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Boy who killed two officers previously apprehended under Mental Health Act: police
EDMONTON - Police in Edmonton say a 16-year-old boy who shot and killed two officers a week ago had been apprehended in November under the Mental Health Act and taken to hospital for assessment. Polic...
Mar 23, 2023
Province provides $3 million for planning of new stand-alone Stollery
The province is investing $3 million over three years to advance planning for a new, stand-alone Stollery Children's Hospital.By bed count, the Stollery in Edmonton is the second-largest children's ho...
Mar 23, 2023
Georgia governor signs law curbing transgender care for kids
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia will ban most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies for transgender people under 18 with a new bill signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday. Lawmak...
Mar 23, 2023
1 million march in France, unions call new pension protests
PARIS (AP) - French unions have called for new nationwide protests next week, which will coincide with King Charles III's planned visit to France. The announcement follows record turnout in Thursday's...
Mar 23, 2023
B.C. salmon farm closure decision was necessary, says DFO amid court challenges
VICTORIA - The federal government is standing by its decision not to renew licences for 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms in British Columbia's Discovery Islands, despite recent court challenges. A st...
Mar 23, 2023
Authorities: 1 person fatally shot during rescue of migrants
HOUSTON (AP) - A hostage rescue in Houston in which one person was fatally shot on Thursday first began days ago when three migrants were kidnapped from a vehicle in a neighboring county, according to...
Mar 23, 2023
NTSB: Crews failed to de-ice road before massive Texas crash
DALLAS (AP) - The company responsible for maintaining a Texas interstate where 130 vehicles crashed in icy conditions two years ago, killing six, failed to address the deteriorating road conditions, f...
Mar 23, 2023
Police-reported hate crimes rise in Canada, small increase in Lethbridge
OTTAWA, ON - New figures released by Statistics Canada show hate crimes reported to police continued to spike across the country in the second year of the pandemic as people were targeted by race, rel...
Mar 23, 2023
Track bans transgender athletes, tightens rules for Semenya
Track and field banned transgender athletes from international competition Thursday, while adopting new regulations that could keep Caster Semenya and other athletes with differences in sex developmen...
Mar 23, 2023
Track bans transgender athletes, tightens rules for Semenya
Track and field banned transgender athletes from international competition Thursday, while adopting new regulations that could keep Caster Semenya and other athletes with differences in sex developmen...
Mar 23, 2023