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Top-3 finish for Red Deer's Bennett Love, and Lacombe's Lynn Kuehn competes hard at national tournaments
A pair of local golfers competed in significant national tournaments this week.Red Deer's Bennett Love finished in a tie for third at the 2025 Canadian U15 Championship, held at Pitt Meadows Golf Club...
Aug 29, 2025
Poilievre wants 'reasonable' self-defence defined in Criminal Code
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre wants the government to amend the Criminal Code to say that the use of force is presumed to be reasonable to defend your home is someone breaks into it. H...
Aug 29, 2025
Federal government posts $3.3 billion deficit from April to June
OTTAWA - The federal government posted a $3.3 billion deficit in the first three months of its fiscal year. The result for the April-to-June period compared with a $2.9 billion deficit for the same st...
Aug 29, 2025
Mauritania's coast guard says at least 49 died when a boat carrying migrants capsized this week
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) - At least 49 people died and nearly 100 are still missing after a boat carrying migrants capsized this week, the Mauritanian coast guard said Friday. Authorities said the ...
Aug 29, 2025
Trump revokes Secret Service protection for former VP Harris, AP sources say
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has revoked Secret Service protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris. That's according to a senior White House official. Former vice presidents typica...
Aug 29, 2025
Israel declares Gaza’s largest city a combat zone and halts humanitarian pauses
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel's military on Friday said it was suspending mid-day pauses allowing the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza City, calling it a "a dangerous combat zone." The city ...
Aug 29, 2025
Thai court dismisses prime minister over compromising phone call with Cambodian leader
BANGKOK (AP) - Thailand's Constitutional Court on Friday dismissed Paetongtarn Shinawatra from her position as prime minister, ruling that as the country's leader she violated constitutional rules on ...
Aug 29, 2025
In the news today: StatCan to release GDP data for June and Q2 today
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... StatCan to release GDP data for June and Q2 today Statistics Canada is set to release gross domestic product d...
Aug 29, 2025
Government says it accidentally deleted privacy provision in online streaming bill
OTTAWA - The federal government says it's "looking into" what appears to be the accidental removal of a privacy provision in its Online Streaming Act. Earlier this week, University of Ottawa law profe...
Aug 29, 2025
Co-ordinated plan needed to save 'alarmingly low' monarch butterfly population: study
Researchers are urging Canada, United States and Mexico to take immediate action to save the monarch butterfly as the migratory insect faces a growing risk of extinction amid habitat loss. The iconic ...
Aug 29, 2025