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Seven years after triple murder-suicide, Nova Scotia inquiry to release final report
HALIFAX - Afghanistan war veteran Lionel Desmond calmly bought a semi-automatic rifle on Jan. 3, 2017, and later that day fatally shot his mother, wife and 10-year-old daughter before killing himself ...
Jan 30, 2024
Jury to be given instructions as stabbing rampage coroner's inquest nears end
MELFORT, Sask. - Jurors are set to receive instructions from a coroner this morning as an inquest into a mass stabbing on a Saskatchewan First Nation reaches its final stages. Myles Sanderson killed 1...
Jan 30, 2024
Pakistani court sentences former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 10 years for revealing state secrets
ISLAMABAD (AP) - A Pakistani court on Tuesday sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and one of his party deputies to 10 years in prison each, after finding them guilty of revealing official secre...
Jan 29, 2024
Giroux scores in OT as Senators rally to knock off Predators 4-3
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators rallied from a terrible start to score four unanswered goals on Monday night, including Claude Giroux's overtime marker, to edge the Nashville Predators 4-3. Drake Bathers...
Jan 29, 2024
Kamloops' Brown rink earns wildcard berth to Scotties
KAMLOOPS - For the third time in her career, Kamloops's Corryn Brown and her rink out of the Kamloops Curling club are heading to the Scotties. Brown is joined by third Erin Pincott, newcomer and seco...
Jan 29, 2024
South Korea says North Korea fired cruise missiles in 3rd launch of such weapons this month
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's military detected North Korea firing multiple cruise missiles into the sea off its western coast Tuesday in its third round of tests of such weapons this month....
Jan 29, 2024
BC Cancer launches free at-home cervical cancer screening
KAMLOOPS - BC Cancer has launched a new way to screen for cervical cancer. Now, female residents between the ages of 25 and 69 years old can request a free at-home cervix self-screening kit. According...
Jan 29, 2024
5 suspects arrested in California desert killings in dispute over marijuana, sheriff’s officials say
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) - Five men have been arrested in the investigation surrounding six bodies found last week at a remote dirt crossroads in the Southern California desert in a dispute over ma...
Jan 29, 2024
TRU Board of Governors votes to discontinue four visual arts programs
KAMLOOPS - During a special meeting of the Thompson Rivers University Board of Governors, several visual arts programs received the axe.The vote was 6-2, with one vote to abstain. The four programs th...
Jan 29, 2024
Alex Murdaugh is denied new double-murder trial after judge hears jury tampering allegations
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina judge on Monday denied Alex Murdaugh's bid for a new trial after his defense team accused a clerk of court with tampering with a jury. Judge Jean Toal ruled that...
Jan 29, 2024
