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B.C. MLA launches private prosecution against Charlotte Kates of Samidoun
VANCOUVER - A member of the British Columbia legislature says she is pursuing a private prosecution against a Vancouver woman who praised Hamas's Oct. 7 attack on Israel as "heroic." Dallas Brodie, le...
Aug 20, 2025

Brazilian police accuse ex-President Bolsonaro of planning to flee to Argentina seeking asylum
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Police in Brazil say messages found on former President Jair Bolsonaro's telephone showed that he wanted to flee to Argentina and request political asylum from President Javier...
Aug 20, 2025

Texas' Republican-controlled House approves new maps to create more winnable GOP congressional seats
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Republicans on Wednesday took the first step toward approving new congressional maps that would give their party as many as five new seats in the House of Representatives, s...
Aug 20, 2025

CP NewsAlert: West Kelowna, B.C., denies permit for MAGA singer on safety grounds
WEST KELOWNA - The City of West Kelowna, B.C, has cited public safety to deny a permit for a concert by American Christian singer Sean Feucht, who is outspoken in the Make America Great Again movement...
Aug 20, 2025

Appeals court allows Trump to end temporary protections for migrants from Central America and Nepal
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday sided with the Trump administration and stayed a lower court's order keeping in place temporary protections for 60,000 migrants from Central Amer...
Aug 20, 2025

Poilievre calls on federal government to classify Bishnoi gang as terror entity
SURREY - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is the latest politician calling for the federal government to designate the India-based Lawrence Bishnoi gang as a terrorist entity. His call on a visit ...
Aug 20, 2025

Elon Musk, world's richest man, spotted in Bella Bella, B.C., on weekend visit
Airport shuttle driver Sean Carter has lived in the remote northern British Columbia community of Bella Bella for almost nine years and says the small coastal village occasionally gets a celebrity vis...
Aug 20, 2025

Gabbard slashing intelligence office workforce by 40%, cutting budget by more than $700 million
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Office of National Intelligence will dramatically reduce its workforce and cut its budget by more than $700 million annually, the Trump administration announced Wednesday. Direct...
Aug 20, 2025

B.C.'s veterinary college says it risks insolvency in 2026 if fees don't increase
Veterinarians in British Columbia have until the end of the month to vote on increasing fees they pay to work in the province, a move their regulatory body says is needed to prevent it becoming insolv...
Aug 20, 2025

Judge denies Justice Department request to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge in New York who presided over the sex trafficking case against the late financier Jeffrey Epstein has rejected the government's request to unseal grand jury transcripts...
Aug 20, 2025