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Smith says she won't pursue COVID pardon legislation on advice from justice officials
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she won't introduce legislation to pardon those convicted of COVID-19 public health violations because she has been advised to let the courts handle it. ...
Jan 17, 2023
New York woman kidnapped and smuggled into Quebec in 2020 testifies about ordeal
MONTREAL - A woman from Upstate New York who was kidnapped, smuggled into Quebec and held at a cottage for two days told a jury Tuesday she still lives with the consequences of the September 2020 abdu...
Jan 17, 2023
DOJ won't seek death penalty for El Paso Walmart shooter
Federal prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for a man accused of fatally shooting nearly two dozen people in a racist attack at a West Texas Walmart in 2019. The U.S. Department of Justice dis...
Jan 17, 2023
Search uncovers 171 'plausible burials' near Ontario residential school
KENORA, Ont. - Searches for unmarked graves at the site of a former northern Ontario residential school have uncovered 171 "plausible burials," the Wauzhushk Onigum Nation said Tuesday, with other sit...
Jan 17, 2023
French protesters call for extradition of retired priest to Canada
LYON, FRANCE - Activists are calling on France to extradite a retired priest to Canada to face allegations that he sexually abused Inuit children in Nunavut decades ago. Nearly a dozen members of BeBr...
Jan 17, 2023
Smith says no COVID-19 pardons because Canadian system doesn’t work like the U.S.
EDMONTON, AB - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she is no longer pursuing amnesty for COVID-19 health-rule violators because Canada doesn't work that way."Because we've been so influenced by the (U...
Jan 17, 2023
Two charges withdrawn against woman in Coutts border blockade case
Two charges have been withdrawn against a woman involved in last year's blockade at the Canada-United States border crossing at Coutts, Alta.A prosecutor has withdrawn charges of possession of a weapo...
Jan 17, 2023
Federal government delivers $9.7 million to support Alberta jobs, hydrogen industry
EDMONTON - The federal government has delivered nearly $10 million to support Alberta's growing hydrogen industry.The federal money, expected to support 1,600 jobs, is to be augmented by another $3 mi...
Jan 17, 2023
Premiers want Ottawa to fix the bail system, but are provinces doing enough?
OTTAWA - Premiers are calling on Ottawa to make it harder for some accused people to get bail, but some say that provinces could also do more to hold those who violate their bail conditions accountabl...
Jan 17, 2023
Former educational assistant facing sexual interference, sexual assault charges
Beaverlodge RCMP says a report of someone they describe as an educational assistant distributing sexually explicit photos has led to an arrest.Police say the investigation that started on October 12, ...
Jan 17, 2023