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CBC resumes activity on some of its Twitter accounts after hitting pause over labels
The CBC and Radio-Canada are returning to Twitter after pausing activity last month over their designation as "government-funded media" by the social media platform. CBC News editor-in-chief Brodie Fe...
May 09, 2023
CF Montreal defeats Toronto FC to reach Canadian Championship semifinals
TORONTO - Nigerian forward Chinonso Offor scored the winning goal in the 39th minute and CF Montreal held on to defeat Toronto FC 2-1 in Canadian Championship quarterfinal play Tuesday. Toronto dug it...
May 09, 2023
China working to get Canadians 'at each other's throats': interference researcher
OTTAWA - The managing director of a non-profit that tracks Chinese attempts to influence democracies around the world says Beijing wants to sow discord in western countries. David Salvo says the Allia...
May 09, 2023
Tunisia: 3 killed, 10 injured in attack near synagogue
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) - A Tunisian naval guard shot and killed a colleague and two civilians Tuesday as he tried to enter a synagogue on the island of Djerba during an annual Jewish pilgrimage, the Tuni...
May 09, 2023
Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2019 drug death of teen in Langley, B.C.
LANGLEY, B.C. - A man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the high-profile death of a 14-year-old boy almost four years ago. The BC Prosecution Service says the accused, who cannot be named because ...
May 09, 2023
Trans minors protected from parents under Washington law
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Minors seeking gender-affirming care in Washington will be protected from the intervention of estranged parents under a measure Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law Tuesday. The new l...
May 09, 2023
Pit bull terrier in need of a home
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Rescue dogs often find a home within two months.But this isn't the case for Queen Diva Bailey, a five-year-old pit bull terrier mix, who's been patiently waiting at the Medicine Hat...
May 09, 2023
Animal Food Bank finds animals forgotten during Alberta wildfires; pet food needed
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Animal Food Bank is finding that pets are being forgotten in the midst of the Alberta wildfires.Nicole Frey, the founder of the Animal Food Bank, a volunteer-run advocacy group in M...
May 09, 2023
Biden: US-Mexico border will be 'chaotic for a while'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden predicted Tuesday that the U.S.-Mexico border would be "chaotic for a while" as pandemic-related restrictions end. Biden said he spoke with Mexican President Andr...
May 09, 2023
Minister of St. John's Presbyterian Church reflects on history ahead of the church's 140th anniversary
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat's St. John's Presbyterian Church is celebrating 140 years.The congregation will be marking this milestone throughout the year, but church members are also taking time t...
May 09, 2023