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Australia to hold general elections on May 3 with inflation and a housing shortage major issues
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Australians will go to the polls on May 3 for general elections with high costs of living and a shortage of housing likely weighing against the government as Prime Minister...
Mar 27, 2025

New role, same goal for Maciocia after Alouettes restructure: 'I'm still the GM here'
MONTREAL - Danny Maciocia may have new responsibilities with the Montreal Alouettes, but that doesn't mean we'll see less of him on the field. "The day I start doing paperwork, it'll be time to move o...
Mar 27, 2025

Alta. temporarily adjusting reservist leave to improve G7 Summit security
The Government of Alberta has issued a temporary regulation enabling Alberta-based Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) reserves to take reservist leave to support security measures at the G7 Summit planned fo...
Mar 27, 2025

Judge says he will order government to preserve Signal messages about Houthi military strike
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday said he will order the Trump administration to preserve records of a text message chat in which senior national security officials discussed sensitive det...
Mar 27, 2025

Wetaskiwin RCMP arrest two following drug and firearm seizure
The Wetaskiwin RCMP arrested two individuals for drug and firearm related charges following a traffic stop this week.On Tuesday, March 25, police received a report of an impaired driver and responded ...
Mar 27, 2025

Kelsey Lalor named Red Deer Public School's Edwin Parr nominee
Red Deer Public Schools has announced its Edwin Parr Award nominee is first-year teacher Kelsey Lalor.Each year the Alberta School Boards Association honours six outstanding first-year teachers with t...
Mar 27, 2025

UBC scientists invent stir stick that detects drugged drinks
VANCOUVER - Researchers at the University of British Columbia say they're gearing up to start "real-world testing" of a stir stick that can detect if a drink has been spiked with drugs. The university...
Mar 27, 2025

Woman files $3.75m lawsuit against Spitfires, OHL, CHL for alleged 1984 sex assault
WINDSOR, Ont. - A woman has filed a lawsuit in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, alleging a 1984 sexual assault by former Windsor Spitfires players at a team party. The plaintiff, identified in c...
Mar 27, 2025

Fans boo U.S. anthem before Blue Jays home opener at Toronto's Rogers Centre
TORONTO - Some Blue Jays fans booed the United States' national anthem at Toronto's home opener against the Baltimore Orioles. There were scattered but audible boos from the sold-out crowd at Rogers C...
Mar 27, 2025

Ex-President Martinelli gets Panama's permission to take asylum in Nicaragua
PANAMA CITY (AP) - Ex-Panama President Ricardo Martinelli will be allowed to leave the Nicaraguan embassy where he's been holed up for more than a year to travel to Nicaragua for humanitarian reasons,...
Mar 27, 2025