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No evidence of homicide in case of woman's remains found in Winnipeg landfill: police
Winnipeg police say they have no evidence to suggest the death of an Indigenous woman whose body was found in a landfill Monday was a homicide. Police chief Danny Smyth says 33-year-old Linda Beardy w...
Apr 06, 2023
Car vandal receives 90-day jail sentence
A woman who stood by and watched as her accomplice smashed dozens of vehicle windows with a small bat has received a 90-day jail sentence.Sunshine Bird, 23, appeared by video, when her case was discus...
Apr 06, 2023
Rockets fired at Israel from Lebanon raise risk of conflict
JERUSALEM (AP) - Militants in Lebanon fired a heavy barrage of rockets at Israel on Thursday, the Israeli military said, forcing people across Israel's northern frontier into bomb shelters, wounding a...
Apr 06, 2023
Eight-year-old deceased after being hit by school bus
An eight-year-old boy from Red Earth Cree Nation has died after being struck by a school bus he had just gotten out of. Carrot River RCMP said that Wednesday at about 12:25 p.m., they were called abou...
Apr 06, 2023
Wildfire threat grows as Florida drought gets steadily worse
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - The threat of wildfires is growing in Florida over the coming weeks as more than half the state is experiencing severe to extreme drought conditions likely to persist until...
Apr 06, 2023
Inquest into death of Lloydminster woman at Pine Grove set for May
A mandatory inquest into the death of an inmate at Pine Grove in 2020 has been set for the second weekend in May. Elaine Behm was found unresponsive in her cell on Oct. 1, 2020. Despite lifesaving mea...
Apr 06, 2023
High court: Trans girl can run girls track in West Virginia
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a 12-year-old transgender girl in West Virginia to continue competing on her middle school's girls sports teams while a lawsuit over a state ban...
Apr 06, 2023
Snake on a plane! South African pilot finds cobra under seat
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - A pilot in South Africa made a hasty emergency landing after discovering a highly venomous cobra hiding under his seat. Rudolf Erasmus had four passengers on board the l...
Apr 06, 2023
Alberta premier says politicians cannot talk to accused, but her call was OK
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, a week after she was overheard on a leaked phone call offering to help an accused with his upcoming criminal trial, says MLAs and cabinet ministers are not f...
Apr 06, 2023
Court says trans girl can run girls track in West Virginia
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a 12-year-old transgender girl in West Virginia to continue competing on her middle school's girls sports teams while a lawsuit over a state ban...
Apr 06, 2023