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Court halts South Carolina plan for firing squad execution
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina's highest court on Wednesday issued a temporary stay blocking the state from carrying out what was set to be its first-ever firing squad execution. The order by th...
Apr 20, 2022
B.C. high court certifies former flight attendant's class-action suit against WestJet
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal has ruled a former flight attendant's class-action lawsuit alleging breach of contract against WestJet can proceed. The decision from a three-member pa...
Apr 20, 2022
Canada struggling to process Afghan refugees, Taliban 'not exactly being helpful': PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the circumstances in Afghanistan are "heartbreaking" but Canada is facing challenges in processing refugees trying to flee the war-torn country. Trudeau, wh...
Apr 20, 2022
Trudeau says heavy artillery coming for Ukraine, but stays mum on details
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn't going to provide more details about his government's pledge to send a new round of military aid to Ukraine - at least not yet. The prime minister said Wedn...
Apr 20, 2022
RCMP's inability to track officers during N.S. killings questioned at inquiry
HALIFAX - Lawyers at the public inquiry into Canada's worst mass shooting are asking why - in an era when teens use apps to locate each other - the RCMP lacked technology to track their officers on fo...
Apr 20, 2022
Quebec judge bans father from taking son to protests against COVID-19 health orders
QUEBEC - A Quebec judge has ruled a mother can have her young son vaccinated against the novel coronavirus without the father's consent and ordered the father not to take the child to COVID-19 protest...
Apr 20, 2022
Hits on Highway Hotline reach all-time high
The ongoing winter of 2021-22 has helped the Highway Hotline set a record in Saskatchewan.Over the past year, the Hotline recorded nearly 13 million hits - more than double the number it usually gets ...
Apr 20, 2022
Judge delays Alex Jones trial as Infowars seeks bankruptcy
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A Texas judge on Wednesday pushed back the first jury trial over how much conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay the families of Sandy Hook victims after his Infowars company s...
Apr 20, 2022
Michelle Obama to address democracy summit June 13 in LA
WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama will deliver the keynote address at a democracy summit sponsored by a national, nonpartisan voting organization she helped create, the group announced Wednesday. The f...
Apr 20, 2022
Southern Alberta town council votes against ending century-old alcohol ban
RAYMOND, ALBERTA - The council of a southern Alberta town that has been dry for more than a century has voted against a motion to allow restaurants to serve alcohol. Six out of seven councillors in th...
Apr 20, 2022