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Youth charged with arson of vacant NE Alberta Catholic church
KEHEWIN CREE NATION, Alta. - A youth has been charged with setting a fire that has destroyed an abandoned Catholic church on a First Nation in Alberta.RCMP say in a news release that police and firefi...
Jul 12, 2021
Alberta motorists reminded of Mandatory Alcohol Screening legislation
Alberta RCMP are reminding motorists that legislation is in effect which gives police additional authority to deal with impaired driving.Bill C-46 came into effect in Dec. 2018 and provides police the...
Jul 12, 2021
New B.C. wildfire forces evacuations in south Okanagan as some heat warnings resume
A new wildfire in British Columbia has forced the evacuation of nearly 80 properties, while residents of hundreds more homes around the south Okanagan lakeside community of Okanagan Falls have been or...
Jul 12, 2021
Top US commander to exit Afghanistan amid Taliban surge
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is to hand over his command at a ceremony in the capital of Kabul on Monday, as America winds down its 20-year military presence and Tal...
Jul 12, 2021
Court update: Guilty pleas in fraud and assaulting a peace officer cases
Alberta Justice says a woman charged with defrauding a Grande Prairie post-secondary institution has pleaded guilty to one of the charges she was facing.Kristina Van De Walle of Clairmont pleaded guil...
Jul 12, 2021
Police investigate racist abuse of three England players
LONDON (AP) - British police opened investigations Monday into the racist abuse of three Black players who missed penalties in England's shootout loss to Italy in the European Championship final. The ...
Jul 12, 2021
Pope to spend a few more days in Rome hospital after surgery
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis will spend a few more days in the hospital following his July 4 intestinal surgery to "optimize" recovery and rehabilitation treatment and therapy, the Vatican said Monday. Th...
Jul 12, 2021
Fleeing B.C. fires and Canada's rising vaccination rate: In The News for July 12
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 July12 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Jul 12, 2021
Two Jordanians convicted in royal plot, will serve 15 years
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - A Jordanian state security court has sentenced two former officials to serve 15 years in prison over an alleged plot against the Western-allied monarchy involving the half-brother...
Jul 12, 2021
Canada to reach 55M vaccine doses by week's end, catching up to U.S. on second doses
OTTAWA - Canada is expecting vaccine shipments to keep rolling in this week as the country inches closer to matching the percentage of people in the United States fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Th...
Jul 12, 2021