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Trudeau, allies talk Russian cyberattacks during London intelligence briefing
LONDON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined counterparts from Britain, Australia and New Zealand on Wednesday to present a united global front against the most pressing security challenges facing th...
Apr 18, 2018
Designers lining up to dress Ontario teen headed to royal wedding
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. - A 15-year-old Ontario girl who scored an invitation to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding says she’s now being approached by designers who want to dress her for ...
Apr 18, 2018
Police lay two first-degree murder charges in 1991 missing persons case
A police social media campaign launched to generate leads on cold cases in central Ontario bore fruit this week as a man was charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of two men who vanished in 1...
Apr 18, 2018
Website pulls Humboldt T-shirt after Halifax cartoonist complains
HALIFAX - An Australian website has stopped selling a T-shirt featuring a misappropriated Halifax newspaper cartoon about the Humboldt bus crash tragedy. Bruce MacKinnon of the Halifax Chronicle Heral...
Apr 18, 2018
Wetaskiwin RCMP recover stolen vehicles & property
WETASKIWIN- On April 10, RCMP responded to a suspicious vehicle complaint and observed a black Ford F350 leaving a rural property. They believed the truck had been stolen. Police along with the assist...
Apr 18, 2018
Crews hope to free 'prolific' female right whale named Kleenex from rope on jaw
HALIFAX - Marine biologists are on the lookout for one of the most productive North Atlantic right whales left in the world, after an apparently unsuccessful attempt to free it from thick rope. Heathe...
Apr 18, 2018
Quebec justice minister worried about lawyers using jurors' Facebook pages
MONTREAL - A report that some Quebec defence lawyers are using Facebook to identify jurors and tailor their cases accordingly has prompted the province’s justice minister to create a working gro...
Apr 18, 2018
420's long, strange trip to pot holiday began in California
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - Friday is April 20, or 4/20. That’s the numerical code for marijuana’s high holiday, a homage to pot’s enduring appeal and universal slang for smoking. Festiviti...
Apr 18, 2018
Lithuanian claims pedophile ring in extradition
CHICAGO - A former Lithuanian judge and parliamentarian jailed in Chicago at her homeland’s request fears death if she’s extradited because she helped expose a network of influential pedop...
Apr 18, 2018
Korean leaders can discuss peace, but can't end Korean War
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - President Donald Trump has given his “blessing” for North and South Korea to discuss the end of the Korean War amid a diplomatic push to end the North Korean nu...
Apr 18, 2018