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Filipino BC calls for more support responding to 'social disaster' of festival attack
VANCOUVER - The organizer of the Vancouver street festival where 11 people were killed in a vehicle-ramming attack last spring says the tragedy continues to reverberate through the community, and it n...
Sep 05, 2025
Ambulance service liable after man dies of nut allergy after hospital transfer delay
MONTREAL - A Quebec ambulance service is on the hook for $442,000 in damages for not following protocols, leading to the death of an 18-year-old man after a reaction to a nut allergy. Urgences-sant wa...
Sep 05, 2025
Arrest finally made in connection to alleged armed robbery in Ponoka this May
Two men have been charged following an alleged armed robbery at Ponoka's Royal Hotel.RCMP say it was just before 1 a.m. on May 17 when members at Ponoka detachment received a report of the noted robbe...
Sep 05, 2025
Judge blocks administration's ending of legal protections for 1.1 million Venezuelans and Haitians
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal judge on Friday ruled against the Trump administration from ending temporary legal protections that have granted more than 1 million people from Haiti and Venezuela the ...
Sep 05, 2025
Preliminary hearing scheduled for man charged following shelter in place incident
A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for a man charged following an alleged shoot out and subsequent shelter in place in the County of Wetaskiwin last year. Eric Dylan Dixon, 35, is scheduled to f...
Sep 05, 2025
Alcaraz plays Djokovic and Sinner plays Auger-Aliassime in the U.S. Open men's semifinals
NEW YORK (AP) - Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz have started their matchup in the U.S. Open men's semifinals Friday. Defending champion Jannik Sinner meets Felix Auger-Aliassime in the second semifi...
Sep 05, 2025
B.C. ostrich farm seeks another stay of cull order as it pursues high court hearing
OTTAWA - The British Columbia ostrich farm in a months-long legal battle to stop the Canadian Food Inspection Agency from destroying hundreds of its birds wants to further delay the cull as it seeks a...
Sep 05, 2025
Lawsuit alleges 2006 sexual assault by acclaimed Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau
VANCOUVER - The estate of acclaimed Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau is being sued in British Columbia by a fellow painter who says Morrisseau sexually assaulted him in 2006. A lawyer for the estat...
Sep 05, 2025
Alberta government to create standards for releasing oil tailings into environment
The Alberta government says it will begin creating standards for releasing treated oil tailings into the environment.Creating release standards is one of four policy recommendations pitched by a gover...
Sep 05, 2025
Rebels sign American forward Grayden Peterson
The Red Deer Rebels announced they've signed American Grayden Peterson to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement with the team.The 16-year-old from West Fargo, North Dakota played last season for...
Sep 05, 2025