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Stettler RCMP seek assistance locating missing person

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Fraraccio was last seen on Jan. 31, 2023

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This photo made available by NASA shows the planet Jupiter, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, on June 27, 2019. On Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, scientists said they have discovered 12 new moons around the gas giant, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92. That's more than any other planet in our solar system. (NASA, ESA, A. Simon/Goddard Space Flight Center, M.H. Wong/University of California, Berkeley via AP)

Jupiter’s moon count jumps to 92, most in solar system

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FILE - Greek actress Xanthi Georgiou, playing the role of High Priestess, lights the torch with the flame during the Olympic flame handover ceremony at Panathinean stadium in Athens, Greece, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. Instead of arriving overland, the symbolic flame alighting the Paris 2024 Games will take to the seas from its birthplace in Greece, arriving aboard a three-masted tall ship in the French port of Marseille. Paris 2024 organizers announced the flame's journey Friday Feb.3, 2023 at City Hall in Marseille, a former Greek colony founded 2,600 years ago. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)

Olympic flame to take seaborne journey to 2024 Paris Games

by The Canadian Press

High praise: Awards salute the best of the best cannabis brands + marketing

High praise: Awards salute the best of the best cannabis brands + marketing

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Elon Musk listens while vilified, hailed as tweet trial ends

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Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino speaks to reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. The federal Liberals have withdrawn an amendment to their guns bill that introduced a controversial new definition of an assault-style weapon. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Liberals withdraw bill’s assault-style firearm definition, promise more consultation

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Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney shakes hands with Demetrios Nicolaides, minister of advanced education, in Edmonton on Tuesday April 30, 2019. The Alberta government says it will require post-secondary institutions to report annually on their efforts to protect free speech on campus. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Post-secondary schools must report on free speech efforts on campus, minister says

by The Canadian Press

A study that surveyed health care sought for alcohol-related issues in Ontario suggests more people were hospitalized or visited doctors, whether they had pre-existing issues with booze or developed them over 15 months during the pandemic. An alcoholic beverage is seen in a drinking establishment in Halifax on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

Alcohol-related health care visits spiked during pandemic in Ontario: study

by The Canadian Press

Canada’s Skip Jennifer Jones throws a rock as Jocelyn Peterman, left, and Dawn Mcewen, right, sweep during preliminary round curling action against Japan Friday, February 11, 2022 at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Curling Canada says pregnancy exemption to be expanded in 2024

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This photo provided by the Nichols family shows Tyre Nichols, who had a passion for photography and was described by friends as joyful and lovable. Nichols was just minutes from his home in Memphis, Tenn., on Jan. 7, 2023, when he was pulled over by police and fatally beaten. Five Memphis police officers have since been charged with second-degree murder and other offenses. (Courtesy of the Nichols family via AP)

Tyre Nichols case revives calls for change in police culture

Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada, holds a press conference at the Bank of Canada in Ottawa on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. The Bank of Canada is taking a pause from raising interest rates to assess how the economy responds to higher borrowing costs, with one key indicator to watch being the labour market. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

As the Bank of Canada hits pause on hiking rates, all eyes are on the labour market

A northeast B.C. dinosaur footprint compared to a human foot. (District of Hudson’s Hope website)

Theft of dinosaur footprints in northeast B.C. lands Alberta man jail time, $15K fine

Fans line up to enter Graceland for a memorial service for Lisa Marie Presley Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. She died Jan. 12 after being hospitalized for a medical emergency and was buried on the property next to her son Benjamin Keough, and near her father Elvis Presley and his two parents. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Mourners bid farewell to Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis’ daughter

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Drake did not submit his 2022 album "Honestly, Nevermind" to the Grammys, but he still managed to pick up three nominations this year for collaborations with other performers. Drake leaves the court after the first half of NBA basketball action between Toronto Raptors and Brooklyn Nets in Toronto on Wednesday, November 23, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Drake, Justin Bieber and the Canadians behind recent pop hits head to Grammys

Several Canadians could leave the Grammy Awards with an armful of trophies…

by The Canadian Press

A high altitude balloon floats over Billings, Mont., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. China's ambassador to Canada has been called onto the carpet to explain a high-altitude surveillance balloon that is hovering over the U.S. Global Affairs Canada says Ambassador Cong Peiwu was summoned on Thursday after the balloon was spotted over U.S. airspace. THE CANADIAN PRESS/The Billings Gazette via AP-Larry Mayer

Canada summons Chinese envoy as Ottawa, Washington express displeasure over balloon

Canada announced that it had called China’s ambassador onto the carpet as…

by The Canadian Press

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Chicago Blackhawks' Jake McCabe (6) tries to stop Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid (97) during second period NHL action in Edmonton on Saturday January 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Connor McDavid continuing to raise the bar: ‘We need to talk about it more’

Jay Woodcroft is in a unique position. The Edmonton Oilers head coach…

by The Canadian Press

The Ponoka Storm U13 Girls. (Photo submitted)

Ponoka Storm U-13 girls earn silver in Edmonton indoor soccer tournament

The Ponoka Storm U13 Girls have added another silver to their medal…

Obituaries

Thelma Cartwright

Jan 23rd, 2023

Glyn Trevor Pugh

Jan 17th, 2023

Connie Kjenner

Jan 15th, 2023

Peter Pears

Jan 15th, 2023

Albert Robertson

Jan 12th, 2023

Robert Turner

Jan 12th, 2023

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Actress and teacher Viola Leger receives the Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award for Theatre shakes hands with Governor General David Johnston during a ceremony of the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, May 31, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand

Actress and former senator Viola Léger, best known as La Sagouine, dies at 92

Léger was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1989

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FILE - Justin Bieber attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala on Sept. 13, 2021, in New York. Bieber’s publishing rights, copyright ownership and all rights to his entire music catalog are now under Hipgnois. The deal reportedly cost $200 million which is one of the biggest sales for a musician as young as Bieber, who is 28 years old. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Justin Bieber sells rights to ‘Baby,’ rest of music catalog

Justin Bieber’s record-breaking pop hits from “Baby” to “Sorry” are no longer…

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