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N.S. inquiry: Senior RCMP officer pushed to keep secret safety bulletin on killer
HALIFAX - A deputy commissioner of the RCMP told an inquiry today that in May 2020, less than a month after a gunman killed 22 people in Nova Scotia, he opposed informing the public that a police safe...
Sep 09, 2022
King Charles III, in first address, vows 'lifelong service’
LONDON (AP) - King Charles III vowed in his first speech as monarch Friday to carry on Queen Elizabeth II's "lifelong service," as Britain entered an uncertain new age under a new sovereign. Around th...
Sep 09, 2022
Crown calls for jail time for Calgary woman who left body of newborn in dumpster
CALGARY - An Alberta prosecutor says the mother of a baby girl discovered dead in a Calgary dumpster on Christmas Eve in 2017 should serve time in jail.Nina Albright, who is now 24, entered a guilty p...
Sep 09, 2022
Don't fret if your lawn went brown, there's hope for next year
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Sprinklers and hoses were working overtime in Medicine Hat throughout the summer and as the temperatures begin to cool the grass looks greener on the other side of a lot of fences i...
Sep 09, 2022
Quebec election: Parti Québécois leader supports candidate who made explicit video
MONTREAL - Parti Qubcois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says he fully supports a PQ candidate who appeared in an explicit video. St-Pierre Plamondon described Andranne Fiola as "committed" and "brill...
Sep 09, 2022
Quebec police watchdog to investigate civilian death during RCMP raid this week
TERREBONNE, Que. - Quebec's police watchdog is investigating the death earlier this week of a 42-year-old man during a police operation involving the RCMP. The Bureau des enqutes indpendantes says it ...
Sep 09, 2022
Fines reduced, but court dismisses constitutional challenge to motorcycle helmet law
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A Medicine Hat man who feels it's unfair that he has to wear a motorcycle helmet, while turban-wearing Sikhs have an exemption has lost his constitutional challenge to the law.Troy ...
Sep 09, 2022
Stellar sea lion pup in Vancouver aids research to rebuild species in Alaska
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Aquarium says one of its Stellar sea lions has given birth to a healthy pup. A statement from the aquarium says the birth occurred recently and the male pup, named Natoa, and...
Sep 09, 2022
Yukon Premier Sandy Silver says he won't seek re-election, calls for leadership vote
WHITEHORSE - Yukon Premier Sandy Silver says he will not seek another term as MLA for Klondike, and has asked the Yukon Liberal Party to initiate proceedings to select a new leader. Silver says he'll ...
Sep 09, 2022
MLB adopts pitch clock, shift limits, bigger bases for 2023
NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball adopted its first pitch clock, limits on defensive shifts and larger bases for next season in an effort to shorten games and increase offense in a tradition-bound...
Sep 09, 2022