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Dozens are injured in a stampede at India's massive Hindu festival
NEW DELHI (AP) - Tens of thousands of people at a massive religious gathering in India rushed to take a holy bath in the country's northern Prayagraj city, setting off a stampede early Wednesday that ...
Jan 28, 2025
Randy Fine, conservative DeSantis critic, wins Republican primary to replace Mike Waltz in US House
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida state Sen. Randy Fine, a self-described "conservative firebrand," won the Republican primary in the special election to replace former Rep. Mike Waltz in Florida's 6th...
Jan 28, 2025
Medicine Hat mayor observes regional unity in ‘state of the city’ address
Medicine Hat mayor Linnsie Clark sat down with Barry Finkelman, director of the Kiwanis Club of Medicine Hat, for this year's 'State of the City Address'.The annual address took place Tuesday at the M...
Jan 28, 2025
Minister Loewen travelling to Germany to promote special license program and Alberta's outdoors
Minister of Forestry and Parks Todd Loewen is travelling to Germany in an effort to promote Alberta's outdoors and the annual Minister's Special License Program. From Jan. 28-Feb. 2, Loewen will atten...
Jan 28, 2025
Trump offers all federal workers a buyout with 7 months' pay in effort to shrink size of government
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House on Tuesday began offering buyouts worth seven months of salary to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by Feb. 6 - part of President Donald Trump's unpre...
Jan 28, 2025
Ottawa's 'meh' budget drew skepticism from public, finance department was told
OTTAWA - Vague, mediocre, "smoke and mirrors" - even "meh." Those are all words Canadians used to describe the Liberal government's last budget in a series of focus groups, summarized in a report comp...
Jan 28, 2025
Eby vows pandemic-style tariff relief in B.C., may include loans and unemployment aid
VANCOUVER - Premier David Eby says protecting British Columbians from the potential impact of U.S. tariffs will be taken as seriously as the relief response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He says every dec...
Jan 28, 2025
Study says climate change made conditions that fed California wildfires more likely, more intense
WASHINGTON (AP) - Human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that fanned the flames of the recent devastating Southern California wildfires...
Jan 28, 2025
Death toll from New Year's Eve illegal fireworks explosion in Honolulu climbs to 5
HONOLULU (AP) - A fifth person has died from injuries suffered during a massive explosion of illegal fireworks at a Honolulu home over New Year's, police said Tuesday. The 29-year-old man was one of s...
Jan 28, 2025
Senators brass assures fans no relocation amid Quebec City exhibition plans
OTTAWA - There's plenty to celebrate about the Ottawa Senators these days. The team currently sits third in the Atlantic Division, delivering some of the most exciting hockey this market has seen in y...
Jan 28, 2025