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Maine shooting suspect was recently released from prison
BOWDOIN, Maine (AP) - A Maine man who police say killed four people in a home and then shot three others randomly on a busy highway had been released days earlier from prison, where he had been servin...
Apr 19, 2023
Tyre Nichols’ family sues Memphis police over beating, death
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The family of Tyre Nichols, who died three days after a brutal beating by five Memphis police officers, sued the city of Memphis, individual officers and emergency medical person...
Apr 19, 2023
What the public sector strike could mean for filing your taxes
OTTAWA - Some 39,000 Canada Revenue Agency employees went on strike as of Wednesday as part of wider labour action by the Public Service Alliance of Canada. The CRA says the strike will mean certain s...
Apr 19, 2023
Nickelodeon jerseys help WHL raise nearly $160,000
For the first time, the WHL partnered with Nickelodeon to create themed jerseys in support of the Children's Miracle Network. The end result was a rousing success and massive sum of money donated.In a...
Apr 19, 2023
Federal workers now on strike. Here are the services that may be affected
OTTAWA - More than 155,000 public servants are now on strike after the country's biggest federal public-sector union and the government failed to reach a deal by a Tuesday evening deadline. Federal de...
Apr 19, 2023
Quebec government moves to ban flavoured vape products, limit nicotine content
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is modifying the province's anti-tobacco law to crack down on vaping, including by banning the sale of flavoured products. The new regulations would prevent the sale o...
Apr 19, 2023
Memo shows government muzzling health-care workers: NDP
The opposition NDP claims the Saskatchewan Party is trying to muzzle health-care workers from speaking out after getting ahold of a Saskatchewan Health Authority memo.The memo was sent to SHA staff in...
Apr 19, 2023
1 city, 2 people - and India’s widening religious divide
AYODHYA, India (AP) - Syed Mohammad Munir Abidi says India is a changed country, one he doesn't recognize anymore. It's a country, the 68-year-old says, where Muslims are ignored, where rising attacks...
Apr 19, 2023
Kim says North Korea's 1st spy satellite is ready for launch
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country has built its first-ever military spy satellite and that he planned to launch it on an undisclosed date, state media reported...
Apr 19, 2023
Chinese panda on long-term loan to Thailand dies suddenly
BANGKOK (AP) - A giant panda on long-term loan from China died in a zoo in northern Thailand on Wednesday, six months before she was due to return home, officials from the Chiang Mai Zoo said. The cau...
Apr 19, 2023
