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Ex-Rocket Steve Francis charged with threatening officer
HOUSTON - Former NBA all-star Steve Francis is charged with felony retaliation after prosecutors say he threatened to assault a police officer in the Houston area. Court records show the 39-year-old F...
Nov 21, 2016
Hydrogen fuel cell cars face obstacle: few fueling stations
DETROIT - Hydrogen fuel cell cars could one day challenge electric cars in the race for pollution-free roads - but only if more stations are built to fuel them. Honda, Toyota and Hyundai have leased a...
Apr 17, 2017
Hydrogen fuel cell cars face obstacle: few fueling stations
DETROIT - Hydrogen fuel cell cars could one day challenge electric cars in the race for pollution-free roads - but only if more stations are built to fuel them. Honda, Toyota and Hyundai have leased a...
Apr 14, 2017
Union votes to strike at General Motors' US plants
DETROIT - The United Auto Workers union announced Sunday that its roughly 49,000 workers at General Motors plants in the U.S. would go on strike just before midnight because contentious talks on a new...
Sep 16, 2019
Pet Valu Walk for Dog Guides
Battleford and area residents have the opportunity to help Canadians with medical or physical disabilities obtain Dog Guides at no cost by participating in the Pet Valu Walk for Dog Guides on June 2.S...
Feb 26, 2019
'It changed my life forever:' survivor of 1986 mall coaster crash wants memorial
EDMONTON - It’s been 30 years since Rod Chayko was flung from a flying roller-coaster at West Edmonton Mall, and it bothers him still that there is no memorial at the site to honour the three pe...
Dec 21, 2016
Slovak investigative reporter, girlfriend found shot dead
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - A Slovak investigative reporter and his girlfriend were shot dead in their home in an attack likely linked to his reporting on tax evasion, Slovakia’s top police officia...
Feb 26, 2018
Beyak suspended from Senate over refusal to delete racist letters from website
OTTAWA - Lynn Beyak cast herself as a defender of free speech and a victim of political correctness moments before senators voted summarily Thursday to suspend her without pay from the Senate for refu...
May 09, 2019
Australia ends Hong Kong extradition treaty, extends visas
CANBERRA, Australia - Australia suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and extended visas for Hong Kong residents in response to China's imposition of a tough national security law on the sem...
Jul 09, 2020
Small Yukon First Nation bans sex offender using its COVID emergency law
WHITEHORSE - A First Nation of fewer than 300 people in Yukon's north has used a law it created during the COVID-19 pandemic to bar a convicted sex offender from being sent to its community. The Vuntu...
Oct 12, 2022