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A Parkland County intersection known as the "death trap" or the "devil's intersection" for how many fatal crashes it causes claimed another person's life this week, with residents continuing to push for a redesign. A line of memorials and crosses line the median and ditches surrounding where Range Road 20 and Highway 16A meet west…

Election workers neededRob Gibson - Aug 5, 2022 / 7:00 pm | Story: 378934 Photo: Contributed If you’re civic-minded and looking for a little extra money, the City of Kelowna has just the job for you. The city needs to hire around 300 workers to help with the municipal election in October. Positions include election official, alternate…

Homicide investigators have publicly identified the three people shot at South Surrey Athletic Park last weekend, and are renewing their appeal for witnesses to the incident. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said in a news release Friday evening that the three people shot were 26-year-old Harbir Khosa, 20-year-old…

The Republic of Senegal says one of its on-duty diplomats in Ottawa was beaten at her home by police earlier this week, while Quebec's Gatineau Police Service says its members subdued and arrested a person who was violent toward officers.The Embassy of Senegal posted a French-language news release from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs and…

The two-plus weeks Biden has spent with just his German Shepherd for company have proved some of the weightiest of his presidency, with his once-bleak legislative fortunes enjoying a surprise turnabout and his foreign policy shaken by events across the globe. Even some White House staffers said they felt a certain degree of whiplash, and Biden…

California Highway Patrol officers and law enforcement from all over Los Angeles chased a stolen car suspect for over an hour in the San Fernando Valley Friday night before finally taking him into custody. The chase began in Sherman Oaks shortly after 9 p.m.. Police chased the driver on the 101 Freeway, surface streets In North…

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s nowhere near the $4 trillion proposal President Joe Biden first launched to rebuild America’s public infrastructure and family support systems but the compromise package of inflation-fighting health care, climate change and deficit reduction strategies appears on track toward Senate votes this weekend.The estimated $740…

TAIPEI, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The deputy head of Taiwan defence ministry's research and development unit was found dead on Saturday morning in a hotel room, succumbing to a heart attack, according to the official Central News Agency.Ou Yang Li-hsing, deputy head of the military-owned National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, had died…

Comment on this storyCommentIndiana became the first state in the country after the fall of Roe v. Wade to pass sweeping limits on abortion access, after Gov. Eric Holcomb (R) signed into law Friday a bill that constitutes a near-total ban 0n the procedure.The Republican-dominated state Senate approved the legislation 28-19 Friday in a vote that…

Islamic Jihad said in a statement one of its senior leaders, Tayseer Al Jabari, had been killed in an Israeli strike. He was a commander in the Quds Brigade, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, the group said, and a member of its Military Council.The Palestinian health ministry said at least 11 people were killed, including a 5-year-old girl, Alaa…