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Canada's high court upholds first-degree conviction against B.C. killer
OTTAWA - Canada's highest court has unanimously upheld the first-degree murder conviction of a man found guilty of a January 2015 slaying near Prince George, B.C. The Supreme Court of Canada decision ...
Jul 21, 2022
Old Age Security payments increasing by 10% for seniors 75+
OTTAWA, ON - The federal government has announced the first permanent increase to Old Age Security (OAS) pensions, not including adjustments due to inflation, for the first time since 1973.Minister of...
Jul 21, 2022
Senior officer faces military charges after probe of relationship allegations
OTTAWA - The military police have charged a senior officer in the Canadian Armed Forces after an investigation into allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate. The office of Canad...
Jul 21, 2022
$135K worth of drugs confiscated in southeastern Alberta
BROOKS, AB - Two people have been apprehended following the seizures of large quantities of drugs and cash.The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) Medicine Hat organized crime team executed ...
Jul 21, 2022
West Germany soccer great Uwe Seeler dies at 85
BERLIN (AP) - Uwe Seeler, who led West Germany to the 1966 World Cup final as captain of the national team, has died. He was 85. Regarded as one of Germany's best-ever players, Seeler was famous for h...
Jul 21, 2022
House OKs bill to protect contraception from Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) - The right to use contraceptives would be inscribed into law under a measure that Democrats pushed through the House on Thursday, their latest campaign-season response to concerns a c...
Jul 21, 2022
Trudeau: Hockey Canada needs a 'real reckoning' in wake of scandal
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there needs to be a "real reckoning" at Hockey Canada as the organization continues to deal with the fallout related to its handling of an alleged sexual assault and...
Jul 21, 2022
Ex-cop Lane gets 2 1/2 years on Floyd killing federal charge
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Former Minneapolis police Officer Thomas Lane has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison on a federal civil rights charge for his role in the killing of George Floyd. U.S. Dist...
Jul 21, 2022
Lethbridge crews help to restore power in Medicine Hat following storm
LETHBRIDGE, AB - While the Lethbridge Hurricanes and Medicine Hat Tigers might be bitter rivals on the ice, the municipalities have proven once again that they will help each other out in times of nee...
Jul 21, 2022
Tories, advocates call on Ottawa to remove bureaucratic hurdles to resettling Afghans
OTTAWA - Opposition Conservatives are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government to extend a special immigration program it set up to bring Afghans trying to flee the Taliban to Canada. Tor...
Jul 21, 2022