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Iran threat prompted increased protection of Trump, Saturday attack appears unrelated, officials say
WASHINGTON (AP) - A threat from Iran prompted moves by the U.S. Secret Service to boost protection around Donald Trump before Saturday's attempted assassination of the former president, which appears ...
Jul 16, 2024

Ex-TV host Carlos Watson convicted in trial over collapse of startup Ozy Media
NEW YORK (AP) - Former TV personality Carlos Watson was convicted Tuesday in a federal financial conspiracy case about Ozy Media, an ambitious startup that collapsed after another executive impersonat...
Jul 16, 2024

Quebec court orders hospital to keep woman on life support so she can die in Nigeria
MONTREAL - A Quebec court ordered a Montreal hospital in April to keep a woman on life support to give her husband the chance to arrange for her to be sent home to die in Nigeria. McGill University He...
Jul 16, 2024

Supporters of scaling back Arkansas abortion ban sue state for rejecting ballot measure petitions
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Supporters of a proposal to ask voters scale back Arkansas' abortion ban sued the state on Tuesday for rejecting their petitions to get the measure on the November ballot. Ark...
Jul 16, 2024

Ottawa says deal reached with Saskatchewan on carbon levy money owed
REGINA - The federal government says it has reached an agreement with Saskatchewan over the province not paying carbon levy money to Ottawa, though the case may still end up in court. National Revenue...
Jul 16, 2024

B.C.'s 'massive error' part of web of inaction that could have saved boy: advocate
VICTORIA - The ministry that is supposed to be protecting British Columbia's kids made what the children's representative says was a "massive error," resulting in the torturous death of an 11-year-old...
Jul 16, 2024

Liberal energy minister promises ban on oil furnaces for new builds as soon as 2028
OTTAWA - Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has announced an intention to ban the installation of oil furnaces in new construction as early as 2028. The federal government's planned phase-out of heati...
Jul 16, 2024

Quebec government quietly loosened its approach to drug possession over a year ago
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has quietly relaxed its approach to people caught with small quantities of drugs. In April 2023, the province recommended that simple possession cases should only be p...
Jul 16, 2024

Chadwick, Sharpe to attend Team Canada summer camps
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Two Lethbridge Hurricanes defencemen have been invited to team Canada selection camps this summer.Noah Chadwick is one of the 13 defencemen invited to compete in the Summer Showcase f...
Jul 16, 2024

Singer Ingrid Andress says she was drunk during panned MLB anthem performance, will get treatment
After a widely panned performance of the U.S. national anthem at the MLB Home Run Derby, country singer Ingrid Andress apologized Tuesday and said she was drunk. "I'm checking myself into a facility t...
Jul 16, 2024