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Province funds 17 new police officers in Prince Albert
If they can find them, the Prince Albert Police Service could begin hiring another 17 officers immediately. The additional officers are being paid for by the province, as the government said more need...
Sep 12, 2024
Update: RCMP say three individuals found deceased in Lloyd were murdered
Lloydminster RCMP are investigating a triple homicide.At a news conference Thursday afternoon, Insp. Brian Nicholl described the situation as a targeted and isolated incident, and said there was no ri...
Sep 12, 2024
Ottawa loses bid to quash Israel advocates' lawsuit calling for halt to UNRWA funding
OTTAWA - The Federal Court has denied Ottawa's bid to quash a case in which advocates for Israel are asking for a reversal of Canada's temporary freeze on the main United Nations agency supporting Pal...
Sep 12, 2024
Border Patrol response to Uvalde school shooting marred by breakdowns and poor training, report says
U.S. Border Patrol agents who rushed to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas in 2022 failed to establish command and had inadequate training to confront what became one of the nation's deadliest class...
Sep 12, 2024
B.C. to scrap consumer carbon tax if federal government drops legal requirement: Eby
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government will end the provincial carbon tax on consumers and shift the onus to "big polluters" if the federal government removes a legal requi...
Sep 12, 2024
Italian man who bought Churchill portrait surprised by international art caper
OTTAWA - An Italian lawyer who bought a portrait of Winston Churchill says he was surprised to learn five months later the answer to a puzzling, high-profile heist might be hanging on his living room ...
Sep 12, 2024
"It's a selfless act": Living organ donor saves brother's life and raises awareness
"If I had to do it again and I had another kidney to be able to provide, I would do it," Jenna Lockert said.In 2014, Lockert donated her kidney to her brother, Kyle Deck. He suffered from IgA nephropa...
Sep 12, 2024
Ceiling high for Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Ahmed: Canada coach
VANCOUVER - Jesse Marsch issued Canada's men's soccer squad a challenge - get physical. The edict came after the Canadians surprised many at this summer's Copa America tournament, making it through to...
Sep 12, 2024
Call her coach: Canadian basketball great Natalie Achonwa ready for next step
Becoming a coach has always been in the cards for Canadian basketball great Natalie Achonwa. The four-time Olympian was named the assistant coach of player development for the Michigan Wolverines NCAA...
Sep 12, 2024
B.C. signs national pharmacare deal with Ottawa, promises to expand drug coverage
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has become the first province in Canada to sign a pharmacare agreement with the federal government that would help the province fund hormone replacement therapy and diabet...
Sep 12, 2024
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