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Family loses fight for autistic son to have service dog in class
TORONTO - Ontario’s human rights tribunal has ruled that a nine-year-old autistic boy can’t bring his service dog with him into class. The decision says Kenner Fee’s family failed to...
Aug 31, 2017
Tyler: A Well Balanced Young Man
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Balancing Tyler Tyler Scheuer, of Pennsylvania, can balance just about anything on his face, including a 10-ft ladder! The 22-year-old discovered his uniqu...
Aug 31, 2017
Suspect swims out to sea in escape attempt from Surf City
SURF CITY, N.C. - Authorities in Surf City, North Carolina, say a fleeing suspect swam out to sea before being arrested more than three hours later at a neighbouring town’s beachfront. Surf City...
Aug 31, 2017
Ottawa sharing info with U.S. Homeland Security on all Americans entering Canada
OTTAWA - Canada’s border agency has quietly begun sharing information with U.S. Homeland Security about the thousands of American citizens who cross into Canada each day. Before long, Washington...
Aug 31, 2017
Toronto school board puts program that puts cops in schools on hold
TORONTO - Canada’s largest school board has suspended a controversial program that placed Toronto police officers in certain schools in the city. Trustees with the Toronto District School Board ...
Aug 31, 2017
Indigenous men switched at birth left with more questions after investigations
NORWAY HOUSE, Man. - The families of four men who were switched at birth and sent home from a northern Manitoba hospital with the wrong parents said they were left with more questions than answers Thu...
Aug 31, 2017
Former B.C. health minister Terry Lake joins medical marijuana industry
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Former British Columbia Health Minister Terry Lake has jumped from politics to the medical marijuana industry. Lake, who says he will continue to live in Kamloops, B.C., has accepted ...
Aug 31, 2017
Couche-Tard raising funds after Harvey forces 120 stores in Texas to close down
Alimentation Couche-Tard (TSX:ATD.B) has launched a fundraising campaign to support staff and customers after 120 of its convenience stores in Texas were forced to close earlier this week due to damag...
Aug 31, 2017
Judge rejects bid to designate father who killed his 3 children as high risk
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A man who underwent a psychotic break and murdered his three children as they lay asleep in their beds does not pose enough of a threat to the public to be labelled high risk, ...
Aug 31, 2017
Mnuchin won't say if he wants Tubman on $20 bill
WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is raising speculation that Harriet Tubman’s future on the $20 bill could be in jeopardy. In a CNBC interview, Mnuchin on Thursday avoided a direct...
Aug 31, 2017