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Focus turns to financing in final days of global biodiversity conference
MONTREAL - Negotiators at a global conference on saving the world's biodiversity are sharpening their focus on how to pay for it, as environment ministers from around the globe converge in Montreal fo...
Dec 13, 2022
'Extreme shifts:' New report details effects of changing Arctic climate
YELLOWKNIFE - A new report details how widespread changes in the Arctic, from warming air temperatures to sea-ice loss, have affected animals, plants and people living there. The National Oceanic and ...
Dec 13, 2022
Freeland sends Ukraine $115 million in tariff revenue from Russia, Belarus imports
OTTAWA - The federal government is channelling $115 million collected in tariffs on Russian and Belarusian products to help rebuild the power grid in Ukraine. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland a...
Dec 13, 2022
Registration open for Alberta Open Farm Days hosts
Registration is now open for any operations that want to be host farms for the 2023 edition of Alberta Open Farm Days.The annual event where people can go to host farms and see how they operate and, m...
Dec 13, 2022
County Council Highlights from last meeting of 2022
County of Grande Prairie council held its final regular council meeting of 2022 on Monday.Council approved a $100,000 capital grant towards the creation of Mustang Spray Park in the Hamlet of Hythe. T...
Dec 13, 2022
Highlights from city council's last meeting of 2022
Grande Prairie city council met Monday for the final time in 2022.Among the highlights was; council giving three readings to a by-law that designates the former Grande Prairie courthouse as a municipa...
Dec 13, 2022
Free public skate Sunday afternoon at Design Works Centre
The public is invited to the Design Works Centre for a free public skate taking place Sunday, December 18. From 2:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., people can come to the arena and go for a skate, have a snack, a...
Dec 13, 2022
Spanish court acquits soccer star Neymar in fraud trial
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - A Spanish court has acquitted soccer star Neymar and his fellow defendants in a fraud and corruption trial related to the Brazilian's 2013 transfer from Santos to Barcelona. Th...
Dec 13, 2022
Spanish court acquits soccer star Neymar in fraud trial
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - A Spanish court has acquitted soccer star Neymar and his fellow defendants in a fraud and corruption trial related to the Brazilian's 2013 transfer from Santos to Barcelona. Th...
Dec 13, 2022
In The News for Dec. 13: Will Canadian homes be more affordable in 2023?
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 13 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Dec 13, 2022