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Kanesatake chief meets with federal and provincial officials over Oka land dispute
MONTREAL - Kanesatake Grand Chief Serge Simon is meeting with representatives from the federal and provincial governments in an attempt to defuse tensions over a land dispute near the Quebec...
Jul 26, 2019
Swedish court documents give details on A$AP Rocky case
HELSINKI - Swedish authorities have released court documents in the assault case in which American rapper A$AP Rocky and two other men are charged, with prosecutors saying that the victim was punched ...
Jul 26, 2019
Evacuation order issued for hamlet of Marten Beach
EDMONTON- An Alberta hamlet is under an evacuation order due to flooding after heavy rainfall.An emergency alert has been issued for the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River, which is about 200 ki...
Jul 26, 2019
Convicted murderer appeals for a second time
CALGARY- A Calgary man who was convicted for a second time in the death of a University of Calgary student has appealed for a second time.Mitchell Harkes was convicted in May of the second-degree murd...
Jul 26, 2019
George Takei calls migrant treatment a 'grotesque low'
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - George Takei says U.S. migrant detention policies reached depths beyond what Japanese-Americans faced during their World War II internment. Takei, interned as a child, said his...
Jul 26, 2019
Cardinal Ortega, former archbishop of Havana, dies at 83
HAVANA - Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, the former archbishop of Havana who helped organize the first papal visit to the communist country and negotiated modest openings with a government that...
Jul 26, 2019
Cosby appeal to focus on other women's testimony, Quaaludes
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Prosecutors set to defend Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction in appeals court next month say the accusations from other women are no coincidence, but "the culmination of a decade...
Jul 26, 2019
Allergan expands recall of Biocell textured breast implants following Canadian ban
TORONTO - Allergan PLC says it's voluntarily recalling Biocell textured breast implants and tissue expanders worldwide, a move that follows Canada's suspension of the product's licences due to po...
Jul 26, 2019
Canadian swimmer Sydney Pickrem picks up second bronze at world championships
GWANGJU, Korea, Republic Of - Canadian swimmer Sydney Pickrem has captured her second bronze medal at the 2019 world aquatics championships. The Canadian/U.S. dual citizen came third in the women's 20...
Jul 26, 2019
Chuckegg Creek wildfire no longer classified as out of control
EDMONTON- A massive wildfire that forced thousands of people to flee their communities in northern Alberta in May and June is now classified as being held.The provincial government says that means the...
Jul 26, 2019