A brunch event is taking place Sunday, May 3, in Grande Prairie to honour mothers who experienced the loss of a child.The Bereaved Mother's Day Brunch is organized by Peace Diagnostic Imaging and Tiny Hands of Hope to bring mothers and families together through compassion and understanding."For many bereaved mothe...

Grande Prairie Enforcement Services has been working with Vehicle Safety Investigators to remove some rust-buckets from local roadways. GPES says this was done as part of an initiative to remove unsafe vehicles from the road last week. Over the course of three days, four inspection notices and 15 tickets were issued, w...

West Fraser Timber is reporting a first-quarter loss of $133 million on sales of $1.334 billion. The company says in a news release that it saw better prices over the first three months of the year. It says that the affordability of houses is what it calls "a key constraint" and that the war in the Middle Eas...

The Peace River Regional District is seeking input on their tool for calculating the risks of certain hazards.PRRD is developing a Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability Analysis system through an online survey and in-person community events.The events will give residents a chance to share their perspectives on local hazards s...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government will look at making changes to the law depending on what comes out of investigations into a data breach involving three million voters. Smith, in a social media post, says protecting the private information of Albertans is critical and that violators should be held acc...

The Government of Alberta has appointed to a new Teachers Advisory Council.The TAC will help shape K-12 education policy and have 16 members, according to a release."As classrooms grow more complex, this teacher advisory council will play a key role in helping Alberta's government deliver meaningful, classroom-foc...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says a key approval for a cross-border oil pipeline project to deliver more of the province's crude to the United States is coming after years of advocacy from her government. U.S. President Donald Trump has si...

Over 12,000 youth will be cleaning up Alberta highways on Saturday, May 2.Multiple youth clubs and programs, including 4H Clubs and Junior Forest Wardens, are expected to take part in the province's annual highway clean-up, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., collecting garbage to raise funds for their organization.Each group is su...

An Edmonton judge has granted an injunction ordering a separatist group to remove from its website a database of private information -- including names and addresses -- of close to three million Alberta voters.The judge granted the injunction this morning at the request of Elections Alberta, which is investigating how ...

Alberta's government is testing out a higher speed limit on a small section of highway just south of Edmonton. Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen says drivers travelling along a 22-kilometre portion of Highway 2 starting south of Leduc will see speed limit signs of 120 kilometres an hour. It would be the fastest po...

OTTAWA - As his party is roundly criticized for forcing committee debate behind closed doors, government House leader Steven MacKinnon says the Liberal government wants to ensure committee meetings are transparent and open. Since the Liberal government...

LANGLEY - As he curls up on a couch beside his owner, it's easy to forget Gary the cat is in fact Gary the serval, a wild predator native to Africa. The 10-year-old serval was raised as a pet by a couple who later divorced, with Gary ending up at Wild...

VICTORIA - Politicians in B.C.'s legislature say they are looking into whether they can close a loophole that has allowed a member to avoid a censure motion after she used a slogan associated with Nazi Germany. Independent MLA Tara Armstrong last month...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says a new oil pipeline out of Alberta is "more likely than not." In his first sit-down interview with The Canadian Press since becoming prime minister more than a year ago, Carney said Friday that given the increase...

VANCOUVER - The long-anticipated public hearing into the police-involved death of Myles Gray in 2015 is being delayed again to give one of the seven Vancouver officers under investigation time to find a new lawyer. The recent appointment of lawyer Scot...

QUÉBEC - The Quebec government says it will table legislation in the coming days that would allow people in relationships to find out if their partner has a history of domestic violence. The law would be based on Clare's Law, which already exists in t...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States will withdraw about 5,000 troops from Germany in the next 6-12 months, the Pentagon said Friday. President Donald Trump had threatened to withdraw some troops from its NATO ally earlier this week as he ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common means of abortion in the U.S. by blocking mailing of prescriptions to mifepristone. A panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appe...

A federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common means of abortion in the U.S. by blocking mailing of prescriptions of mifepristone. A panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is requiring th...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - Separatist rebels in Mali said Friday they captured a strategic military camp in the northern town of Tessalit after the withdrawal of the army and their Russian allies, as the militants launch their biggest round of attacks in over...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House asserted to Congress in a letter Friday that hostilities with Iran have "terminated" despite the continued presence of U.S. armed forces in the region. The message from President Donald Trump effectively ...

BEIRUT (AP) - Iran's imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been urgently transferred from prison to a hospital in northwestern Iran after a "catastrophic deterioration" of her health, her foundation said Friday. The ...