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Medicine Hat Police station windows smashed with hammer
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A man is in custody after causing an estimated $50,000 worth of damage to the windows at Medicine Hat's police station.According to police, patrol members inside the station heard b...
Dec 23, 2020
Trump vetoes defence bill, setting up possible override vote
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed the annual defence policy bill, following through on threats to veto a measure that has broad bipartisan support in Congress and potentially set...
Dec 23, 2020
Fugitive dubbed 'pilot to the stars' likely hiding in northern Quebec: police
MONTREAL - Police say a man convicted of an aerial attack on Hydro-Quebec power lines and who has evaded authorities for a week could be hiding out in the province's north. Provincial police added Nor...
Dec 23, 2020
Family of Pakistan dissident Karima Mehrab urge thorough investigation into her death
TORONTO - The family of an internationally prominent Pakistani dissident urged a thorough investigation into her death, saying Wednesday they were having difficulty accepting a police conclusion she k...
Dec 23, 2020
Simon Griffiths resigns as Chair of Lethbridge Police Commission
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The head of the local police commission is on his way out.Simmon Griffiths announced this week that he is stepping down from his position on the Lethbridge Police Commission (LPC)."I ...
Dec 23, 2020
Masks distributed to Quebec daycares since May are faulty, says families minister
MONTREAL - Quebec authorities say masks that have been distributed to daycares across the province since May don't meet provincial safety standards. The Families Department issued a notice Tuesday cal...
Dec 23, 2020
Rage, reckoning come to forefront in ‘Promising Young Woman’
Emerald Fennell wanted to write about female rage. Before #MeToo became ubiquitous, she had been thinking about complacency and the teen movies of her youth where consent was often little more than a ...
Dec 23, 2020
British model and fashion muse Stella Tennant dies at age 50
LONDON - Stella Tennant, the aristocratic British model who was a muse to designers such as Karl Lagerfeld and Gianni Versace, has died suddenly at the age of 50, her family said Wednesday. Tennant, t...
Dec 23, 2020
S&P 500 ticks higher, on track to break 3-day losing streak
NEW YORK - Stocks are ticking higher on Wall Street Wednesday following a mixed set of reports on the economy. The S&P 500 was up by 0.6% and on pace for its first gain after three days of losses ...
Dec 23, 2020
Virus-linked isolation of UK eases but backlog persists
DOVER, England - Gridlock at an English port kept thousands of truckers and travellers stranded Wednesday despite a deal with France to lift a two-day blockade imposed because of a new variant of the ...
Dec 23, 2020