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Eye-popping 6,000 false lashes seized at New Orleans airport
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Three thousand pairs of false eyelashes have been seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents after officials determined they were illegally imported from China to New Orlea...
Jul 09, 2021
New National Chief RoseAnne Archibald vows to make AFN more inclusive, transparent
OTTAWA - Newly elected National Chief RoseAnne Archibald is pledging to hold governments' feet to the fire and to help make the Assembly of First Nations to be more inclusive and transparent. Over the...
Jul 09, 2021
Cilantro and Chive BOTM tribute to Andrew Abel and Nate Johnson
Two experienced mountain climbers from central Alberta tragically lost their lives in a spring avalanche near Jasper on May 30; Andrew Abel and Nate Johnson. Both men touched the life of our Lacombe B...
Jul 09, 2021
Paris police release rapper Lil Baby, hand him drug fine
PARIS (AP) - Paris police released rapper Lil Baby from custody on Friday after fining him for having cannabis in his car, according to the city prosecutor's office. He was stopped along with NBA star...
Jul 09, 2021
New National Chief RoseAnne Archibald vows to make AFN more inclusive, transparent
OTTAWA - Newly elected National Chief RoseAnne Archibald is pledging to hold governments' feet to the fire and to help make the Assembly of First Nations to be more inclusive and transparent. Over the...
Jul 09, 2021
Better vaccine outreach to younger Canadians needed as first doses slow, says Tam
OTTAWA - Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says she is concerned that vaccination rates among younger Canadians aren't high enough. The number of people lining up for their first dose plumme...
Jul 09, 2021
Mayor: Death toll in Florida condo collapse now 78
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - The death toll in the collapse of a Miami-area condo building rose to 78 on Friday, a number the mayor called "heartbreaking" and "staggering" as recovery workers toiled for a 16...
Jul 09, 2021
Floats, horses and bands but no spectators as parade kicks off return of Stampede
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampede is back and kicked off Friday morning with the usual array of floats, bands, horses and dignitaries. But the first parade since the COVID-19 pandemic was missing one mai...
Jul 09, 2021
Quebec Crown drops case against ex-construction tycoon, citing lack of resources
MONTREAL - The Crown has dropped its fraud case against a former construction tycoon in Quebec and four co-accused following a nine-year legal battle. Prosecutor Franois Blanchette told a Quebec court...
Jul 09, 2021
Transport minister halts trains near Lytton, B.C. as evacuees make temporary return
OTTAWA - Transport Minister Omar Alghabra is ordering most trains in the vicinity of Lytton, B.C., to halt as residents return temporarily to the wildfire-scorched community. Alghabra says the Canadia...
Jul 09, 2021