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Feds win 'interim interim' stay for 15-day cap on solitary confinement
TORONTO - The federal government won't have to comply immediately with a court decision that limited solitary confinement to 15 consecutive days, the Supreme Court of Canada has decided. In granting O...
Apr 12, 2019
Conditional sentence for man who grabbed woman's breast and told her "shhhh"
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 47-year old man who pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault, after grabbing and holding onto a woman's breast during a business transaction, has been handed a 9-month conditio...
Apr 12, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse
Venezuela's ex-spy chief arrested in Madrid on US warrant
MADRID - Venezuela's longtime spy chief was arrested Friday in Madrid by Spanish police acting on a United States warrant for allegedly trafficking tons of cocaine. Maj. Gen. Hugo Carvajal, who for mo...
Apr 12, 2019
Lethbridge Police charge local man with drug trafficking offences
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police have charged a 48-year-old man with drug trafficking offences after a recent vehicle stop.According to police, at 8 p.m. on April 5 a member of the Downtown Policing...
Apr 12, 2019
Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime gets Monte Carlo wild card
MONTE CARLO - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime has been given a wild card into the Monte-Carlo Masters next week. The 18-year-old from Montreal is ranked 33rd in the world after a strong start to 2019, ...
Apr 12, 2019
Goodale says report on terror threats 'maligned' certain communities
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says future reports on terrorist threats to Canada will not refer to Sikh extremism and instead use "extremists who support violent means to establis...
Apr 12, 2019
Oklahoma governor tries 'American Ninja Warrior' course
OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma's new Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt is taking a shot at the "American Ninja Warrior" obstacle course outside the state capitol in Oklahoma City. Organizers of the reality televi...
Apr 12, 2019
Hasn't campaigned with federal leader: NDP's Notley says her focus on Alberta
CALGARY - Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley says she hasn't campaigned with the federal party leader because her focus is on what's best for the province - including pipelines. During a campaign stop i...
Apr 12, 2019
Trivago hotel website actor arrested in Texas on DWI charge
HOUSTON - An actor and spokesman for the discount hotel website Trivago.com (tree-VAH'-goh) has been arrested in Texas on a misdemeanour driving while intoxicated charge. Court records show 52-year-ol...
Apr 12, 2019
Kevin McKenna, Randee Hermus headed to Canada Soccer Hall of Fame
TORONTO - Former Canada captain Kevin McKenna and Randee Hermus have been named to the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame. McKenna, 39, won 63 caps for Canada between May 2000 and October 2012, serv...
Apr 12, 2019