Aaron Sousa

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Appeal dismissed for Edmonton man who killed 7-year-old girl

An Edmonton man has failed to overturn a murder conviction he received two years ago for stabbing a girl to death with scissors.

Alberta strikes deal to off-load remaining stockpile of controversial children's medicine

The Alberta government has reached a deal to off-load what remains of its controversial stockpile of unused children's pain and fever medicine.

Man who set fire to homeless woman in Prince Albert to return to prison

Leslie Black was sentenced to 16 years for attempted murder in a 2014 attack on Marlene Bird in Prince Albert. Black was given statutory release earlier this year. The Parole Board of Canada says the 39-year-old violated his conditions that morning he was released from prison.

Let bygones be bygones? Fans weigh in on criticism of Wayne Gretzky over Trump ties

It wasn't long ago that some Canadians were up in arms about hockey legend Wayne Gretzky's ties to U.S. President Donald Trump's administration.

Police search for Alberta woman wrongfully released from a jail on fake papers

An Alberta woman is on the lam after Crown prosecutors say she was wrongfully released from an Edmonton area jail last month with allegedly fake release papers.

Edmonton six-legged cat on the mend after surgery

Bitsy the cat was born with nine lives, six legs and one loving heart. Christine Koltun, the founder of the cat rescue Furget Me Not, says the one-year-old cat is well on her way to having a new lease on life after a recent surgery to remove three of the legs.

Prosecutors want 19-year and 10-year sentences for men convicted after family froze at Manitoba border

U.S. attorneys have filed sentencing submissions for two men convicted after a family froze to death while trying to walk across the Canada-U.S. border in Manitoba in 2022.

Same-sex couple's discrimination case to go before Alberta human rights tribunal

A same-sex couple says it has been a long and stressful four years, but they're hopeful as their discrimination case is set to go before an Alberta human rights tribunal.

Entrepreneurs looking for money to restore historic theatres working across the Prairies

Restoring longstanding theatres is no easy task, but several people across the Prairies are working to raise the curtain.

Political frustration likely the reason for vandalized signs, says Alberta candidate

Avni Soma, a federal NDP candidate in the central Alberta riding of Yellowhead who had her signs vandalized with slurs, believes the focus was not on her but on what she calls "greater political issues."