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CP NewsAlert: Crown says accused in Quebec daycare deaths not criminally responsible
LAVAL, Que. - The Quebec Crown says its expert has concluded that the man accused of killing two children and injuring six others after a city bus crashed into a daycare should be found not criminally...
Feb 21, 2025

Auger-Aliassime loses third-set tiebreaker to Rublev in Qatar semifinals
DOHA - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime had his comeback attempt fall just short in a 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (5) loss to Andrey Rublev on Friday in the semifinals of the Qatar Open. Down 6-3 in the third-set t...
Feb 21, 2025

4 Nations Face-Off final between US and Canada drew record betting action
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Canada's 3-2 overtime victory over the United States in the championship game of the 4 Nations Face-Off on Thursday night set single-game hockey betting records. BetMGM Sportsbook sai...
Feb 21, 2025

Golden goals: Canadian hockey players have a history of coming through in the clutch
Connor McDavid continued Canada's tradition of scoring clutch goals in best-on-best senior tournaments with his overtime winner in a 3-2 win over the United States in the final of the 4 Nations Face-O...
Feb 21, 2025

Condemned South Carolina killer chooses to be executed by firing squad
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad. He would be the first U.S. inmate shot to death in an execution in 15 years. Sigmon is...
Feb 21, 2025

Jurors begin deliberating in the trial of a man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie
MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - Jurors began deliberating Friday in the trial of a New Jersey man charged with stabbing and trying to kill Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage. The jury got the case after...
Feb 21, 2025

Heiltsuk Nation written constitution passes with 67 per cent of votes
VANCOUVER - The Heiltsuk Nation has approved the adoption of a written constitution for the First Nation on British Columbia's central coast. The nation says 67 per cent of the 725 people who voted on...
Feb 21, 2025

Pope Francis' doctor says pontiff isn't out of danger but that his condition isn't life-threatening
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis' condition isn't life-threatening, but he's not out of danger, his medical team said Friday as the 88-year-old pontiff marked his first week in a hospital with pneumonia on to...
Feb 21, 2025

Here is what's on in Medicine Hat and area this weekend: Feb. 21-23
Do you remember what it feels like to be warm outside?Temperatures are on the rise and Medicine Hat is set to thaw out starting Friday. Environment Canada is calling for a high of 4 C on Friday, 7 C o...
Feb 21, 2025

Vancouver Canucks sign goaltender Lankinen to five-year extension
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have signed goaltender Kevin Lankinen to a five-year contract extension with an average annual value of US$4.5 million, the club announced Friday. The 29-year-old Fin...
Feb 21, 2025