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Brooks RCMP arrest man suspected of B and E in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat, AB--One man is in custody charged with several property and firearms related offences following an arrest by the Brooks RCMP on June 6, 2022. Medicine Hat Police say on June 6, 2022, at ...
Jun 10, 2022

Local prospects Houstan, Nembhard keen on Raptors, but will they be available?
TORONTO - Local NBA prospects Caleb Houstan and Andrew Nembhard would cherish a chance to play for their hometown Raptors, but it remains to be seen if the guards will be available when Toronto makes ...
Jun 10, 2022

Judge blocks Texas investigating families of trans youth
A Texas judge on Friday temporarily blocked the state from investigating families of transgender children who have received gender-confirming medical care, a new obstacle to the state labeling such tr...
Jun 10, 2022

Blue Jays president asks for end of program that shuts down street near Rogers Centre
TORONTO - Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro is asking the City of Toronto to end a program that closes a busy roadway near Rogers Centre on weekends to allow for pedestrian traffic. In an open letter t...
Jun 10, 2022

October sentencing hearing set for Jacob Hoggard's sexual assault case
TORONTO - An Ontario judge has set a sentencing hearing in October for musician Jacob Hoggard's sexual assault case. A jury found the Hedley frontman guilty of sexual assault causing bodily harm again...
Jun 10, 2022

Police seeking man who gave false name during arrest last month
REDCLIFF AB. - Redcliff RCMP are looking for a suspect who gave them a false name during a traffic stop near Bassano last month.Two people were arrested initially on May 11, and a variety of weapons w...
Jun 10, 2022

Bond set at $100,000 for Mich. cop who killed Patrick Lyoya
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A judge set bond at $100,000 for a Michigan police officer charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of Patrick Lyoya. The judge on Tuesday also entered a not-guilty...
Jun 10, 2022

New Canadian regulations would put warning on each cigarette, not just packaging
Canada is poised to become the first country in the world to require that a warning be printed on every cigarette. The move builds on Canada's mandate to include graphic photo warnings on tobacco prod...
Jun 10, 2022

UK judge nixes first legal challenge to Rwanda deportations
LONDON (AP) - A British judge has rejected a bid to ground a flight due to take more than 30 asylum-seekers on a one-way flight to Rwanda next week. Judge Jonathan Swift refused a request from a group...
Jun 10, 2022

112 cases of monkeypox in Canada, all of them among men: public health officer
OTTAWA, Ill. - Canada's chief public health officer says there are now 112 cases of monkeypox across Canada and all of those infected are male. Dr. Theresa Tam told a briefing today that there are 98 ...
Jun 10, 2022