10 h. ago Best Walks: No. 58 takes you on a ramble high above the city

Lori Beattie knows a thing or two about walking. She’s travelled every path and trail listed in her new updated book, Calgary’s Best Walks. She explained why she loves to explore this city on foot in a Weekend Life column on March 29, and now we’re encouraging you to follow in her footsteps. Over the […]

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28 h. ago Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to federal charges in CEO’s murder

Mangione, who is facing the death penalty in the federal case, previously pleaded not guilty to a separate set of New York state charges over the Dec. 4 killing of Brian Thompson.

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28 h. ago Teacher who had sex with student after graduation may have acted immorally, but not illegally, Calgary judge says

Former Western High School teacher Jason Selby was found not guilty of sexual exploitation of a minor

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28 h. ago Mangione pleads not guilty to federal murder charge in killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO

NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty Friday to a federal murder charge in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as prosecutors formally declared their intent to seek the death penalty against him. Mangione, 26, stood with his lawyers as he entered the plea, leaning forward toward a microphone as U.S. District Judge […]

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31 h. ago Man accused of trying to kill Toronto resident in Vancouver has been released

A Canadian TikTok user and Vancouver visitor went viral after she claimed that a man tried to kill her in a stranger attack; now the accused has been released from custody.The victim was Supitssteph, whose TikTok profile says she's from Toronto.As of the publication of this article, her TikTok video about the attack has garnered nearly 7 million views.We contacted the Vancouver Police Department about the incident, and it shared some details.The accused is named Peterhans Jalo Nungu, and he was charged with assault causing bodily harm. Vancouver Police also shared that the attack occurred at 12:30 a.m. in Coal Harbour.The TikTok user, named Stephanie, said that she had been walking near Stanley Park when the assault happened, adding that she believes the area is considered safe for most people.@supitssteph Replying to @Sarah how a completely random stranger tried to kill me 🙃 #vanccouver #womenempowerment #fight ♬ original sound - Stephanie"I was on the Seawall, just walki...

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32 h. ago Court declares mistrial in former world junior hockey players’ sex assault case

The ruling means a new trial will be held for Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote, who have all pleaded not guilty to sexual assault

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32 h. ago Three men sentenced to century in prison after plot to kill ringleader in UK’s biggest heist

LONDON — Three men who plotted to kill a former cage fighter, who years before had been convicted of being one of the ringleaders in the U.K.’s biggest-ever heist, were sentenced Friday to a collective term of over a century in prison. The sentencing of the three men at London’s Central Criminal Court, which is […]

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32 h. ago Peterman, Gallant aim to secure Olympic spot at world mixed doubles curling playdowns

Curlers Brett Gallant and Jocelyn Peterman have already earned the right to wear the Maple Leaf should Canada qualify for mixed doubles at the Winter Olympics. Now the husband-and-wife duo just has to go out and secure the country’s berth. Gallant and Peterman will represent Canada at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship starting Saturday […]

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34 h. ago Lorne Gunter: Poilievre's promise to kill EV mandate a good first step to counter Liberal eco

On Thursday, while speaking at a Halifax car dealership, Pierre Poilievre announced that a Conservative government would do away with the Liberals’ EV mandate. If re-elected, the Carney Liberals intend to maintain the Trudeau government’s mandate that all new vehicles sold in Canada be electric by 2035. Beginning next year, under Liberal rules, 20 per […]

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46 h. ago Alabama executes a man who said he was guilty of rape and murder and deserved to die

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man who dropped his appeals and said he deserved to die for the rape and murder of a woman in 2010 was put to death Thursday evening. James Osgood, 55, was pronounced dead at 6:35 p.m. CDT following a lethal injection at a south Alabama prison, authorities said. A […]

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51 h. ago Guilty pleas to bylaw charges in case of E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares

CALGARY — A commercial kitchen company in Calgary pleaded guilty Thursday to four bylaw offences after a massive E. coli outbreak at daycares led to hundreds of children falling ill. Fueling Minds Inc. was charged in relation to the eight-week outbreak that was declared in September 2023. There were at least 448 infections, and 39 […]

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53 h. ago Guilty pleas in case of E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares

A commercial kitchen company in Calgary has pleaded guilty to four charges after a massive E. coli outbreak at daycares led to hundreds of children falling ill. Fueling Minds Inc. was charged in relation to the outbreak that started in September 2023. There were least 448 infections, and 39 children and one adult were hospitalized […]

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53 h. ago Judge weighs bylaw fine for company in case of E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares

Justice Mathieu St. Germain said he wants time to review the facts and set a sentencing decision for May 27

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53 h. ago Guilty pleas in connection with E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares

Lawyers are to present a joint recommendation on sentencing.

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57 h. ago Gangs in Haiti kill 4 soldiers, 4 civilians in bid to seize full control of capital

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Gangs trying to seize full control of Haiti ’s capital have killed at least four soldiers and four armed civilians who worked with law enforcement to protect their communities, an official said Thursday. Lionel Lazarre, spokesman for Haiti’s National Police, told Radio Caraibes that two soldiers and four civilians were killed in […]

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59 h. ago Letters for April 24, 2025: ‘Vote for change out of bravery, not fear.’

TIME FOR A CHANGE  Re “Fear major motivator steering Canada toward disastrous 4th Liberal term, poll shows” (Lorne Gunter, April 20): Gunter says fear is a lousy reason to vote for any party. Frank Sinatra, ‘Chairman of the Board,’ told us: “Fear is the enemy of logic.” My ‘seniors’ cohort listens to the former chairman […]

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3 d. ago Edmonton man who stabbed teen during fight over money sentenced to five years in prison

A young Edmonton man who killed a teenage acquaintance during a fight over a bank scam has been handed a five-year prison sentence. Mwumpe Mulongoyi was sentenced April 14 after pleading guilty to a count of manslaughter. He was initially charged with second-degree murder for the 2021 killing of 19-year-old Jordan Dawson. Court of King’s […]

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3 d. ago What Pope Francis told Sophie Grégoire Trudeau when she asked him: ‘You have a vice?’

In 2017, she accompanied her then-husband and former prime minister Justin Trudeau to Italy. They met Pope Francis for the first time at the Vatican

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3 d. ago Survivors of 2022 July Fourth parade mass shooting to speak in court

WAUKEGAN, Ill. — Survivors and relatives of people killed in a 2022 mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago were set to speak Wednesday at the sentencing hearing for the gunman, who chose not to attend. Robert E. Crimo III, 24, pleaded guilty last month to the shooting that left seven people […]

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3 d. ago Lori Vallow Daybell found guilty of conspiring to kill her 4th husband

Lori Vallow Daybell is scheduled to go on trial again in early June, accused in a plot to kill Brandon Boudreaux, the ex-husband of her niece.

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