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Canadian women swim to bronze in freestyle relay at world championships
GWANGJU, Korea, Republic Of - The Canadian women's 4x200-metre freestyle relay team captured a bronze medal on Thursday at the world aquatics championships. Kayla Sanchez of Scarborough, Ont., Taylor ...
Jul 25, 2019
Attacker gets fast-track to prison for shoving Calgary grandmother onto rails
CALGARY- A woman who admitted to pushing an elderly woman off an LRT platform in Calgary while high on alcohol and drugs has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison.Stephanie Favel, 35, was ...
Jul 25, 2019
B.B. King's 'Lucille' guitar going up for auction
LOS ANGELES - Her name was "Lucille," and in B.B. King's hands she gave voice to the "King of the Blues." Julien's Auctions announced Tuesday that King's black Gibson ES-345 prototype guitar is among ...
Jul 25, 2019
76th Venice Film Festival to embrace, not reject, Netflix
ROME - The 76th Venice Film Festival will feature three Netflix productions alongside Hollywood titles, embracing the streaming giant again after the Cannes Film Festival excluded it for a second year...
Jul 25, 2019
Opponents of Bill 21 seek leave to appeal decision that maintained secularism law
MONTREAL - Civil liberties groups are seeking leave to appeal a recent Quebec Superior Court decision that found it wasn't necessary to temporarily suspend certain provisions of Quebec's seculari...
Jul 25, 2019
Paris hits new heat record, London boils in Europe heat wave
PARIS - Hot, hotter, hottest! Paris, London and places across Europe are sweltering under all-time high temperatures or near-record heat Thursday as the second heat wave this summer bakes the continen...
Jul 25, 2019
ALERT makes second major drug bust in a week in Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT- The ALERT unit has made another drug bust in Medicine Hat.$42,000 in cash and drugs were seized including methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl.Police are concerned with the 67 grams of ...
Jul 25, 2019
Edmonton drug dealer sentenced for overdose death
EDMONTON- A drug dealer convicted in a fentanyl overdose death has been sentenced to four years in prison.Jordan Yarmey was originally charged with manslaughter after 33-year-old Szymon Kalich died in...
Jul 25, 2019
Woman found dead in Edmonton area home deemed a homicide
STONY PLAIN- RCMP say they are investigating a homicide of a woman whose body was found in a home west of Edmonton.Mounties say they responded to a call from someone who found the bodies of a 56-year-...
Jul 25, 2019
Southern Alberta woman pleads guilty to causing distress to animals
LETHBRIDGE, AB - WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC DETAILS NOT SUITABLE FOR EVERYONE.A 59-year-old woman from Milk River, Alberta who was facing more than a dozen animal cruelty related charges fro...
Jul 25, 2019