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Trump valet Walt Nauta pleads not guilty in classified documents case
MIAMI (AP) - Donald Trump's valet, Walt Nauta, made a brief court appearance Thursday as he entered a not guilty plea to charges that he helped the former president hide classified documents from fede...
Jul 06, 2023
Lightning-caused wildfire ignites 24km south of Fort St. James a potential threat to Highway 27 corridor
FORT ST. JAMES - BC Wildfire Service crews are busy responding to a new fire located 24 kilometres south of Fort St. James.The 30-hectare lightning-caused Tsah Creek wildfire was detected Wednesday af...
Jul 06, 2023
N.W.T. signs agreement in principle with feds on health funding
OTTAWA - Northwest Territories has signed on to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's health funding offer, which would see a $361-million boost to health funding to the territories over 10 years. The agree...
Jul 06, 2023
Memphis prosecutors seek death penalty against man charged with kidnapping and killing teacher
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against a man charged with kidnapping a Memphis, Tennessee, school teacher during an early-morning run and killing her. Cleotha A...
Jul 06, 2023
Canada's Denis Shapovalov and Bianca Andreescu advance at Wimbledon
LONDON - Canada's Denis Shapovalov defeated Gregoire Barrere of France 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7) in second-round men's singles play Thursday at Wimbledon. Shapovalov, the No. 26 seed from Richmond Hill, Ont.,...
Jul 06, 2023
Day six of B.C. port strike as management calls for binding arbitration
VANCOUVER - The organization that represents employers at roughly 30 strikebound ports in British Columbia says binding arbitration could end the six-day-old dispute. More than 7,000 members of the In...
Jul 06, 2023
The death toll from a South Africa gas leak blamed on illegal gold processing has risen to 17
BOKSBURG, South Africa (AP) - The death toll from a toxic gas leak that authorities blamed on an illegal gold processing operation in South Africa rose to 17, including three children, as police remov...
Jul 06, 2023
Missing 2-year-old girl is found dead in Detroit, after her disappearance sparked massive search
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A missing 2-year-old girl was found dead in Detroit on Wednesday, authorities announced, three days after her disappearance sparked a massive search. Wynter Cole Smith's body was...
Jul 06, 2023
Prepping the body for the bucking; more rodeo athletes buckle down
CALGARY - Coy Robbins once thought running long distances was good training for riding a bull. When he attended a spring training camp organized by the Canadian Pro Rodeo Sport Medicine Team, the 24-y...
Jul 06, 2023
Wagner chief Prigozhin is in Russia, president of Belarus says
MINSK, Belarus (AP) - The president of Belarus says Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is in St. Petersburg and his Wagner troops have remained at the camps they stayed in before an attempted m...
Jul 06, 2023