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Utah Supreme Court blocks execution of prisoner with dementia who chose to die by firing squad
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The impending execution of a man by firing squad in Utah was blocked by the state's Supreme Court on Friday after his attorneys argued he should be spared because he has dementia...
Aug 29, 2025

US revokes visas of Palestinian president and other officials ahead of UN General Assembly
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the visas of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials ahead of next month's annual high-level meeting of the U.N. General...
Aug 29, 2025

California energy regulators pause efforts to penalize oil companies for high profits
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California energy regulators Friday put the brakes on plans requiring oil companies to pay a penalty if their profits climb too high, a temporary win for the fossil fuel indu...
Aug 29, 2025

50 Years Running: Prince George Classic hits its stride on Cranbrook Hill
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Labour Day Classic, which first took place in 1974, has become one of the city's most beloved athletic traditions. Originally called the Prince George to Boston Marat...
Aug 29, 2025

B.C. ministry unaware of coroners attending death scenes remotely after 2019
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Ministry of Public Safety says it was unaware of the BC Coroners Service continuing a practice of attending certain death scenes remotely after 2019. Ministry spokeswoma...
Aug 29, 2025

B.C. ministry unaware of coroners attending death scenes remotely after 2019
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Ministry of Public Safety says it was unaware of the BC Coroners Service continuing a practice of attending certain death scenes remotely after 2019. Ministry spokeswoma...
Aug 29, 2025

Wildfires increase as lightning hits hot, dry areas of southern B.C.
The number of wildfires continues to tick up in British Columbia as a hot, sunny week ends with thunderstorms and lightning in southern areas of the province. The latest figures from the BC Wildfire S...
Aug 29, 2025

Doctor says Port Hardy, B.C., ER should re-open 24/7 as town has 'lots of physicians'
VICTORIA - The medical director of a health centre in Port Hardy, B.C., is calling for the reopening of the community's overnight emergency room that has been shut for 31 months, saying the community ...
Aug 29, 2025

Bookmaker linked to baseball star Shohei Ohtani's interpreter sentenced to just over a year
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani was sentenced to just over a year in prison Frida...
Aug 29, 2025

B.C. watchdog refers RCMP officer for possible charges over fatal 2024 crash
NAKUSP - British Columbia's police watchdog is asking the provincial prosecution service to consider charging an RCMP officer after a crash that killed a man in the West Kootenay region last year. A s...
Aug 29, 2025