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IS supporter found guilty of killing UK lawmaker David Amess
LONDON (AP) - A jury deliberated for just 18 minutes Monday before finding a fervent Islamic State supporter guilty of stabbing lawmaker David Amess to death a slaying that shocked the nation and spar...
Apr 11, 2022
Medicine Hat man sentenced to life in prison for murder of common-law partner
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A Medicine Hat man has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 13 years for killing his common-law partner with a box cutter last October.Timothy Faulkner was ...
Apr 11, 2022
Dry cells to be banned for women prisoners suspected of carrying contraband in bodies
OTTAWA - The federal government says it will do away with the controversial practice of confining inmates to dry cells when they are suspected of carrying contraband in their vaginas. Dry cells are es...
Apr 11, 2022
Mariupol mayor says siege has killed more than 10K civilians
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - The mayor of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol says that more than 10,000 civilians have died in the Russian siege of his city and that the full death toll could surpass twice t...
Apr 11, 2022
Piikani man pleads not guilty in connection to death of teenager
PIIKANI NATION, AB - A four-week trial has been set for a man accused in the death of a youth in Southern Alberta.In Lethbridge Court of Queen's Bench on Monday, April 11, 2022, Dustin Big Bull, 39, o...
Apr 11, 2022
Trudeau expected to make announcement on electric vehicle infrastructure
VICTORIA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to be in Victoria today. He is expected to make an announcement highlighting investments in electric vehicle infrastructure. The federal budget ta...
Apr 11, 2022
Transgender treatment ban challenged by lawsuit in Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Two families with transgender teens and two physicians sued the state of Alabama on Monday to overturn a law that makes it a crime for doctors to treat trans youth under 19 wit...
Apr 11, 2022
Accused in Quebec City sword attack to argue not criminally responsible for killings
QUEBEC - The man accused of two counts of murder in a Halloween night sabre attack in Quebec City in 2020 doesn't deny the acts he's accused of, the judge noted at the opening of his trial today. Lawy...
Apr 11, 2022
AB Government terminating relationships with three Russian regions
EDMONTON, AB - The provincial government is taking action against a trio of Russian regions.Premier Jason Kenney has written letters to the governors of the regions, announcing that the Alberta Govern...
Apr 11, 2022
St. Louis prosecutor, disciplinary panel reach agreement
ST. LOUIS (AP) - St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has reached an agreement with the Missouri Office of Disciplinary Counsel in which she acknowledges that she made mistakes in her handling of th...
Apr 11, 2022