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Big-ticket dreams spurred by $1 billion Powerball jackpot, but expert warns: Take is slow
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - With the Powerball jackpot topping $1 billion for this week's drawing, millions of people across the country will be lining up at convenience stores, grocery and gas station counter...
Jul 18, 2023

Senator's convoy rant breached ethics code, watchdog says apology not sufficient
OTTAWA - The Senate ethics watchdog has found Conservative Sen. Michael MacDonald violated the code of conduct during the "Freedom Convoy" protest in February 2022. The Nova Scotia senator was caught ...
Jul 18, 2023

Consolation 69-run win for England in final Women's Ashes ODI against Australia
TAUNTON, England (AP) - Nat Sciver-Brunt hit another century as England claimed a Women's Ashes series draw with a 69-run win over Australia under the DLS method in the final one-day international at ...
Jul 18, 2023

Alberta moves to decentralize health-care delivery, 15 years after centralizing it
EDMONTON - Alberta's new health minister has been given the green light to decentralize the entire health-care delivery system - 15 years after the province completed a multistage, multiyear process t...
Jul 18, 2023

Police haul more items from home of man charged in Gilgo Beach killings
MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) - Police carted more boxes of potential evidence Tuesday out of the Long Island home of Rex Heuermann, who has been charged with killing at least three women and leaving the...
Jul 18, 2023

RCMP officers' group says Mounties shouldn't be 'scapegoats' in police shortage
VANCOUVER - The voice for almost 20,000 RCMP says its members should not be used as "political pawns" in the dispute between the British Columbia government and the City of Surrey over its policing si...
Jul 18, 2023

Georgia's Kirby Smart says complacency is the biggest threat to the Bulldogs' three-peat hopes
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Kirby Smart says complacency is the biggest challenge his Georgia Bulldogs face while trying to add a third straight national football championship. Smart and his Bulldogs also...
Jul 18, 2023

Conditions favourable for funnel clouds in parts of Saskatchewan
Conditions are right for the formation of funnel clouds in parts of the province.Environment Canada issued a weather advisory Tuesday afternoon, covering the areas around Carrot River, Duck Lake, Melf...
Jul 18, 2023

Buffalo Narrows, Prince Albert new additions to yard cleanup challenge for youth
Men of the North has nearly reached the halfway point in the 65-Yard Challenge. This marks the four-year the non-profit has hosted the program, which brings together mentors and youth to complete yard...
Jul 18, 2023

Kansas' governor gets to defend birth certificate changes in court, a judge rules
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A federal judge is considering Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's arguments that a new Kansas law rolling back transgender rights doesn't bar the state from changing the sex listing on ...
Jul 18, 2023