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Police investigating series of extortion threats linked with shooting in B.C.
WHITE ROCK, B.C. - Mounties in British Columbia say they are investigating a series of extortion threats that police say may be linked. RCMP say they are working with police in Abbotsford to advance t...
Dec 08, 2023
Michigan teen gets life in prison for Oxford High School attack
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - A teenager was sentenced to life in prison Friday for killing four students, wounding more and terrorizing Michigan's Oxford High School in 2021. A judge rejected pleas for a sho...
Dec 08, 2023
US vetoes UN resolution backed by many nations demanding immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States vetoed a United Nations resolution Friday backed by the vast majority of Security Council members and many other nations demanding an immediate humanitarian cea...
Dec 08, 2023
Defending champion Baird squeaks through Big Air qualifying in Edmonton
EDMONTON - Canadian rider Jasmine Baird will have the chance to defend her FIS Big Air Snowboard title at Commonwealth Stadium. But she had to sweat out a nervous qualifying process first. Baird, who ...
Dec 08, 2023
Tens of thousands of B.C. residents received free contraception in eight months
VANCOUVER - About 188,000 people have received free prescription contraception since British Columbia. became the first province to offer them in April. The province says in the first eight months of ...
Dec 08, 2023
Supreme Court overturns N.W.T. decision blocking students' admission to French school
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada ruled today that the Northwest Territories education minister erred in refusing to allow students from five families to attend a French-language school. The childr...
Dec 08, 2023
Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence is considered a game-time decision to play at Cleveland
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence's availability for Sunday's game at Cleveland will be a game-time decision based on how he feels during warmups. Lawrence was...
Dec 08, 2023
Six French teens convicted over their roles in an Islamic extremist's killing of a teacher
PARIS (AP) - A French juvenile court on Friday convicted six teenagers for their roles in the beheading of a teacher by an Islamic extremist that shocked the country. Teacher Samuel Paty was killed ou...
Dec 08, 2023
Biello: Exciting draw awaits Canada if it wins playoff to get into Copa America field
While the Canadian men still have to get past Trinidad and Tobago to join next summer's Copa America field, they now know what awaits the winner of that March playoff. World Cup champion Argentina, Ch...
Dec 08, 2023
Appeals court upholds gag order on Trump in Washington case but narrows restrictions on his speech
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court in Washington on Friday upheld a gag order on former President Donald Trump in his 2020 election interference case but narrowed the restrictions on his speech...
Dec 08, 2023