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UK lawmakers back bill to allow terminally ill adults to end their lives
LONDON (AP) - U.K. lawmakers on Friday backed a bill to allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives in a historic vote in Parliament that takes it a step nearer to be...
Jun 20, 2025

World Curling tightens sweeping rules, bans firmer broom foams ahead of Olympics
PERTH - World Curling has tightened its sweeping equipment rules heading into the Olympic season. The move, announced Friday, follows concern over firmer broom foams that many players said gave sweepe...
Jun 20, 2025

B.C. Lions, Winnipeg Blue Bombers both expected to miss stars for rematch
VANCOUVER - Micah Awe feels like he's unlocked something new in his arsenal - and that could spell trouble for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers this weekend. Midway through a game against the Bombers in Winn...
Jun 20, 2025

Cranberry Lake Rodeo on this weekend
The 43rd Cranberry Lake Rodeo is set for Friday through Sunday at the grounds near DeBolt. The All-Pro wagons start Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 7 p.m. The rodeo slack starts at 9 a.m. ...
Jun 20, 2025

Summer Solstice & National Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration set for Friday
The Grande Prairie Friendship Centre is hosting a Summer Solstice & National Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration today (Friday, June 20).The centre's website says they will be "honouring the longes...
Jun 20, 2025

Canada's Fernandez ousted by Yastremska in Nottingham quarterfinals
NOTTINGHAM - Canada's Leylah Fernandez dropped a 63, 76 (6) decision to Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska in the Nottingham Open quarterfinals on Thursday. Yastremska saved a set point in the second-set tie...
Jun 20, 2025

In the news today: Search to continue for hikers after Banff rockfall
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Search to continue for hikers after Banff rockfall Rescuers in Alberta are set to resume their search today fo...
Jun 20, 2025

'We cannot waste any time': Anand promises 'action' and reform in foreign affairs
OTTAWA - Faced with escalating conflict in the Middle East, a collapsing global trade system and a department struggling to reform itself, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says she relishes the jo...
Jun 20, 2025

Parliament set to rise today, with MPs to vote on controversial major projects bill
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's major projects and internal trade bill will be voted on today before the House of Commons rises until September. A closure motion the government passed to limit d...
Jun 20, 2025

Access to Range Road 100 temporarily restricted
The County of Grande Prairie is temporarily closing access to Range Road 100.While crews are conducting culvert installation work, access to Range Road 100 from Highway 43 will be closed from 7:00 a.m...
Jun 19, 2025