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Harvey Weinstein wants to move trial out of NYC
NEW YORK - A lawyer for Harvey Weinstein has asked that the disgraced movie mogul's upcoming criminal trial be moved out of New York City, saying he can't get a fair trial. In a longshot motion filed ...
Aug 20, 2019
Crash involving tanker kills one & injures nine near Cereal, evacuation order ended
CEREAL, AB - A multi-vehicle crash on Tuesday afternoon near the community of Cereal has left one person dead and many more injured.As reported by our partners at Global News, EMS has confirmed one pe...
Aug 20, 2019 Photo courtesy of Global Calgary
Pan Am Games protesters each get 12 months of probation
DENVER - The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has handed down 12-month probations to the athletes who protested on the medals stand at the Pan American Games. In letters of reprimand sent Tuesday...
Aug 20, 2019
Court approves release of video, affidavits ahead of Huawei executive's trial
VANCOUVER - A senior B.C. Supreme Court judge has agreed with what she calls a "somewhat unusual" request to provide documents and a video directly to media ahead of an extradition hearing for Hu...
Aug 20, 2019
Workers escorted away during Border Services probe at Vancouver horse track
VANCOUVER - Several people were removed form a Vancouver horse racing track this week as part of an investigation by the Canada Border Services Agency. Border services agents arrived at...
Aug 20, 2019
Provincial review of SCS splits opinions in community
Medicine Hat, AB - Work was about to start converting a former restaurant on South Railway Street to a supervised consumption site in Medicine Hat. All of that stopped when the United Conservative Par...
Aug 20, 2019
Australian court upholds cardinal's child sex convictions
MELBOURNE, Australia - An Australian court has upheld convictions against the most senior Catholic to be found guilty of children sex abuse. The Victoria state Court of Appeal by a 2-1 majority ruling...
Aug 20, 2019
Motor vehicle collision on Highway 9 causing detours
OYEN, AB - Drivers on Highway 9 should expect delays following a motor vehicle collision between Chinook and Cereal Tuesday afternoon.According to Alberta 511, a motor vehicle collision and vehicle fi...
Aug 20, 2019
Alberta to limit oil production to end of 2020 as pipeline delays persist
CALGARY - The Alberta government says some oil companies may have to limit their production until the end of 2020 as pipeline delays persist. Energy Minister Sonya Savage says the current limit is bei...
Aug 20, 2019
Cowboys' Elliott won't face criminal charge in Vegas scuffle
LAS VEGAS - Dallas Cowboys star running back Ezekiel Elliott won't face criminal charges after scuffling with a music festival security guard in Las Vegas. Prosecutor Steve Wolfson said Tuesday the fi...
Aug 20, 2019