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Longtime newspaper columnist Christie Blatchford dead at 68
TORONTO - Longtime newspaper columnist, author and firebrand Christie Blatchford, a hardnosed scribe known for deep-sourced scoops and biting opinion pieces, has died. She was 68. Blatc...
Feb 12, 2020

LPS issues Canada-wide warrant for suspect in Lethbridge homicide
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police have issued a Canada-wide warrant for the arrest of a 29-year-old man charged in connection with the city's first homicide in two years.Mohamud Omar Dhiblawe, 29, of...
Feb 12, 2020 Mohamud Omar Dhiblawe. (Supplied by Lethbridge Police Service)

One dead after officer-involved shooting in Blairmore
CROWSNEST PASS, AB - RCMP have confirmed that one person is dead following an officer-involved shooting in Blairmore.According to an RCMP release, at around 5:00 p.m. on February 11, two Blairmore RCM...
Feb 12, 2020

More businesses reopen in China, but many people stay home
BEIJING - More offices and stores in Beijing and other parts of China finally reopened Monday after the Lunar New Year break was extended to discourage travel and contain the new coronavirus, but many...
Feb 12, 2020

Trump's $4.8 trillion budget proposal revisits rejected cuts
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump unveiled a $4.8 trillion election year budget plan on Monday that recycles deep, previously rejected cuts to domestic programs like food stamps, Medicaid, and housi...
Feb 12, 2020

Trial team quits Roger Stone case in dispute over sentence
WASHINGTON - The four lawyers who prosecuted Roger Stone quit the case after the Justice Department overruled them and said it would take the extraordinary step of lowering the amount of prison time i...
Feb 12, 2020

Sanders edges Buttigieg in NH, giving Dems 2 front-runners
MANCHESTER, N.H. - Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire's presidential primary, edging moderate rival Pete Buttigieg and scoring the first clear victory in the Democratic Party's chaotic 2020 nomination f...
Feb 12, 2020

Freight and passenger railways under stress as anti-pipeline blockades continue
The RCMP has formally ended its enforcement operations in a region of northern B.C. that's at the centre of a pipeline dispute as protests across the country continue to cause disruptio...
Feb 12, 2020

Formula One's Chinese Grand Prix postponed due to virus
LONDON - Formula One's governing body on Wednesday postponed the Chinese Grand Prix that was due to be staged in Shanghai in April, the latest sporting event impacted by the fast-spreading viral infec...
Feb 12, 2020

Medical aid in dying not driven by lack of access to palliative care: new study
MONTREAL - Medical aid in dying is not being driven by factors such as poverty, isolation, or lack of access to proper palliative care, according to a new study by Canadian researchers....
Feb 12, 2020