for a holiday break, a day after the House of Commons did the same. Parliamentarians are not scheduled to return to Ottawa until...

MONTREAL - A Montreal-area man charged in a hit and run that killed a 7-year-old girl as she was walking to school has been granted bail. Juan Manuel Becerra Garcia was released on a series of conditi...

OTTAWA - If the weather outside is frightful, bring some extra socks and build a snowman. For most Canadians such advice ahead of a major winter storm is unnecessary. But for thousands of delegates at...

EDMONTON - Alberta's justice minister says provincial prosecutors are to take over the handling of charges under the federal Firearms Act starting in the new year. Tyler Shandro says he is also advisi...

Christmas-time brings an influx of deliveries to community mailboxes and porch steps. The Grande Prairie RCMP is advising residents to try to make sure gifts are actually received this year as an incr...