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Liberal MP says she regrets 'distress' caused to witnesses who left meeting in tears
OTTAWA - Liberal MP Anita Vandenbeld fell short of an apology today after instigating a fracas that led two witnesses to storm out of a parliamentary committee hearing. Vandenbeld only says that she d...
Aug 01, 2024

Lethbridge Police looking for man wanted on outstanding warrants
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service is looking for a man wanted on outstanding warrants.Jarrett Bruce Healy, 34, is wanted on warrants for unlawful confinement, possessing weapons dangerous...
Aug 01, 2024

Labour leaders endorse NDP candidate, including the Conservative candidate's manager
OTTAWA - More a dozen labour leaders are endorsing the NDP candidate in an upcoming federal byelection in Winnipeg, including the business manager of the Conservative candidate's own union. The endors...
Aug 01, 2024

Japan Osprey crash caused by cracks in a gear and pilot’s decision to keep flying, Air Force says
WASHINGTON (AP) - A deadly Osprey aircraft crash last November off Japan was caused by cracks in a metal gear and the pilot's decision to keep flying, instead of heeding multiple warnings that he shou...
Aug 01, 2024

Alberta meditation centre tent collapses in high winds, killing 1 and injuring dozens
BUSBY, Alta. - One person died and dozens were injured after a large tent collapsed at a Buddhist monastery northwest of Edmonton during powerful winds. RCMP Cpl. Troy Savinkoff said there were as man...
Aug 01, 2024

Browns RB D'Onta Foreman suffers head injury during practice, air lifted to hospital in Virginia
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) - Cleveland Browns running back D'Onta Foreman suffered a head injury during practice and was air lifted by helicopter to a hospital in Virginia on Thursday. The team...
Aug 01, 2024

Canadian-born captive and American journalist freed in prisoner swap with Russia
WASHINGTON - Canadian-born Paul Whelan and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich were set free today as the United States and Russia completed their largest prisoner swap in post-Soviet histor...
Aug 01, 2024

Tarik Cohen informs Jets that he's ending his comeback and retiring from playing, AP source says
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) - Running back and return specialist Tarik Cohen has informed the New York Jets he's ending his comeback bid and will retire from playing football, according to a person with k...
Aug 01, 2024

Heat warning back in effect for most of southern Alberta
High temperatures are back across most of the region. Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for several communities including Lethbridge, Taber, Medicine Hat, Cardston, Milk River, Claresholm, ...
Aug 01, 2024

Inmate sentenced to more than 4 years in prison killing of Boston gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - An inmate was sentenced to more than four years in prison Thursday for his role in the 2018 fatal bludgeoning of notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger in a West Virg...
Aug 01, 2024