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Two more charged in brazen killing of daughter-in-law of late Montreal Mafia boss
MONTREAL - Montreal police say two more people have been arrested in the brazen daytime killing of a 39-year-old woman in front of her beauty salon in May 2023. Claudia Iacono, 39, was the daughter-in...
Jan 03, 2025
New Orleans attacker had suspected bomb materials at home, reserved truck weeks ago, officials say
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The man killed by New Orleans police after ramming a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year's revelers had suspected bomb-making materials at his home and reserved the vehicle used i...
Jan 03, 2025
Yukon told of 'potential leak' from toxic pond at failed Eagle Gold mine
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government says it has been told there is a "potential leak" in a containment pond holding toxic water at the Eagle Gold mine, where millions of tonnes of contaminated rock were...
Jan 03, 2025
Business on 15th Street West held up a knifepoint
A business in the 200 block of 15th Street West was held up yesterday by a robber with a knife. Prince Albert Police said that a man entered the business last night at around 11:30 p.m. armed with a k...
Jan 03, 2025
Soldier who died by suicide in Las Vegas told ex-girlfriend of pain and exhaustion after Afghanistan
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The highly decorated Special Forces soldier who died by suicide in a Cybertruck explosion on New Years Day confided to a former girlfriend - who had served as an Army nurse - that he ...
Jan 03, 2025
Soldier who died in Las Vegas explosion left note saying it was to be a wakeup for country's ills
A soldier who died in an explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck at the Trump hotel in Las Vegas left a note saying it was stunt to serve as "wakeup call" for the country's ills, investigators said Friday. Ma...
Jan 03, 2025
Canada to host five IIHF women's hockey tournaments in five years
OTTAWA - Canada will host five major international women's hockey tournaments between 2026 and 2030, Hockey Canada and the International Ice Hockey Federation announced Friday. Canada will host the wo...
Jan 03, 2025
Soldier who died by suicide in Las Vegas told ex-girlfriend of pain and exhaustion after Afghanistan
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The highly decorated Special Forces soldier who died by suicide in a Cybertruck explosion on New Years Day confided to a former girlfriend - who had served as an Army nurse - that he ...
Jan 03, 2025
Judge sets Trump's sentencing in hush money case for Jan. 10, but signals no jail time
NEW YORK (AP) - In an extraordinary turn, a judge Friday set President-elect Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money case for Jan. 10 - little over a week before he's due to return to the White Ho...
Jan 03, 2025
Rise in number of unhoused people seeking shelter in Montreal ERs as temperatures dip
MONTREAL - Montreal health authorities say a growing number of people experiencing homelessness are taking refuge in the city's emergency rooms to stay out of the freezing cold. Officials say the city...
Jan 03, 2025
