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French court convicts 19 men in 2015 Paris attacks trial
PARIS (AP) - A French court has found 19 men guilty of terrorism-related charges for the Islamic State terrorist attacks on the Bataclan theater, Paris cafes and France's national stadium in 2015. The...
Jun 29, 2022

Two officers undergo surgery, third in hospital after deadly B.C. bank shooting
SAANICH, B.C. - Police in Saanich, B.C., kept an area near a bank evacuated overnight as they continue to investigate a possible explosive device linked to a deadly gunfight with two suspected bank ro...
Jun 29, 2022

Study finds heart attack drug also an effective stroke treatment
A national study has found a drug normally used to dissolve blood clots in heart attack victims can also be used for those who suffer a stroke.The two-year clinical trial from the Cumming School of Me...
Jun 29, 2022

Florida jury sworn in to determine school shooter's penalty
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A jury for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz's penalty trial was finally sworn in Wednesday, completing a nearly three-month selection process that ended with two last-m...
Jun 29, 2022

Stampede ready to host its second Canada Day
MEDICINE HAT, AB - It's full steam ahead at the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede in the home stretch toward Canada Day."The Canada Day committee is going full bore and we're just setting up and ...
Jun 29, 2022

Quebec COVID-19 hospitalizations rising as new variants gaining ground
MONTREAL - Quebec is seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations driven by new Omicron subvariants that account for about 75 per cent of infections, the province's public health director...
Jun 29, 2022

Canada's Vallée takes bronze in one-metre springboard at world aquatics championships
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Mia Valle won Canada's second diving medal at the world aquatics championships with a bronze in the women's one-metre springboard Wednesday. The 21-year-old from Beaconsfield, Que....
Jun 29, 2022

Israeli PM Bennett won't run in upcoming election
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will not run in upcoming elections, his office said Wednesday, after he led a broad but fragile coalition government that came unraveled barely ...
Jun 29, 2022

Carry Drive road work starts July 4
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A main artery connecting downtown Medicine Hat with Crestwood, Southview and Ross Glen neighbourhoods will be closed for much of the summer, starting next Monday. The city will begi...
Jun 29, 2022

Canadian governments OK settlement with Purdue Pharma over opioid addictions
VANCOUVER - British Columbia says a proposed $150-million settlement with Purdue Pharma Canada has been reached for the recovery of health-care costs related to the sale and marketing of opioid-based ...
Jun 29, 2022