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Halloween In Spring: Saint Mark’s Eve Is A Day You Can See Ghosts
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Saint Mark's Eve While it's easy to see why the frightening festivities of Halloween fall in Autumn when the greenery has dried out and the cold death of w...
Apr 24, 2018
In big shift, Trump assesses Kim Jong Un as 'very honourable'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Kim Jong Un wants a historic, high-stakes meeting as soon as possible and suggested the North Korean dictator has been “very open” and &...
Apr 24, 2018
Opposition motion calls for action to stop the flow of illegal border crossings
OTTAWA - As an influx of illegal border crossings by asylum seekers continues to cause pressures in Quebec, the issue is creating mounting tensions between the Liberals and Conservatives in the House ...
Apr 24, 2018
Wickenheiser, Herdman recruited to working group on gender equity in sport
Hayley Wickenheiser believes sport is a microcosm of life, and how women are treated in sport is a barometer of the health of a society. The four-time Olympic gold medallist in women’s hockey wa...
Apr 24, 2018
A timeline of how new rules were added to the Canada Summer Jobs program
OTTAWA - This week marked the start of jobs funded through the Canada Summer Jobs program, which has received attention this year because of the Liberal government’s efforts to screen organizati...
Apr 24, 2018
Syrian troops target IS tunnels, trenches in Damascus
DAMASCUS, Syria - The Syrian government launched a new operation Tuesday targeting tunnels used by the Islamic State group in the capital, state TV said, while shelling by the extremists on a governme...
Apr 24, 2018
Just one suspect in death of two-year-old girl: Quebec City police
Quebec City police say their investigation into the slaying of a two-year-old girl points to just a single suspect. Police say in a statement their probe is progressing and investigators have spoken t...
Apr 24, 2018
Woman gets prison for using someone else's tainted urine
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio - An Ohio woman might want to ask some questions if she tries to borrow someone’s urine again to pass a drug test. WTOV-TV reports 24-year-old Kiana Wallace was sentenced t...
Apr 24, 2018
Mississippi defendants spend months in jail awaiting trial
BRANDON, Miss. - Jerry Sanders has been sitting in a jail cell on a relatively minor charge of methamphetamine possession for more than a year - longer than the sentence he could get if he’s con...
Apr 24, 2018
Ahead of summits, US tones down war games with S. Korea
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Spring on the Korean Peninsula is normally the season of D-Day-style beach landings with big guns thumping in the distance and skies crisscrossed by the contrails of fighte...
Apr 24, 2018