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Deer with hammock festooned in antlers wins raves in northwestern B.C.
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - A deer with part of a purple hammock laced around his antlers has inspired a Facebook page, popular line of T-shirts and tremendous public interest in a northern British Columbia...
Nov 08, 2017
Police: Thief didn't get far in motorized grocery store cart
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - A man accused of stealing a motorized shopping cart from an Alaska grocery store didn’t get very far or go very fast before his low-speed getaway attempt was foiled by police...
Nov 08, 2017
Commentary on killings draws strength through repetition
NEW YORK - A satirical website is responsible for one of the starkest commentaries on mass killings, and it draws its power through repetition. After the Texas church shooting this week, The Onion pos...
Nov 08, 2017
Roadsides not best place for planting monarch-critical milkweed, study finds
TORONTO - Efforts aimed at reversing a steep decline in the monarch butterfly population by planting traditionally unloved milkweed need to take into account the size and location of the planted patch...
Nov 08, 2017
Constitutional arguments in polygamy case delayed in British Columbia court
CRANBROOK, B.C. - A court case that challenges Canada’s ban on polygamy on constitutional grounds has been pushed back a month because of delays in filing legal documents. Dan McLaughlin, a spok...
Nov 08, 2017
Co-accused in murder of couple and their daughter says he had 'no choice'
RED DEER, Alta. - The co-accused in the deaths of a central Alberta couple and their adult daughter says he was blackmailed and threatened into killing the family by the couple’s son. Gordon and...
Nov 08, 2017
Quebec to tax online streaming giant Netflix with or without federal government
OTTAWA - Quebec will forge ahead with plans to tax Netflix with or without the support of Ottawa, the province’s finance minister has said in a letter to his federal counterpart. “Our sale...
Nov 08, 2017
Body cameras on chicken catchers not reasonable: B.C. privacy commissioner
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s privacy commissioner says a chicken-catching company was not authorized to use video surveillance on staff in response to an animal cruelty investigation. Elite Ser...
Nov 08, 2017
UPDATE: RCMP make arrest in relation to incident north of Red Deer
RCMP say as of 3:45 p.m. on Nov. 8, 38-year-old Michael Richter has been arrested in connection to an incident Monday afternoon north and east of Red Deer. Mounties had put out a warrant for his arres...
Nov 08, 2017
Spacey cut from film amid new sexual misconduct allegation
BOSTON - Kevin Spacey was cut from a soon-to-be-released Ridley Scott film as sexual misconduct allegations continued to mount against the “House of Cards” star on Wednesday. All of Spacey...
Nov 08, 2017