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Quebec police suspect arson in fire that gutted Kuujjuaq youth protection office
KUUJJUAQ, Que. - Police suspect arson in a fire that gutted the youth protection offices in the northern Quebec community of Kuujjuaq. Provincial police say the fire broke out in a building housing th...
Sep 18, 2018
'I go there to be happy,' Inuit leader says of Churchill River district
HAPPY VALLEY GOOSE BAY, N.L. - Indigenous leaders shared their personal and historical connection to the Churchill River district Tuesday, at an inquiry into the Labrador megaproject that will harness...
Sep 18, 2018
Amber Alert issued for six-year-old girl police say was abducted in Saskatchewan
REGINA - An Amber Alert was issued Sunday night for a six-year-old Saskatchewan girl who RCMP say was in the back of her family’s SUV when it was stolen outside a strip mall in North Battleford....
Sep 18, 2018
USDA looking into why camel bucked at circus, hurting 7
PITTSBURGH - A federal agency is looking into an accident involving a startled camel that began bucking while a woman and two small children were riding it at a circus in Pittsburgh. U.S. Department o...
Sep 18, 2018
Vancouver park board passes motion to learn Indigenous place names
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Park Board has passed a motion to learn the traditional Indigenous names for the lands it administers, including areas within Stanley Park and the many beaches lining the Fra...
Sep 18, 2018
Top Baltimore Symphony oboist files sex harassment complaint
BALTIMORE - A Baltimore Symphony Orchestra oboist has filed a sexual harassment complaint, saying the orchestra failed to protect her from repeated harassment and retaliation. News outlets report prin...
Sep 18, 2018
Philippine policeman: Villagers refused advice to flee storm
ITOGON, Philippines - A Philippine police officer who tried to persuade residents of a mining camp to move to safety as a powerful typhoon approached said Tuesday they refused to leave, and a day late...
Sep 18, 2018
Kavanaugh's accuser wants FBI probe before she testifies
WASHINGTON - Christine Blasey Ford wants the FBI to investigate her allegation that she was sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh before she testifies at a Senate Judiciary Commi...
Sep 18, 2018
Allegations against Kavanaugh pose test for #MeToo movement
NEW YORK - Nearly a year old and still making headlines almost daily, the #MeToo movement faces a dramatic test of its impact and staying power in the sexual assault allegations against U.S. Supreme C...
Sep 18, 2018
Echoes of Anita Hill in #MeToo allegation against Kavanaugh
WASHINGTON - The sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh recall Anita Hill’s accusations against Clarence Thomas in 1991, but there are important differences as ...
Sep 18, 2018