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US to send $3 billion in aid to Ukraine as war hits 6 months
WASHINGTON (AP) - As Russia's war on Ukraine drags on, U.S. security assistance is shifting to a longer-term campaign that will likely keep more American military troops in Europe into the future, inc...
Aug 23, 2022
Durant, Nets plan to move forward together instead of trade
NEW YORK (AP) - Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets plan to stay together after all, even after the All-Star forward asked to be traded earlier this summer. The Nets said Tuesday that the team's leader...
Aug 23, 2022
2 men guilty of conspiring to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A jury on Tuesday convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, in a plot prosecutors described as a rallying cry for a U.S. civil war by...
Aug 23, 2022
Renowned architect Moshe Safdie gifts archive and Habitat 67 condo unit to McGill
MONTREAL - Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie is donating his professional archive to McGill University, including his thesis that led to the Habitat 67 apartment complex in Montreal. McGill says...
Aug 23, 2022
Quebec coroner investigates deaths of Inuuk women struck on Montreal highways
MONTREAL - The Quebec coroner is investigating the deaths of two Inuuk women in their 20s who were hit by cars within a 24-hour period over the weekend on separate Montreal highways. A spokesperson fo...
Aug 23, 2022
Canada’s proposed fertilizer emissions reduction target questioned
MELFORT, SK - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has announced the launch of additional consultations to guide the development of an approach to reduce fertilizer emissions by 30 per cent from 20...
Aug 23, 2022
Two Medicine Hat athletes medal at Canada Summer Games
Team Alberta had a successful showing at the 2022 Canada Summer Games in Niagara, Ontario. The Games came to a close on Aug. 21, after just over two weeks of competition.At the conclusion of this year...
Aug 23, 2022
Ken Dryden gets personal, remembering historic 1972 hockey showdown in "The Series"
Ken Dryden didn't want to write about the 1972 Summit Series. The Hall of Fame goalie has, over the past 50 years, helped with projects about the historic games between Canada and Russia, but whenever...
Aug 23, 2022
Health minister appoints chief nursing officer to offer input on care concerns
OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos has appointed Leigh Chapman to the newly reinstated role of chief federal nursing officer to offer input on the many issues facing Canada's health systems. Th...
Aug 23, 2022
Children of climate change come of age in 'Katrina Babies'
Edward Buckles, Jr. was 13 when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and completely upended his life. Buckles and his family moved from New Orleans to Lafayette, Louisiana for several months while their ...
Aug 23, 2022