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Turkey formally ratifies Sweden's NATO membership, leaving Hungary as only ally yet to endorse it
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey published a measure approving Sweden's membership in NATO in an official gazette on Thursday, finalizing the ratification that brings the previously nonaligned country a s...
Jan 25, 2024

Senators general manager Steve Staios reflects on disappointing first half
OTTAWA - When Steve Staios joined the Ottawa Senators as president of hockey operations in September, he didn't expect his team would be sitting near the bottom of the Eastern Conference at the halfwa...
Jan 25, 2024

Donald Trump testifies in his defense in E. Jean Carroll defamation suit
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump began testifying Thursday in a New York defamation trial to determine how much he might owe the advice columnist E. Jean Carroll for disparaging her as a liar after she pu...
Jan 25, 2024

Following Lethbridge success, Shoppers expanding pharmacy clinics across Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Shoppers Drug Mart has announced an expansion of its pharmacy care clinics.The company, owned by Loblaws, announced $77 million to open an additional 44 locations across Alberta in 20...
Jan 25, 2024

UBC lineman Benedet top-ranked Canadian university player on CFL winter scouting list
TORONTO - It's always good to have options, and Theo Benedet certainly does regarding a pro football career. The towering six-foot-seven, 305-pound offensive lineman from the University of British Col...
Jan 25, 2024

Murder of Quebec sergeant: No charges for officers who killed suspect after attack
Quebec provincial police officers won't face charges for killing a man moments after he had allegedly attacked and killed their colleague in March. Police shot dead Isaac Brouillard Lessard, 35, after...
Jan 25, 2024

As border pressure mounts, Mexico says asylum claims in Canada are already dropping
OTTAWA - Mexico says asylum claims to Canada started dropping last month - a revelation that comes amid mounting pressure on Ottawa to reimpose visas for Mexican citizens. Mexico's foreign ministry sa...
Jan 25, 2024

Man facing weapons charges after gun fired in Edmonton City Hall appears in court
EDMONTON - A man facing six weapons charges after a gun was fired and a Molotov cocktail was ignited in Edmonton city hall is to have a bail hearing next week. Bezhani Sarvar, 28, made his first court...
Jan 25, 2024

Man facing weapons charges after gun fired in Edmonton City Hall appears in court
EDMONTON, AB - A man facing charges after a gun was fired and a Molotov cocktail was ignited in Edmonton City Hall is to have a bail hearing next week.Bezhani Sarvar, who is 28, made his first court a...
Jan 25, 2024

Police tracked Quebec cold case suspect to cinema, seized drinking cup, trial hears
A Quebec police officer has told a first-degree murder trial how he and his partner tracked a suspected killer to a movie theatre and secretly took his discarded soft drink cup for a DNA test. Provinc...
Jan 25, 2024