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'Cover Your Vent' campaign ongoing with Medicine River Wildlife Centre
The Medicine River Wildlife Centre wants you to cover your vent!Each spring, the wildlife centre, which is located near Spruce View, gets numerous calls about birds being stuck in exterior vents.This ...
Mar 20, 2025

Keith Mitchell settles for a 5-way tie for the lead at Valspar Championship
PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) - Keith Mitchell thrived in a tough wind on a tough Copperhead course at Innisbrook on Thursday until he dropped two shots late in his round and had to settle for a 4-under 67 a...
Mar 20, 2025

Yukon pharmacare deal to cover contraceptives, diabetes meds at little or no cost
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon and federal governments have announced a $9.5-million pharmacare agreement over four years, giving universal access to contraceptive and diabetes medications for the territory's...
Mar 20, 2025

Florida man is executed for the killings of an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man who killed an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother on a night in which he drank heavily and used drugs was executed Thursday evening. Prison officials said Edward Jame...
Mar 20, 2025

Man convicted of manslaughter in 2023 stabbing of teen on Surrey, B.C., bus
Homicide investigators say a man has been found guilty of manslaughter in the 2023 stabbing death of a 17-year-old boy on a bus in Surrey, B.C. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says in a sta...
Mar 20, 2025

Public Avalanche Warning issued for central Rockies
A special public avalanche warning has been issued for the central Rockies.Avalanche Canada, in partnership with Alberta Parks, the Government of British Columbia, and Parks Canada, are warning backco...
Mar 20, 2025

Fire chief says blaze in Burnaby, B.C., highrise injures 15, three seriously
BURNABY, B.C. - A fire in a highrise in the Metro Vancouver suburb of Burnaby has sent 15 to hospital, three of them with serious injuries. Fire Chief Ian Hetherington says about four dozen firefighte...
Mar 20, 2025

No. 12 seed McNeese holds off late Clemson charge to earn first March Madness victory
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - McNeese coach Will Wade and his boombox-toting manager are moving on in March Madness after the 12th-seeded Cowboys held off late-charging No. 5 seed Clemson 69-67 on Friday in...
Mar 20, 2025

Canada pledges nearly $100M for Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are announcing nearly $100 million in humanitarian relief and governance support for Palestinians, days before a widely expected election. Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie...
Mar 20, 2025

Sentencing scheduled for one of two suspects charged in murder of missing Wetaskiwin man
Sentencing is scheduled this fall for one of two men charged in the death of a missing Wetaskiwin man two-and-a-half years ago. Cashtin Lee Joseph, 30, of Wetaskiwin, is scheduled for sentencing in We...
Mar 20, 2025