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Sex crime case of Montreal billionaire Robert Miller to return to court in October
MONTREAL - The case against Robert Miller has moved a step closer to trial, even as questions remain about the ailing billionaire's ability to appear in court to face multiple sex charges. Lawyers for...
Jul 03, 2024
Court hears accused in Coutts blockade thought protest could lead to 'war'
LETHBRIDGE, AB - One of two men accused of conspiring to kill Mounties at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., characterized the protest as a last stand and told his mother there "will be a war" if p...
Jul 03, 2024
Lethbridge Police searching for robbery suspect
LETHBRIDGE, AB - UPDATE (July 4 8:20 a.m.): The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) has apprehended a suspect in connection to a convenience store robbery. Kirk Timm, 35, is charged with one count of robb...
Jul 03, 2024
LeBron James agrees to a 2-year extension with the Los Angeles Lakers, AP source says
LeBron James is making it official: He's coming back for a record-tying 22nd season in the NBA, one where the league's all-time scoring leader could share the floor with his son Bronny as teammates wi...
Jul 03, 2024
Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan named Canada's newest chief of the defence staff
OTTAWA - The federal government says it is naming Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan as defence chief, making her the first woman to hold the Canadian Armed Forces' top job. Carignan is currently the military's...
Jul 03, 2024
Egypt swears in a new Cabinet as mounting economic challenges fuel public discontent
CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's new Cabinet was sworn in Wednesday as the country faces an ailing economy and raging conflicts in neighboring nations. The new Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly,...
Jul 03, 2024
Anti-settlement group says Israel has made largest West Bank land seizure in 3 decades
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, an anti-settlement watchdog group said Wednesday, a move that could further worsen alr...
Jul 03, 2024
Hurricanes release three players
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Hurricanes have released three players.On Tuesday, July 3, 2024, the team announced they released 2004-born players Carter Dereniwsky and Braeden Wynne, and 2005-born i...
Jul 03, 2024
In the news today: UoT encampment ordered taken down, Nova Scotia needs new cash
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Toronto police to enforce encampment order. The Toronto Police Service says it will enforce a court order gran...
Jul 03, 2024
Police say they will enforce judge's order that U of T encampment must come down
TORONTO - The Toronto Police Service says it will enforce a court order granted yesterday that says demonstrators at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment at the University of Toronto must dismantle th...
Jul 03, 2024