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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to skip Parliamentary Press Gallery dinner
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has declined an invitation to attend the Parliamentary Press Gallery dinner on Saturday night, an event that was on a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19. It'...
Oct 19, 2022
Governments weren't always working in tandem during 'Freedom Convoy': Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there were times during the "Freedom Convoy" protests last winter that the three levels of government were not working together as well as they could. But h...
Oct 19, 2022
Police chief said 'Freedom Convoy' would end by first Monday: ex-police board chair
OTTAWA - The former chair of Ottawa's police board says the chief of police told her in late January that he would be very surprised if the "Freedom Convoy" protesters stayed for longer than one weeke...
Oct 19, 2022
Culvert replacement begins Wednesday on Range Road 132
The County of Grande Prairie says a portion of Range Road 132 will be closed from Wednesday October 19, until Saturday October 22, to allow for a culvert replacement. The section is from Highway 43 to...
Oct 19, 2022
Estimate puts hurricane Fiona insured damages at $660 million
An initial estimate by Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. suggests hurricane Fiona caused $660 million in insured damage. The Insurance Bureau of Canada says the storm was the most costly ext...
Oct 19, 2022
Putin declares martial law in annexed regions of Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin declared martial law Wednesday in the four regions of Ukraine that Moscow annexed and given additional emergency powers to the heads of all regions of Ru...
Oct 19, 2022
Council approves another $3 million for Coordinated Care Campus because of rising costs
City council has approved another $3 million for the Coordinated Care Campus; the homeless facility going into the former Stonebridge Hotel in Grande Prairie's north end.The money is needed so Phase 3...
Oct 19, 2022
Peace River RCMP asking for the public's help with 'believed' 30 vehicle break-and-enters
Peace River RCMP is asking residents of Shaftesbury Estates, to help them investigate multiple vehicle break-and-enters. It is believed that on the night of October 16 between 3 and 6 a.m. 30 vehicles...
Oct 19, 2022
Toronto Raptors set to tip new season off against Cavaliers at Scotiabank Arena
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors welcome the Cleveland Cavaliers to Scotiabank Arena for their regular-season opener tonight. Toronto has kept much of its roster from last year, with second-round draft p...
Oct 19, 2022
B.C. Mountie killed and U.N. to vote on Haiti resolution: In The News for Oct. 19
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 Oct. 19 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Oct 19, 2022