16 minutes ago Calgary police chief says shootings are down in the city, welcomes more focus on border control

The Calgary Police Service's chief spoke about a number of issues in a year-end interview with Global News.

Events

72 minutes ago Judge rejects lawsuit tied to controversial Montreal Formula E car race

MONTREAL — An entrepreneur who sued the City of Montreal for not considering his bid to organize a 2017 electric car race has failed to obtain the more than $3 million in compensation he was seeking. A judge suggested there’s no proof Alexandre Choko would have made money — even if he had been selected […]

Transport

87 minutes ago CN Rail cleans up after derailment plunges cars carrying grain into Fraser River

VANCOUVER — A derailment has sent rail cars carrying grain plunging into the Fraser River, and CN Rail says it’s working to restore the tracks near Boston Bar, B.C. It says the incident involving about a dozen cars from a CPKC train on its mainline east of the Fraser Canyon community happened on Sunday due […]

Transport

1 hour ago Inside the charges against man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO

NEW YORK — A triptych of criminal charges paints a searing, sometimes disparate portrait of the man accused of ambushing and killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO Brian Thompson as the executive arrived at a Manhattan hotel for his company’s annual investor conference. Filed separately in state courts in New York and Pennsylvania, and a federal court in […]

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4 hours ago Taxable definition of French fried potato processing hashed out in Alberta court

The judge dismissed Cavendish's arguments, concluding the City of Lethbridge hadn't created a new recipe to determine such a case and its contention was baked in by previous court rulings

Economics

4 hours ago BATRA’S BURNING QUESTIONS: Will Poilievre really defund the CBC? The answer won’t shock you

WATCH BELOW: In the very likely event of Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre becoming Prime Minster – will he keep his promise to defund the CBC? Sun Editor-in-Chief Adrienne Batra joins political columnists Brian Lilley and Lorrie Goldstein to discuss it. What do YOU think? Tweet and Facebook us! And don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube […]

Sport

4 hours ago Student charged, firearms seized after threats against Ontario school: police

York Regional Police say officers attended an unnamed high school after the alleged threat was made last Wednesday.

Events

5 hours ago AHS reports no new cases of measles after child became infected while travelling

Alberta Health Services (AHS) says there have been no new cases of measles so far since a single case was reported last week. Last Thursday, AHS issued a release saying a Calgary child had contracted the infection in another country. The child also travelled to certain places in the city while infectious, potentially exposing others […]

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5 hours ago Texans WR Tank Dell out for season after dislocating knee, tearing ACL

Houston Texans receiver Tank Dell will miss the remainder of the season after dislocating a knee and tearing an ACL in a loss to Kansas City on Saturday. Coach DeMeco Ryans revealed the details of his injury Monday before announcing that Dell would have season-ending surgery for a second straight year. He fractured his fibula […]

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6 hours ago ‘EXTREMELY CONCERNING’: Woman tries to bring fireworks, knives and firearms on flight

If you’ve watched Die Hard recently, it’s always a little surprising to see John McClane and his holstered gun on a plane in the opening scene. It appears a woman trying to travel to Philadelphia from Los Angeles International Airport thought it was 1988 again because she attempted to bring a “gamut of prohibited items” […]

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