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Utah Supreme Court blocks execution of prisoner with dementia who chose to die by firing squad
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The impending execution of a man by firing squad in Utah was blocked by the state's Supreme Court on Friday after his attorneys argued he should be spared because he has dementia...
Aug 29, 2025
East Hill stabbing incident sends two people to hospital
Update: On Jan. 5, 2026, the charges were stayed by the Crown due to fact complainants could not be located.A man and a woman were transported to hospital with stab wounds, following an incident Thurs...
Aug 29, 2025
US revokes visas of Palestinian president and other officials ahead of UN General Assembly
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the visas of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials ahead of next month's annual high-level meeting of the U.N. General...
Aug 29, 2025
'It's our history": handmade Red River cart finds new home in Prince Albert
The sound of fiddle music filled the air as a special commemorative item was officially unveiled on Thursday at the Mtis NationSaskatchewan (MN-S) Western Region II office in Prince Albert.The Red Riv...
Aug 29, 2025
California energy regulators pause efforts to penalize oil companies for high profits
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California energy regulators Friday put the brakes on plans requiring oil companies to pay a penalty if their profits climb too high, a temporary win for the fossil fuel indu...
Aug 29, 2025
Fireworks tonight, and other long weekend events in P.A.
Folks will be giving summer one last hurrah this long weekend, and they'll have the weather and the fireworks to go out with a bang. The fireworks display originally planned for National Indigenous Pe...
Aug 29, 2025
B.C. ministry unaware of coroners attending death scenes remotely after 2019
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Ministry of Public Safety says it was unaware of the BC Coroners Service continuing a practice of attending certain death scenes remotely after 2019. Ministry spokeswoma...
Aug 29, 2025
Man charged with sparking one of Sask’s biggest wildfires
A 29-year-old La Ronge man has been charged with starting one of the province's largest wildfires of 2025 near Weyakwin.Jason Halkett is charged with one count of arson in connection with lighting the...
Aug 29, 2025
Bookmaker linked to baseball star Shohei Ohtani's interpreter sentenced to just over a year
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani was sentenced to just over a year in prison Frida...
Aug 29, 2025
Annual Raiders golf tournament marks start of hockey season
The Prince Albert Raiders are now swapping their golf clubs for hockey sticks. The annual golf tournament hosted by the team Thursday marked the end of the off-season for the club by officially welcom...
Aug 29, 2025
