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Washington state shields people seeking abortion, trans care
SEATTLE (AP) - Washington state enacted legal protections Thursday for people who travel there seeking reproductive and gender-affirming procedures and treatment, becoming the latest Democrat-led stat...
Apr 27, 2023

Foreign-interference office coming 'soon' but not yet ready to launch: Mendicino
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says the Liberals are not ready to launch the foreign-interference office they promised in last month's federal budget, amid ongoing scrutiny of allegat...
Apr 27, 2023

RCMP laying out preliminary timeline of September rampage
The commanding officer of the Saskatchewan RCMP focused on the victims of the Labour Day 2022 stabbing rampage to begin a media conference Thursday."I can't even begin to imagine how difficult the las...
Apr 27, 2023

Hot spell hikes risks of flooding, avalanches and fire across British Columbia
VANCOUVER - As British Columbia heads into its first warm spell of the year, forecasters are warning the heat could raise avalanche and flood risks, while the danger of wildfires has already nudged up...
Apr 27, 2023

Police say director of Montreal seniors home billed for services that weren't given
MONTREAL - The head of a private seniors residence in Montreal is facing fraud charges after he allegedly billed a regional health authority for resident services that were never provided. Quebec anti...
Apr 27, 2023

Carolyn Bryant Donham, at center of Emmett Till death, dies
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 has died in hospice care in Louisiana, a coroner's...
Apr 27, 2023

Canada's Rebecca Marino loses to Belgium's Elise Mertens at Madrid Open
MADRID - Canada's Rebecca Marino is out of the Madrid Open in the Round of 64 after losing Thursday in straight sets to Elise Mertens of Belgium, 6-3, 6-1. Marino, of Vancouver, had five double faults...
Apr 27, 2023

Battle River Ride for STARS 14th Annual Trail Ride
To help raise money for STARS we are glad to announce our 14th annual ride. We have raised over $233,000.00 in 13 years. Please consider this a trail ride to attend when planning your summer trail rid...
Apr 27, 2023

Federal public service strike enters ninth day, no sign of back-to-work legislation
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is showing no hints it will end the strike of its largest public sector union by legislating 155,000 federal civil servants back to work. The workers with the Public Se...
Apr 27, 2023

The Latest on what RCMP say happened in the mass killing on James Smith Cree Nation
MELFORT, Sask. - The RCMP are releasing details on a stabbing rampage last year in Saskatchewan. Eleven people were killed and 18 were injured on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village ...
Apr 27, 2023