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Man accused of trying to run-over pedestrians in Edmonton loses lawyers
The man accused of trying to kill an Edmonton police officer outside a C-F-L game and running down pedestrians with a van is without a lawyer.Abdulahi Hasan Sharif's trial is to begin in the fall on 1...
Mar 28, 2019
Woman fatally stabbed in downtown Edmonton
Edmonton police say a 48-year-old woman was fatally stabbed this morning in the downtown area.Police say they found the woman lying on the ground after they responded to a report of a stabbing.They sa...
Mar 28, 2019
Raymond teacher found not guilty on child exploitation, luring charges
LETHBRIDGE - It took less than eight minutes for Lethbridge Court of Queen's Bench Justice E.C. Wilson to deliver his verdict in the trial of 35-year-old Raymond High School teacher Jentry Jack Salmon...
Mar 28, 2019 Jentry Jack Salmon outside of the Lethbridge Courthouse. Photo credit Lethbridge News Now.
Blue Jays' Charlie Montoyo pleased with MLB managerial debut despite loss
TORONTO - Charlie Montoyo anxiously waited at the top of the home dugout until he got a pat on his shoulder telling him that it was his turn to go on to the field at Rogers Centre. The 53-year-old Mon...
Mar 28, 2019
Baltimore mayor says her $500K book deal was a 'mistake'
Baltimore's mayor on Thursday described a lucrative arrangement to sell her self-published children's books to a university-based health care system as a "regrettable mistake" and offered apologies fo...
Mar 28, 2019
Regina Police release RCMP review of Nadine Machiskinic death investigation
REGINA - The Regina Police Service has released an RCMP report into how it investigated the death of an Indigenous woman who fell 10 storeys down a laundry chute. Nadine Machiskinic, who was 29,&...
Mar 28, 2019
Movie set materials cited in firefighter's death in NYC
NEW YORK - Highly combustible materials used to turn a former jazz club into a movie set contributed to the death of a veteran New York City firefighter last year, according to a fire department repor...
Mar 28, 2019
Cannabis banking bill advances in US House committee
DENVER - Legislation that would provide federal protection for financial institutions that serve state-authorized marijuana and ancillary businesses passed a U.S. House committee on Thursday. The Hous...
Mar 28, 2019
Manitoba government to pull nurses ad that union says is demeaning to women
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is pulling a series of advertisements aimed at recruiting nurses after one of the images was criticized as being sexist and patronizing. The ads have been online sin...
Mar 28, 2019
STARS getting $65-million from Federal Government
The federal government has announced $65-million to allow the STARS air ambulance service in Western Canada to buy five new helicopters.Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says the money will help sa...
Mar 28, 2019