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Dominican Republic cabinet minister killed in office
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - The Dominican Republic's minister of the environment and natural resources was shot and killed in his office on Monday by a close friend, the office of the pre...
Jun 06, 2022

Quebec legal aid lawyers set for four-day strike over equal pay with Crown attorneys
MONTREAL - Hundreds of legal aid lawyers in Quebec are taking part in a four-day strike because the provincial government is offering them less than it did for Crown attorneys. About 200 legal aid law...
Jun 06, 2022

China's actions toward Canadian planes 'provocative and irresponsible': Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called the actions of Chinese pilots towards Canadian planes taking part in a United Nations mission "irresponsible and provocative." Speaking at a news conf...
Jun 06, 2022

Conservatives say record number of Canadians signed up to vote for new party leader
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidates say they've sold memberships to hundreds of thousands of Canadians ahead of the September vote. Pierre Poilievre's campaign claims to have signed up more th...
Jun 06, 2022

Amplify Medicine Hat - RENŪ by Jeska Rabbit
Local business is the cornerstone of Medicine Hat, that's why we're asking you to Amplify Medicine Hat by nominating local businesses we can highlight and support.Jessica Lawrence is a Paramedical Per...
Jun 06, 2022

Curling Canada high-performance director Peckham to begin transition to retirement
Curling Canada says high-performance director Gerry Peckham will begin the transition to retirement next season. The organization says his role will be reduced to 50 per cent starting on Sept. 1. Curl...
Jun 06, 2022

Federal judge OKs Oklahoma’s lethal injection method
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A federal judge in Oklahoma on Monday ruled the state's three-drug lethal injection method is constitutional, paving the way for the state to request execution dates for more than...
Jun 06, 2022

US general: Ukraine will keep getting ‘significant’ support
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) - The United States and its allies will keep providing "significant" support to Ukraine out of respect for the legacy of D-Day soldiers, whose victory over the Nazis he...
Jun 06, 2022

Biden hoping to avoid Summit of the Americas flop in LA
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mexican President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador confirmed Monday that he will not attend the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles this week, dealing a blow to the event hosted by U.S. ...
Jun 06, 2022

N.S. mass killer slipped by Truro police in nine-minute journey on Day 2 of rampage
TRURO, N.S. - A mass killer in a replica police vehicle was able to drive undetected through the largest Nova Scotia town in the vicinity of his murders, slipping by local constables who had received ...
Jun 06, 2022