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Longtime Mexican drug cartel leader pleads not guilty to drug and murder charges in New York
NEW YORK (AP) - Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the powerful longtime leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel, pleaded not guilty Friday in New York on a 17-count indictment accusing him of narcotics traffic...
Sep 13, 2024
Feds rarely punish hospitals for turning away pregnant patients
As the pregnant woman's contractions rolled in every two minutes, staff at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, dispatched an ambulance to send her elsewhere. Just t...
Sep 13, 2024
Medicine Hat’s ask for provincial cash to fund extra police officers remains ‘under review’
The Alberta government is still reviewing the City of Medicine Hat's request for extra funding to hire two more police officers, a spokesperson told Pattison Media this week.City council made the fund...
Sep 13, 2024
Whitehead becomes 1st CHL player to verbally commit to playing NCAA hockey
Braxton Whitehead said Friday he has verbally committed to Arizona State, making him the first member of a Canadian Hockey League team to attempt to play the sport at the Division I U.S. college level...
Sep 13, 2024
Driver charged with killing NHL's Johnny Gaudreau and his brother had .087 blood-alcohol level
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road had a blood-alcohol level of .087, above the .08 legal li...
Sep 13, 2024
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith praises jury system after Coutts protest verdict
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the jury has spoken and needs to be respected in the case of two men found guilty for their actions at the 2022 Coutts border blockade.Smith has expressed support a...
Sep 13, 2024
Lethbridge Police charge man with attempted murder
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) claims that a man tried to kill a woman in her sleep.At approximately 3:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, police were called to a home on the...
Sep 13, 2024
Canada to donate up to 200,000 vaccine doses to combat mpox outbreaks in Africa
The Canadian government says it will donate up to 200,000 vaccine doses to fight the mpox outbreak in Congo and other African countries. It says the donated doses of Imvamune will come from Canada's e...
Sep 13, 2024
Feds rarely punish hospitals for turning away pregnant patients
As the pregnant woman's contractions rolled in every two minutes, staff at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, dispatched an ambulance to send her elsewhere. Just t...
Sep 13, 2024
Nebraska ballot can include competing measures to expand or limit abortion rights, high court rules
The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday that competing measures that would expand or limit abortion rights can appear on the November ballot. The high court's ruling came days after it heard arguments...
Sep 13, 2024