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Attorney general says Oklahoma to resume executions
OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma plans to resume executing death-row inmates, five years after lethal injections were put on hold following a series of death-chamber mishaps, state officials announced Thursda...
Feb 15, 2020

GAME NOTES: Tigers look to steal points against Central leading Oil Kings
EDMONTON, AB - The Medicine Hat Tigers shut out the Regina Pats 7-0 at the Canalta Centre on Tuesday night. Veteran forward Ryan Chyzowski had a three point night (1G, 2A) in the contest while Danish ...
Feb 15, 2020 File Photo

Ex-Hasidic man educated in religious school had never heard of science, trial told
MONTREAL - Boisbriand, Que., is only about a half-hour drive north of Montreal. But to members of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish group who live in the off-island suburb, Montreal may as ...
Feb 15, 2020

Friends, family say goodbye to 4-year-old girl found dead in conservation area
TORONTO - A grieving mother read to her four-year-old daughter one final time on Thursday, as hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral of the girl whose body was found at the bottom of ...
Feb 15, 2020

Former Fort McMurray fire chief accused of harassment in earlier jobs
CALGARY - A former Alberta fire chief hailed by many as a hero for his role in battling the destructive Fort McMurray wildfire in 2016 has been accused of sexually harassing a female subordi...
Feb 15, 2020

Cubs looking for series sweep over Strathmore after Game 2 shutout
STRATHMORE, AB - The Medicine Hat Cubs are one win away from advancing to the second round of HJHL playoffs after recording their second shutout in two nights on Friday.Coming off a 3-0 victory over t...
Feb 15, 2020 File Photo

Canada, U.S. have lost military edge over Russia in the Arctic: Norad commander
OTTAWA - The head of the North American Aerospace Defence Command underscored the need to modernize the aging early-warning system Thursday, while cautioning that the United States and Canad...
Feb 15, 2020

14-year-old charged with Barnard College student death
NEW YORK - A 14-year-old has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of a Barnard College student in a Manhattan park in December, authorities said Saturday. Rashaun Weaver has been indicted by a grand ju...
Feb 15, 2020

Historic Pincher Creek hotel lost to fire
PINCHER CREEK, AB - UPDATE: The historic and century-old King Edward Hotel in Pincher Creek has been gutted by fire.As of late morning, fire crews continued to douse the smouldering ruins of the build...
Feb 15, 2020 Pincher Creek hotel fire -- credit to Jody Robertson

State of local emergency issued for Pincher Creek as historic hotel burns
PINCHER CREEK, AB - A local state of emergency has been declared in Pincher Creek after a fire was sparked at a historic hotel on the town's main thoroughfare.RCMP and Pincher Creek Emergency Services...
Feb 15, 2020 Pincher Creek hotel fire -- credit to Jody Robertson