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Slovak prime minister who was shot in an assassination attempt is released from the hospital
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) - Slovakia's populist prime minister, Robert Fico, has been released from a hospital where he was treated after an assassination attempt. Miriam Lapunikova, the director of t...
May 31, 2024
Russian missiles kill 4 people in Kharkiv after Biden OKs a Ukrainian response using U.S. weapons
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - The German government says Ukraine can use weapons it delivers against attacks from positions just over the Russian border. The government said in a statement Friday that, togethe...
May 31, 2024
In the news today: StatCan's March and Q1 GDP figures due, B.C. human smuggling soars
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Statistics Canada to release GDP figures for March and Q1 today Statistics Cana...
May 31, 2024
Houthi rebels say at least 16 killed, 35 others wounded in joint US-British airstrikes in Yemen
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Joint British-U.S. airstrikes targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels killed at least 16 people and wounded 35 others, the rebels said Friday, the highest publicly acknowled...
May 31, 2024
Jury selection for Coutts blockade protesters accused of conspiracy to commit murder
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Jury selection is scheduled today for two men charged with conspiracy to commit murder during the 2022 border protest at Coutts, Alta. Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert were arres...
May 31, 2024
Liberal government's own polling said Canadians worried about drug decriminalization
OTTAWA - Months before British Columbia sought to scale back its drug decriminalization pilot project, the federal government's own polling suggested to officials that a majority of Canadians believed...
May 31, 2024
'Unprecedented': Human smuggling from B.C. to U.S. soars, using train, Uber and foot
VANCOUVER - In November last year, American border agents ordered that a freight train crossing into the U.S. be halted. Homeland Security agent David Spitzer said in an affidavit that 13 Mexican nati...
May 31, 2024
A Ghana toddler sets a world record as the youngest male artist. His mom says he just loves colors
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) - Meet Ace-Liam Ankrah, a Ghana toddler who has set the record as the world's youngest male artist. His mother, Chantelle Kukua Eghan, says it all started by accident when her son, w...
May 31, 2024
The verdict: Inside the courtroom as Donald Trump learned he had been convicted
NEW YORK (AP) - History happened just as everyone was about to leave for the day. Judge Juan M. Merchan had already summoned Donald Trump, his legal team and prosecutors into the courtroom where the f...
May 30, 2024
Sask Polytech celebrates graduates at Prince Albert campus convocation
If you told Laiken Belliveau four or five years ago that one day she'd be accepting her Sask Polytech diploma after graduating from the Mental Health and Addictions Counsellor program, she never would...
May 30, 2024
