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Trial date set in Red Deer carjacking case
A trial date has been set for a Lacombe man charged in a Red Deer carjacking last summer.Quinten Meyer, 26, is scheduled to go to trial in Red Deer provincial court June 2.The trial date was set follo...
Feb 03, 2022
Police in England say young Vernon, B.C., woman murdered in Essex, man in custody
Police in Essex, England, say a 19-year-old British Columbia woman has been murdered and a man is under arrest. A statement from Essex Police says 19-year-old Ashley Wadsworth of Vernon died Tuesday, ...
Feb 03, 2022
RCMP say some progress made in managing Coutts border blockade
COUTTS, AB - Protesters using their trucks to clog up the main United States border crossing in southern Alberta agreed Wednesday to make some room to allow traffic through.Mounties were taking a caut...
Feb 03, 2022
Poland, Czech governments sign deal on lignite mine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - The prime ministers of Poland and the Czech Republic say they have signed an agreement settling a long-running dispute over a lignite mine on the border of the two countries. Pol...
Feb 03, 2022
Ottawa mayor blasts protest support, COVID rules loosening: In The News for Feb. 3
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 3 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Feb 03, 2022
Ottawa mayor calls Conservative MPs support of protest "an absolute disgrace"
Ottawa's mayor is calling on several Conservatives MPs and a senator from Saskatchewan to apologize for praising the anti-vaccine mandate protest that has brought the capital's downtown to a standstil...
Feb 03, 2022
Discovery, BT in talks over British pay-TV partnership
LONDON (AP) - The pay-TV sports market in Britain could be shaken up after media companies Discovery and BT Group said Thursday they were in exclusive discussions about forming a partnership. The pote...
Feb 03, 2022
Black history, both personal and communal, now a factor in Nova Scotia sentencing
HALIFAX - Jason Middleton says the inclusion of Black history in his sentencing - both personal tragedy and communal struggle - set a new path for his troubled life. A cultural assessment completed in...
Feb 03, 2022
Liberals earmark $18 million to assist criminal pardon applicants
OTTAWA - The Liberal government will give community organizations $18 million over the next four years to help people navigate the process of applying for a criminal pardon. The newly announced move i...
Feb 03, 2022
Residents, activists: civilians also killed in US Syria raid
WASHINGTON (AP) - Residents and activists are reporting multiple deaths - including civilians - from a U.S. raid in northwestern Syria overnight Thursday. Several residents told The Associated Press t...
Feb 02, 2022