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Emergency Alert issued following shooting in Langham
UPDATE: 9:05 a.m.One person has been confirmed deceased following a shooting in Langham Friday morning.RCMP have released a description of the suspect. Justin Heimbecker stands 6 foot 3 inches tall wi...
Jul 08, 2022

Wisconsin Supreme Court disallows absentee ballot drop boxes
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin's conservative-controlled Supreme Court ruled Friday that absentee ballot drop boxes may be placed only in election offices and that no one other than the voter can retu...
Jul 08, 2022

Former Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos dies at 79
LISBON, Portugal (AP) - Former Angolan President Jos Eduardo dos Santos died Friday in a clinic in Barcelona, Spain, the Angolan government said. He was 79 years old and died following a long illness,...
Jul 08, 2022

Toronto police work on 911 connection issues as Rogers customers report outage
TORONTO - Rogers Communications Inc. has been hit with a widespread network outage that has left many customers without mobile and internet service Friday morning. Toronto police say the Rogers networ...
Jul 08, 2022

Canada's Mikael Kingsbury charged up for Olympic debut of dual moguls in 2026
Mikael Kingsbury was golfing with NFL player Laurent Duvernay-Tardif near Montreal in late June when his mobile phone in his bag began chiming and binging like a casino. Kingsbury pulled out his phone...
Jul 08, 2022

Blatter and Platini acquitted on charges of defrauding FIFA
BELLINZONA, Switzerland (AP) - Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were acquitted on charges of defrauding FIFA by a Swiss criminal court on Friday, a rare positive outcome for the pair who were among soc...
Jul 08, 2022

Blatter and Platini acquitted on charges of defrauding FIFA
BELLINZONA, Switzerland (AP) - Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were acquitted on charges of defrauding FIFA by a Swiss criminal court on Friday, a rare positive outcome for the pair who were among soc...
Jul 08, 2022

Former clerk of the B.C. legislature to be sentenced today for breach of trust
VANCOUVER - The former clerk of British Columbia's legislature will be sentenced today in a Vancouver court for breach of trust over the improper purchase of clothing using public funds. Craig James w...
Jul 08, 2022

Latest StatsCan jobs numbers, new sanctions against Russia : In The News for July 8
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of July 8 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Jul 08, 2022

'Freedom Convoy' organizer Tamara Lich to learn whether she'll remain in jail
OTTAWA - "Freedom Convoy" organizer Tamara Lich is expected to learn today whether she'll remain in jail after the Crown accused her of breaching one of her bail conditions. Lich was charged in Februa...
Jul 08, 2022