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Killer Ibrahim Ali to be moved from psychiatric hospital to detention centre: judge
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled that Ibrahim Ali should be removed from the forensic psychiatric hospital where he has been held throughout his first-degree murder trial. ...
Jan 26, 2024
Killer Ibrahim Ali to be moved from psychiatric hospital to detention centre: judge
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled that Ibrahim Ali should be removed from the forensic psychiatric hospital where he has been held throughout his first-degree murder trial. ...
Jan 26, 2024
Elaine Chuli pays tribute to Montreal with 'Ken Dryden theme' PWHL goalie mask
MONTREAL - Elaine Chuli never saw Ken Dryden play. The 29-year-old can still appreciate the Hall of Fame goaltender's exploits between the pipes for the Montreal Canadiens. And that's despite growing ...
Jan 26, 2024
Guantanamo panel recommends 23-year sentences for 2 in connection with 2002 Bali attacks
WASHINGTON (AP) - A military panel at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba recommended 23 years in detention Friday for two Malaysian men in connection with deadly 2002 bombings in Bali, a spokesman for the military ...
Jan 26, 2024
Bruising forward Wayne Simmonds calls time on NHL career: 'I'm done'
TORONTO - The Wayne Train has made its final stop. After 15 hard-nosed NHL seasons where he filled the net and threw plenty of fists, Wayne Simmonds has called time on his playing career. The 35-year-...
Jan 26, 2024
B.C. Health Minister announces appointment of new seniors advocate
VICTORIA - B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix says the province's new seniors advocate is Dan Levitt, an adjunct professor of gerontology at Simon Fraser University and the head of a non-profit long-term...
Jan 26, 2024
Report details cost estimates, risks of proposed Manitoba landfill search for remains
WINNIPEG - The proposed search of a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two slain First Nations women could cost $90 million - about half the projected maximum in an earlier estimate - although ...
Jan 26, 2024
'It's a way of life': Northern commuters say charter flights like taking the bus
FORT SMITH, N.W.T. - Northerners jump on small charter planes like people in the South would into taxis or buses, says the co-owner of Aunty's Korner Store in Fort Smith, N.W.T., where residents have ...
Jan 26, 2024
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas asks CAS to overturn race ban rules as discrimination
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has asked a Swiss sports court to overturn rules imposed by World Aquatics that stop her competing in elite women's races and she says are d...
Jan 26, 2024
B.C. inquest sees videos from inside burning Winters Hotel on day of fatal fire
BURNABY - A coroner's inquest into the deadly Winters Hotel fire in Vancouver has seen video footage of the blaze from inside the rooming facility, showing heavy smoke billowing from a unit, then flam...
Jan 26, 2024