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Brazilian police indict former President Bolsonaro and dozens of aides in alleged 2022 coup attempt
SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil's federal police said Thursday they indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 other people on charges of attempting a coup to keep him in office after his electoral defea...
Nov 21, 2024
Tense cross-examination of former cop at inquest into 2016 death of Ottawa man
OTTAWA - A former police officer involved in the case of an Ottawa man who died after a violent arrest and the lawyer representing the man's family had several testy exchanges today at a coroner's inq...
Nov 21, 2024
Quebec auditor general says school system failing Indigenous students
MONTREAL - Quebec's auditor general says the province has taken little action in the past two decades to help Indigenous students in Quebec, whose graduation rates lag behind those of Indigenous stude...
Nov 21, 2024
Prince Albert's Howe traded to Calgary in blockbuster deal
Despite being injured at the start of the year, Pittsburgh Penguins draft pick and Prince Albert local Tanner Howe has been one of the bright spots for the Regina Pats this year. Howe has now been tra...
Nov 21, 2024
Cellphone location records shown to jury in human smuggling trial
FERGUS FALLS - The jury at a human smuggling trial has seen phone records the prosecution says show the two men accused were carrying out plans to sneak people across the Canada-U.S. border between Ma...
Nov 21, 2024
Woman involved in death of Saskatoon mother, handed 18 year prison sentence
Over two-and-a-half years have passed since Taya Sinclair's burned remains were found in a snow dump on the southwest side of Prince Albert, and earlier this week one of the three people charged recei...
Nov 21, 2024
Quebec fiscal update: $2.1B in new spending, end of tax credit for some older workers
QUBEC - Quebec's finance minister has tabled an economic update with $2.1 billion in new spending over five years amid what Eric Girard describes as a stronger-than-expected recovery from last year's ...
Nov 21, 2024
Consul general reiterates he had no influence on $9M Manhattan condo purchase
OTTAWA - Canada's consul general in New York doubled-down Thursday on his past claim that he exerted no influence on the decision of Global Affairs Canada to buy a $9 million condo in Manhattan. Tom C...
Nov 21, 2024
Wisconsin kayaker who faked his own death has told investigators how he did it, police say
GREEN LAKE, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin man who faked his own drowning this summer so he could abandon his wife and three children has been communicating daily with police from somewhere in Eastern Europe...
Nov 21, 2024
Gaetz withdraws as Trump's pick for attorney general
WASHINGTON (AP) - Matt Gaetz withdrew Thursday as President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general following continued scrutiny over a federal sex trafficking investigation that cast doubt on ...
Nov 21, 2024
