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Feds: Child exploitation focus of Pennsylvania church probe
PHILADELPHIA - Two years ago, a federal prosecutor in Pittsburgh considered filing a racketeering lawsuit against a Roman Catholic diocese over its handling of child sex-abuse complaints, but left off...
Oct 18, 2018
Motorists stunned as metal balls roll down Seattle street
SEATTLE - Authorities in Seattle temporarily closed a street after motorists were stunned by dozens of large metal balls that spilled out of a truck and cascaded down the street, damaging several cars...
Oct 18, 2018
Supreme Court to hear case on clean-up of mercury at northern Ontario mill site
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says it will hear a legal dispute over whether the Ontario government can force Weyerhaeuser Co. and Resolute Forest Products to clean up a contaminated site upstr...
Oct 18, 2018
Employers, job seekers meet at Central Alberta Career and Job Fair
Local job seekers, employers and post-secondary students gathered at Red Deer College for the Central Alberta Career/Job Fair at the Cenovus Energy Learning Common on Wednesday. The event held in part...
Oct 18, 2018
Environmentalists file 3rd lawsuit over Trump wall plans
HOUSTON - Environmental groups filed another lawsuit Thursday challenging the Trump administration’s use of waivers to speed up construction of a border wall, this time in Texas. Three groups su...
Oct 18, 2018
Uganda, at 'big risk' for Ebola, says Congo is managing well
KAMPALA, Uganda - Uganda is at “big risk” of the spread of a deadly Ebola virus outbreak from neighbouring Congo, a senior health official said Thursday, even as he said the situation is &...
Oct 18, 2018
Keesmaat vows to bring new brand of leadership to Canada's most populous city
TORONTO - An urban planner venturing into politics for the first time in an effort to unseat Toronto’s mayor is painting herself as the antidote to political apathy and vowing to bring a new bra...
Oct 18, 2018
Cannabis retailers, governments warn of lingering supply shortage
TORONTO - Demand for newly legal pot appears to be outstripping supply on the second day of legalization as retailers ran low on some products or were cleaned out completely, manifestations of a short...
Oct 18, 2018
Proposed new laws against bestiality don't go far enough, critics argue
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is proposing changes to strengthen laws against bestiality and animal fighting, but advocates against animal cruelty, including a Liberal MP, say these measures are the...
Oct 18, 2018
Feds defend barring edible cannabis for a year as black market eyes gaps
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is aware the massive black market for marijuana is banking on the appeal of products like cookies, tablets and vape pens but it defends waiting another year to greenlig...
Oct 18, 2018