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Ex-Border Patrol agent convicted of killing 4 women in Texas
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A former Border Patrol agent who confessed to killing four sex workers in 2018 was convicted Wednesday of capital murder, after jurors heard recordings of him telling investigators ...
Dec 07, 2022
Pentagon splits $9 billion cloud contract between 4 firms
WASHINGTON (AP) - Google, Oracle, Microsoft and Amazon will share in the Pentagon's $9 billion contract to build its cloud computing network, a year after accusations of politicization over the previo...
Dec 07, 2022
No energy records broken during extreme cold snap in P.A.
The huge drop in temperatures and extreme cold warnings meant furnaces worked overtime the last couple of days but did it break energy consumption records?According to SaskEnergy and SaskPower, a lot ...
Dec 07, 2022
Katrina Chen exits B.C. cabinet, citing 'long-standing trauma,' gender-based violence
VICTORIA - Former British Columbia cabinet member Katrina Chen says she took herself out of contention for a new ministerial position in order to deal with "long-standing trauma" suffered as a result ...
Dec 07, 2022
'The system let him down': Superstore knife incident results in probation
CONTENT WARNING: The following story has details regarding suicide. The man at the centre of a disturbance last July at Prince Albert's Superstore won't serve any additional jail time and those closes...
Dec 07, 2022
RCMP Report: Assaults, axe-swinging man lead week's numbers
Police were kept busy dealing with a number of assaults this past week in the Battlefords.A woman was allegedly assaulted while walking on a road near the town of Battleford. According to Battlefords ...
Dec 07, 2022
Kings lend defenceman Brandt Clarke to Canada's world junior team
CALGARY - The NHL's Los Angeles Kings have loaned defenceman Brandt Clarke to Canada's world junior hockey team ahead of its selection camp for the 2023 world junior championship. Clarke, selected eig...
Dec 07, 2022
Advocate asks AFN chiefs to ensure $40B settlement deal leaves no child behind
OTTAWA - A First Nations child-welfare advocate says chiefs should ensure that "no child is left behind" in a landmark $40-billion settlement agreement with the federal government. Cindy Blackstock wa...
Dec 07, 2022
Alberta sovereignty bill close to finish line as government invokes debate time limit
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's sovereignty bill galloped toward the finish line Wednesday, with the government using debate time limits to rebut what it called Opposition delay tactics. O...
Dec 07, 2022
US appeals ruling that would lift asylum restrictions
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - The U.S. government said Wednesday it is appealing a court ruling that would otherwise lift asylum restrictions that have become the cornerstone of border enforcement in recent y...
Dec 07, 2022