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RCMP investigating homicide after man shot in North Battleford home
A 32-year-old man in North Battleford has died after being shot.Just before 6 p.m. on Friday, officers were called to a residence on 93rd Street. There they found Jordan Wright who was later pronounce...
Feb 05, 2024
Tropical New Brunswick home to Dr. Seuss-like tree from around 350 million years ago
FREDERICTON - An enigmatic fossil uncovered seven years ago in a New Brunswick quarry has been found to reveal an extinct tree with a narrow trunk and a top like a pompom, a remnant from a time before...
Feb 05, 2024
Family of Black girls handcuffed by Colorado police, held at gunpoint reach $1.9 million settlement
DENVER (AP) - The Black girls lay facedown in a parking lot, crying "no" and "mommy" as a police officer who had pointed her gun at them then bent down to handcuff two of their wrists. The youngest wo...
Feb 05, 2024
Police chief in London, Ont., apologizes to complainant in hockey case
Nearly six years after a woman alleged she had been sexually assaulted by five then-members of Canada's world junior hockey team, the police chief of a southwestern Ontario city offered an apology for...
Feb 05, 2024
Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen says delaying Artemis II mission to 2025 right call
LONGUEUIL, Que. - Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen says he agrees with NASA that a planned mission to the moon should be delayed until September 2025. Hansen says he and his NASA crewmates were happy ...
Feb 05, 2024
Trudeau, Goodale send hopes for quick recovery after King Charles cancer diagnosis
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is wishing King Charles a speedy recovery after Buckingham Palace revealed the monarch has been diagnosed with cancer. Trudeau says after hearing the news, he's ...
Feb 05, 2024
Canada, U.S. face off in battle of unbeaten teams at CONCACAF U-17 Championship
Canada takes on the defending champion United States in a battle of unbeaten teams Tuesday at the CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship. Having both beaten Puerto Rico and Panama, the North American ...
Feb 05, 2024
Canada coach says Panama counterpart used abusive language at CONCACAF championship
TOLUCA, Mexico - Canada coach Emma Humphries says her Panama counterpart verbally abused her, the Canadian bench and his own players during his team's 5-1 loss Sunday at the CONCACAF Under-17 Women's ...
Feb 05, 2024
Greener Homes Grant program proves more popular than federal government expected
OTTAWA - Demand for federal cash to help defray the cost of home energy renovations spiked in recent months, forcing the government to close applications for the program almost a year earlier than exp...
Feb 05, 2024
King Charles III has cancer and is receiving treatment, Buckingham Palace says
LONDON (AP) - King Charles III has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and has begun treatment, Buckingham Palace said Monday.The palace says the cancer is not related to the king's recent treatment ...
Feb 05, 2024