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America Planned to Use Glowing Foxes Against Japan in WWII
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Glowing Foxes OSS insignia Can you believe the United States Government almost deployed glowing foxes to scare the Japanese people during World War II? Dur...
Nov 06, 2017
British Columbia to increase penalties next year for distracted drivers
VICTORIA - Distracted drivers in British Columbia will soon face higher penalties in a government effort to stop a habit that kills an average of 78 people in motor vehicle accidents every year. Attor...
Nov 06, 2017
De-icing fluid gets into plane's A/C, woman taken to hospital, flight grounded
CALGARY - A WestJet flight going to Houston from Calgary was grounded and a woman aboard a plane was taken to hospital after being exposed to de-icing fluid. The company says crews were de-icing the a...
Nov 06, 2017
Regina school reconsiders Davin name in light of residential school history
REGINA - A Saskatchewan school named after a man who wrote a report recommending residential schools for Indigenous youth wants to know if it should change its name. Regina Public Schools is questioni...
Nov 06, 2017
Little progress in Alberta model's suspected kidnapping in South Carolina
A South Carolina man charged with kidnapping and criminal sexual conduct after an Alberta woman was lured to the United States with the promise of a modelling job remains behind bars. A spokeswoman fo...
Nov 06, 2017
UPDATE: Charges laid in Anders shooting during break in attempt
Charges have been laid following a shooting in the Anders neighbourhood nearly two months ago that sent a 23-year-old man to hospital. The man was shot and injured on Sept. 12 after he interrupted a b...
Nov 06, 2017
'Fight of my life:' Calgary officer testifies at arrest assault trial
CALGARY - One of three police officers accused of assaulting a man during an arrest says he thought he was in the fight of his life. Const. James Othen testified in court Monday that his adrenaline wa...
Nov 06, 2017
Scholarship to cover cost for refugee studying law at University of Saskatchewan
SASKATOON - The University of Saskatchewan is offering a new scholarship to cover the costs of a law student who has claimed or is claiming refugee status. The scholarship from the College of Law in S...
Nov 06, 2017
Keep politics out of in-country refugee determination process: UNHCR chief
OTTAWA - With the future of the Immigration and Refugee Board under review, one thing is certain, the head of the United Nations refugee agency said Monday: it needs to remain independent. “You ...
Nov 06, 2017
Another hearing set over Cowboys RB Elliott's 6-game ban
NEW YORK - A federal appeals court has set a Thursday hearing as attorneys for Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott seek a longer-lasting injunction to stop his six-game suspension over domesti...
Nov 06, 2017