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Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for royal defamation, prosecutors say
BANGKOK (AP) - Thai prosecutors on Wednesday said former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for defaming the monarchy, three months after he was freed on parole on other charges. Thaks...
May 28, 2024
De Grasse posts season best, wins sprint double
Andre De Grasse passed his "fitness test" with flying colours on Tuesday as the reigning Olympic 200-metre champion posted back-to-back wins at the 63rd Ostrava Golden Spike track meet. De Grasse cloc...
May 28, 2024
Warriors beat Voltigeurs 4-3, advance to Memorial Cup semifinal
SAGINAW - The Moose Jaw Warriors were thrilled to qualify for their first Memorial Cup tournament. The Western Hockey League champions from Saskatchewan were even more excited to record their first wi...
May 28, 2024
Texas runoffs put Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales, state's GOP House speaker in middle of party feud
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas is out to save his job Tuesday in a GOP primary runoff that has put rifts within the party on display. Gonzales, who has clashed with some of his ...
May 28, 2024
Human smugglers used B.C. freight trains to move people across border, U.S. says
VANCOUVER - The U.S. Department of Justice says two men are facing human smuggling charges in Seattle for their alleged role in what it calls a dangerous scheme to transport people out of British Colu...
May 28, 2024
Waterhen School burns in fire started in industrial arts shop
The Waterhen First Nation, about 40 kilometres north of Meadow Lake, looks to have lost its school in a fire on Tuesday afternoon. The First Nation said on social media that the fire started in the ro...
May 28, 2024
New fire truck in the works for NBFD
A new pump truck is coming to North Battleford Fire Department. During the City Council's Monday night meeting, Lindsay Holm, fire chief said the joint tender process with the City of Swift Current, a...
May 28, 2024
Transitional council in Haiti selects new prime minister for a country under siege by gangs
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Garry Conille was named Haiti's new prime minister Tuesday evening, nearly a month after a coalition within a fractured transitional council had chosen someone else for th...
May 28, 2024
P.E.I. kiteboarder 'lucky to be alive' after shark attack in Turks and Caicos
PROVIDENCIALES - A professional kiteboarder from P.E.I. says he has been seriously injured in a shark attack that occurred while he was snorkelling in the Turks and Caicos Islands last week. In an Ins...
May 28, 2024
Humboldt Broncos families fight to keep Saskatchewan government named in lawsuit
REGINA - Lawyers for several Humboldt Broncos families were in court Tuesday fighting a bid by the government of Saskatchewan to have it removed as a defendant in a lawsuit over the deadly bus crash i...
May 28, 2024