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Shootings during Milwaukee NBA Finals celebrations wound 3
MILWAUKEE - Two shootings in downtown Milwaukee early Wednesday as crowds celebrated the Milwaukee Bucks' first NBA championship in 50 years left three people wounded, police said. The shootings both ...
Jul 21, 2021

Shootings during Milwaukee NBA Finals celebrations wound 3
MILWAUKEE - Two shootings in downtown Milwaukee early Wednesday as crowds celebrated the Milwaukee Bucks' first NBA championship in 50 years left three people wounded, police said. The shootings both ...
Jul 21, 2021

Canada spends another US$71M on F-35 amid calls to cancel fighter jet purchase
OTTAWA - Canada has quietly made another multimillion-dollar payment toward development of the F-35 stealth fighter despite uncertainty over whether it will buy the aircraft and calls from some promin...
Jul 21, 2021

Montreal police continue hunt for suspect in Quebec's 14th femicide this year
Montreal police are still looking for a man they suspect murdered his 32-year-old partner on Monday in what is believed to be the province's 14th femicide this year. They said today there is still no ...
Jul 21, 2021

Federal judge blocks Arkansas trans youth treatment ban
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked enforcement of Arkansas' ban on gender confirming treatments for transgender youth while a lawsuit challenging the prohibition proc...
Jul 21, 2021

UN migration official: 20 migrants drown off Libya's coast
CAIRO - Libya's coast guard intercepted Wednesday four boats in the Mediterranean Sea carrying migrants trying to reach Europe, a U.N. official said. According to the migrants, 20 people from one of t...
Jul 21, 2021

UK man arrested in Spain, charged in US with Twitter hack
WASHINGTON - A British man has been charged in the United States in connection with a Twitter hack last summer that compromised the accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls...
Jul 21, 2021

South Red Deer hotel hoping to convert rooms to rentals
People staying at a motel in south Red Deer could soon be receiving keys instead of key cards.The Holiday Inn Express (2803 50 Avenue) has applied to The City of Red Deer for a rezoning which would al...
Jul 21, 2021

Pelosi moves to block Trump allies from Jan. 6 committee
WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is rejecting two Republicans tapped by House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy to sit on a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, citing the "integrit...
Jul 21, 2021

Canadiens name Windsor Spitfires head coach as new assistant
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens have named Trevor Letowski as a new assistant coach. Letowski, 44, has been the head coach of the Ontario Hockey League's Windsor Spitfires since 2018, and previously...
Jul 21, 2021