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Nurse impersonator sentenced to four more years in prison by B.C. Supreme Court
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has sentenced a woman with an extensive criminal history of impersonating nurses in several provinces to four years in prison, tacking on more time t...
Dec 20, 2024
Nurse impersonator sentenced to four more years in prison by B.C. Supreme Court
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has sentenced a woman with an extensive criminal history of impersonating nurses in several provinces to four years in prison, tacking on more time t...
Dec 20, 2024
Pearson Airport travellers may have been exposed to measles on Dec. 8
TORONTO - Toronto's public health agency says people who travelled through Pearson Airport earlier this month may have been exposed to measles. Toronto Public Health says a person with a case of measl...
Dec 20, 2024
Expansion San Diego FC takes Ghanaian midfielder Manu Duah first in MLS SuperDraft
Expansion San Diego FC took UC Santa Barbara midfielder Manu Duah with the first pick in Friday's MLS SuperDraft. The six-foot-four freshman from Ghana started 14 games for the Gauchos. Duah also play...
Dec 20, 2024
Former B.C. premier Glen Clark has been appointed as the new BC Hydro chair
VICTORIA - Former B.C. premier Glen Clark is returning to the public eye, two years after leaving his high-profile position as president of Jim Pattison Group. The provincial government has announced ...
Dec 20, 2024
France's anti-terrorism court convicts 8 people of involvement in the 2020 beheading of a teacher
PARIS (AP) - France's anti-terrorism court on Friday convicted eight people of involvement in the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty four years ago. Paty was killed outside his school near Paris on Oct....
Dec 20, 2024
Italian court clears Vice Premier Salvini of illegally detaining migrants on a rescue ship in 2019
ROME (AP) - A court in Sicily Friday found Italian Vice Premier Matteo Salvini not guilty of illegally detaining 100 migrants aboard a humanitarian rescue ship in 2019, when he was interior minister. ...
Dec 20, 2024
A car has driven into a group of people at a Christmas market in Germany
BERLIN (AP) - A car drove into a group of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, German news agency dpa reported. The driver of the car was arrested, the agenc...
Dec 20, 2024
A look at the new faces in Justin Trudeau's cabinet
OTTAWA - A look at the new faces in Justin Trudeau's cabinet: Rachel Bendayan, official languages minister and associate minister of public safety: A Montreal MP first elected in 2019. Built a legal p...
Dec 20, 2024
Veteran Australian coach Steve Meehan takes over Canadian men's 15s rugby team
Australian Steve Meehan has been named coach of the Canadian men's rugby team, succeeding Kingsley Jones. Meehan, whose coaching journey has taken him to France, England, Japan and Canada, was named h...
Dec 20, 2024