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Nigerian president orders crackdown on gangs after 150 killed in conflict-hit north
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday directed security agencies to hunt down the perpetrators of a weekend attack that killed at least 150 people in the country’s northcentral, as he faces ...
Three-year-old Quebec girl missing since Sunday found alive by police in Ontario
MONTREAL — A three-year-old Montreal girl who was reported missing on Sunday has been found alive by police in Ontario.
Nova Scotia woman who killed daughter granted day passes from prison, but not parole
TRURO — A Nova Scotia woman who murdered her 12-year-old daughter in 2008 has been granted unescorted day passes from prison for 60 days. But the Parole Board of Canada has denied Penny Boudreau’s ...
ER data in Winnipeg shows longer waits, higher walkouts for Black and Indigenous patients
Black and Indigenous patients in Winnipeg are waiting significantly longer in emergency rooms. According to preliminary ...
New Windsor Park Fire-Paramedic Station officially commissioned
The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service’s newly built Station 9 in Windsor Park was officially commissioned Wednesday, marking a ...
The Latest: Jury finds Karen Read not guilty of second-degree murder in death of police boyfriend
A jury found Karen Read not guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, but guilty of a lesser charge of drunk driving.
Missing 3-year-old Quebec girl was spotted in Ontario on afternoon of disappearance
MONTREAL — A new clue has surfaced in the case of a missing three-year-old Montreal girl. Provincial police investigators say they have been receiving calls from members of the public who spotted ...
Jury reaches verdict in Karen Read murder trial over death of Boston police boyfriend
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Jurors in the murder trial of Karen Read reached a verdict Wednesday in a divisive case about the death of a Boston police officer that lawyers have presented as either a tragic ...
Funeral standoff halts repatriation of former Zambian president's body
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — The family of former Zambian President Edgar Lungu delayed the repatriation of his body from South Africa for a second time Wednesday in a feud with the country’s current leader ...
Heat dome will blanket much of the US, with worrisome temperatures in Midwest
Some parts of the U.S., such as Phoenix, Arizona, are famously hot without the mugginess. Phoenix and nearby desert regions experience this so-called “dry heat” due to being located far away from ...
Valour FC sign Winnipeg product Kianz Froese, to a contract
Froese was born in Havana, Cuba, immigrating to Winnipeg in the with his family at the age of one. Froese played for the ...
Keyera says $5.15B deal to buy Plains' Canadian business to help energy security
CALGARY — Keyera Corp.’s deal to buy the Canadian natural gas liquids business of U.S. firm Plains for $5.15 billion will help boost this country’s energy security and economic resilience, its chief ...