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Bail decision next week for alleged smugglers arrested at Quebec-U.S. border
Three men charged with human smuggling after 44 migrants were found crammed inside a cube van in southern Quebec will find out next week if they'll be granted bail. Lawyers for Ogulcan Mersin, Dogan A...
Sep 05, 2025
Hurricane Kiko surges back to a Category 4 as forecasters monitor potential impacts on Hawaii
MIAMI (AP) - Hurricane Kiko intensified again to a Category 4 hurricane on Friday in the Pacific Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said. Kiko had maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 kph) and th...
Sep 05, 2025
RCMP identify suspect in Three Hills break and enter, warrant out for arrest
RCMP say they've identified the suspect in an alleged break and enter in Three Hills in August.A warrant has been issued for the arrest of James Wardrop, 56, of London, Ontario, police say.On Aug. 11,...
Sep 05, 2025
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