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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney had harsh words for the federal government's throne speech, saying the Liberal energy agenda will "strangle investment and jeopardize resource jobs [in Alberta]." "Alberta is disappointed that instead of listening to Canada's provinces, the federal government doubled down on policies that will kill jobs, make Canada poorer and weaken national unity," Kenney said in a statement. Source

Police in Louisville, Ky., say an officer has been shot. It's not clear if the officer was shot during the protests over a grand jury's decision to bring no charges against police for the killing of Breonna Taylor during a drug raid gone wrong. Source

Police in Louisville, Ky., say an officer has been shot. It's not clear if the officer was shot during the protests over a grand jury's decision to bring no charges against police for the killing of Breonna Taylor during a drug raid gone wrong. Source

The search for an Alberta couple, missing since Friday, has ended in tragedy. The bodies of Matthew Kozak, 32, and Zabrina Ferrier, 25, were recovered Wednesday morning in the Verdant Pass area of Jasper National Park. "It is believed the couple were hiking and succumbed to their injuries after falling from a steep bank in the area," Killam RCMP wrote in a news release. Source

FRANKFORT, KY. -- Kentucky's Black attorney general choked up Wednesday when explaining why a grand jury didn't seek criminal charges against police officers for Breonna Taylor's death -- but his sympathetic words fell on many deaf ears. Source

VANCOUVER -- On an early spring day in 2015, just after noon, Caleb Heaton brutally attacked an East Vancouver woman inside her own home. An agreed-upon record of the criminal case between Crown and defence reveals how the 25-year-old bound, gagged, and raped his victim, his behaviour so vicious, the judge referred to Heaton’s crime as “merciless and savage. Source

The revelation that B.C.'s provincial health officer has received death threats comes as no surprise to some women leaders who say this kind of abuse is a widespread problem. Dr. Bonnie Henry has been praised for her "kind, calm and safe" approach to managing B.C. Source

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the Nov. 3 presidential election. "We're going to have to see what happens," Trump said at a news conference, responding to a question about whether he'd commit to a peaceful transfer of power. Source

TORONTO -- Public Health Ontario (PHO) said that some COVID-19 test results may be delayed due to a system “outage” that is preventing staff from accessing the information. In a notice posted on their website on Wednesday night, the health agency apologized for the inconvenience. Source

BOSTON -- Four former eBay Inc. employees have agreed to plead guilty to their roles in a campaign of intimidation that included sending live spiders and cockroaches to the home of a Massachusetts couple who ran an online newsletter critical of the auction site, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Source