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UPDATE: Leduc man camping near Rocky Mountain House found deceased
A Leduc man reported missing last week after heading out camping and hunting near Abraham Lake has been found deceased. Abraham Lake is located about an hour west of Rocky Mountain House. Alberta RCMP...
Oct 28, 2017
UPDATE: Missing Airdrie youth located
RCMP are thanking the public for their help in finding a missing youth from Airdrie. Mounties say Emily Hermary, 14, has now been located.
Oct 28, 2017
Somali police, intelligence chiefs fired after deadly attack
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Security forces ended an overnight siege by militants Sunday at a hotel in Somalia’s capital after a bombing and shootout that killed 23 people, and the government fired its...
Oct 28, 2017
Former MP Jason Kenney wins Alberta United Conservative leadership race
CALGARY - Former federal cabinet minister Jason Kenney has won the leadership of Alberta’s United Conservative Party. The longtime Calgary MP, who held high-ranking positions in the government o...
Oct 28, 2017
Elderly couple dead after shooting at Cobourg, Ont., hospital
COBOURG, Ont. - A place intended for healing became a scene of violence and trauma when two rounds of gunfire erupted in a southern Ontario hospital, killing an elderly married couple and leaving othe...
Oct 28, 2017
CARTOON 10-28-2017
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Source: CARTOON 10-28-2017
Oct 28, 2017
Indonesia says welder's torch caused fireworks factory blaze
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Police said Saturday that an inferno at a firework factory near Indonesia’s capital that killed 48 people was started by sparks from a welder’s torch. The welder, Suba...
Oct 28, 2017
Emergency plan, food, gear vital for long-distance sailing
JUNEAU, Alaska - It’s a romantic idea - sailing across the ocean, sleeping under the stars. But earlier this week, the U.S. Navy rescued two women adrift in the Pacific Ocean about 900 miles off...
Oct 28, 2017
Official: Taliban kill 9 police in eastern Afghanistan
KABUL - At least nine police officers were killed Saturday in separate attacks by Taliban insurgents on police checkpoints in eastern Ghazni province, a provincial official said, and the U.S. military...
Oct 28, 2017
Quebec ticket claims Friday night's $15 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - A single ticket sold in Quebec claimed Friday night’s $15 million Lotto Max jackpot. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Nov. 3 will be approximately $10 million. The Canadian P...
Oct 28, 2017