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B.C. police announce dismantling of drug-making and distribution ring with 8 arrests
SURREY, B.C. - Police in British Columbia say they have dismantled a "significant, sophisticated" criminal organization involved in manufacturing and distributing fentanyl-laced counterfeit pharmaceut...
Feb 23, 2024

Canadian Championship draw produces local matchups in preliminary round
Friday's Canadian Championship draw produced a slew of local matchups with the defending champion Vancouver Whitecaps and 2023 runner-up CF Montreal watching from the sidelines at the start. Both MLS ...
Feb 23, 2024

Province gearing up for TeleMiracle 48
It's a big weekend in Saskatchewan and, once again, you are a part of the magic.The annual TeleMiracle fundraiser, the 48th edition, kicks off Saturday evening and runs through Sunday in the province'...
Feb 23, 2024

Man fined $250,000 for illegal prawn fishing in B.C. glass sponge refuge
SECHELT, B.C. - The captain of a commercial fishing vessel has been fined $250,000 by a provincial court judge and ordered to forfeit $80,000 worth of equipment after being caught setting prawn traps ...
Feb 23, 2024

A judge convicts former Austrian leader Sebastian Kurz of making false statements
VIENNA (AP) - Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was convicted Friday of making false statements to a parliamentary inquiry into alleged corruption in his first government. He was given an eigh...
Feb 23, 2024

Quebec bar slams Legault for questioning independence of federally appointed judges
QUEBEC - The Quebec bar association is denouncing what it calls an "attack" on the independence of federally appointed judges from Premier Franois Legault. The comments from the Barreau du Qubec follo...
Feb 23, 2024

Student charged with murder in fatal shooting of 2 in Colorado college dorm
DENVER (AP) - A college student charged in the Feb. 16 killing of his roommate and another person told his roommate he would "kill him" if he was asked to take out the trash again, according to a cour...
Feb 23, 2024

NITHA raising awareness of sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections as numbers increase
The Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) is once again trying to raise awareness of Sexually Transmitted and Blood Borne Infections (STBBI).The organization held its annual conference this w...
Feb 23, 2024

No. 1 Swiatek loses to Kalinskaya in Dubai semifinals. Paolini awaits in final
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iga Swiatek was upset by qualifier Anna Kalinskaya 6-4, 6-4 in the semifinals of the Dubai Championships after the world No. 1 squandered an early lead on Friday. Sw...
Feb 23, 2024

3 University of Wyoming swimmers killed in highway crash in Colorado
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Three members of the University of Wyoming swimming and diving team were killed in a highway crash in northern Colorado. The crash happened Thursday afternoon on U.S. 287 about 1...
Feb 23, 2024