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Police update expected on double-murder fugitive who escaped B.C. jail
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., are set to announce an update on a fugitive twice convicted of first-degree murder who has been on the lam for more than three years. The RCMP's Federal Policing Pacif...
Sep 08, 2025
Canada's transportation safety board to investigate St. Maarten WestJet hard landing
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it is sending a team of investigators to the Caribbean island of St. Maarten to investigate the rough landing of a WestJet plane yesterday. The safety bo...
Sep 08, 2025
Former school in Richmound declared unfit for human habitation
Provincial officials in Saskatchewan say parts of a former school that was serving as a compound for the self-proclaimed ``Queen of Canada'' and her followers have been declared unfit for human habita...
Sep 08, 2025
Warming seas threaten key phytoplankton species that fuels the food web, study finds
SEATTLE (AP) - For decades, scientists believed Prochlorococcus, the smallest and most abundant phytoplankton on Earth, would thrive in a warmer world. But new research suggests the microscopic bacter...
Sep 08, 2025
Supreme Court lifts restrictions on LA immigration stops set after agents swept up US citizens
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for federal agents to conduct sweeping immigration operations in Los Angeles, the latest victory for President Donald Trump's administrati...
Sep 08, 2025
Emergency department at Bow Island Health Centre expands hours
Alberta Health Services said the Bow Island Health Centre emergency department is extending its hours from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, and open from 7 a.m. Friday through Monday to 8 p...
Sep 08, 2025
Medicine Hat Tennis Club open mixed doubles tournament wraps up over the weekend
The Medicine Hat Tennis Club hosted its open mixed doubles tournament over the weekend.Coming into the tournament Tracy and Calvin Heller held a 10 year run winning top spot at the event.That streak c...
Sep 08, 2025
Joly expects aluminum sector to receive 'hundreds of millions' in tariff relief
OTTAWA - Industry Minister Mlanie Joly says Quebec's aluminum sector is likely to receive "hundreds of millions of dollars" from a $5 billion fund to help sectors slammed by U.S. tariffs. Nearly all o...
Sep 08, 2025
Appeals court upholds E. Jean Carroll's $83.3 million defamation judgment against President Trump
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal appeals court has upheld a civil jury's finding that President Donald Trump must pay $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll for his repeated social media attacks against the longti...
Sep 08, 2025
Lethbridge youth charged with attempted murder of younger sibling
The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) is continuing to investigate an attempted murder involving two youths.Just after 4:30 p.m. on August 27, 2025, officers were called to a home on the north side on r...
Sep 08, 2025