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Judge orders return of items seized during 2018 arrest of Meng Wanzhou
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ordered the return of items seized from Meng Wanzhou during the Huawei executive's arrest at Vancouver's airport over an extradition request from...
Oct 25, 2021
Nearly 400 people take in "Freedom Rally" at Galt Gardens
LETHBRIDGE, AB - At a "freedom rally" in downtown Lethbridge, roughly 400 people gathered at Galt Gardens Monday.Organized by speakers Artur Pawlowski, Mike Hoffman, and Chris Skye spoke about their e...
Oct 25, 2021
Vancouver Canucks eager for return to home arena packed with fans
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have missed their fans. It's been nearly 600 days since the club has played a regular-season game in front of a home crowd, a stretch that's set to end Tuesday when V...
Oct 25, 2021
Judge says Oklahoma can proceed with 5 lethal injections
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A federal judge in Oklahoma ruled Monday the state can move forward with scheduled lethal injections for five death row inmates, including Julius Jones, whose case has drawn inter...
Oct 25, 2021
New era begins as Lethbridge City Council officially sworn in
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A mixture of new and returning faces hit the stage Monday afternoon as the newest Lethbridge City Council has been made official.The swearing in ceremony at the Yates Memorial Theatre...
Oct 25, 2021
Police: 6 injured, including officer, in Idaho mall shooting
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Police in Boise, Idaho, said Monday that five people and a police officer have been injured in a shooting at a shopping mall. They say one person is in custody. Police on Twitter s...
Oct 25, 2021
1,592 new COVID cases in Alberta over past weekend
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest report on COVID-19 for Monday, covering statistics from the past three days.In that time, 1,592 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing...
Oct 25, 2021
Judge agrees to 'terrorism enhancement' in case of ex-Canadian Armed Forces reservist
GREENBELT, Md. - The ex-Canadian Armed Forces reservist convicted of gun charges linked to what the FBI called a neo-Nazi plot to attack a gun-rights rally in Virginia is facing up to 25 years behind ...
Oct 25, 2021
Province proposes stronger review of capital projects
EDMONTON, AB - The Alberta Government is proposing legislation to make the decisions on capital infrastructure projects "criteria-based."If passed, the Infrastructure Accountability Act will legislate...
Oct 25, 2021
Online criteria for Afghan refugee program changes, applies to only those who've fled
OTTAWA - The Canadian government has quietly changed the criteria on its website for a special program for vulnerable Afghan refugees so that only those who have already managed to escape to other cou...
Oct 25, 2021