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Respect Indigenous Peoples who don't want to celebrate Canada 150, Trudeau urges
OTTAWA - An indigenous demonstration teepee was moved onto Parliament Hill Thursday evening after a man was arrested for assaulting at least one of the activists. The Bawaating Water Protectors from S...
Jun 29, 2017
Retired judge to lead inquiry into deadly London tower fire
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed a retired judge on Thursday to chair a public inquiry into the devastating west London fire that killed at least 80 people, as more high-rise buil...
Jun 29, 2017
Catch a Glimpse of the Houdini Townhouse before It Vanishes
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Houdini Harlem Townhouse Want to own Houdini's brownstone mansion? Well, it's been 26 years since it went on the market, and it can be yours for a whopping...
Jun 29, 2017
County councillor Earl Graham not rerunning in fall
A Clearwater County Councillor seat will be open for someone else to be elected into, come this fall. At the County councils regular meeting that was held June 20, Earl Graham, who is the Division 6 r...
Jun 29, 2017
Inclusive education largely failing students in Nova Scotia, commission finds
HALIFAX - Inclusive education is largely failing both special needs students and their peers in Nova Scotia, a new report says. The independent commission on inclusive education, struck three months a...
Jun 29, 2017
Child protection groups warn of young people using new Snapchat location feature
TORONTO - Several child protection groups are warning that Snapchat’s new location-sharing feature could allow predators to more easily track young people. The Canadian Centre for Child Protecti...
Jun 29, 2017
Mastermind of lottery fraud admits he rigged jackpots
DES MOINES, Iowa - A man who helped write the computer code behind several U.S. lotteries, including some of its biggest, pleaded guilty Thursday to masterminding a scheme through which he rigged the ...
Jun 29, 2017
World fashion brands, unions agree to extend Bangladesh deal
DHAKA, Bangladesh - Leading global fashion brands and trade unions agreed Thursday to continue a safety program involving thousands of garment factories in Bangladesh for another three years. Two Swit...
Jun 29, 2017
Top Philadelphia prosecutor pleads guilty, quits, is jailed
PHILADELPHIA - The city’s top prosecutor pleaded guilty Thursday to a corruption charge, resigned from office and was sent immediately to jail by a judge who said he couldn’t be trusted. I...
Jun 29, 2017
Syrian US-backed forces seize last route into Raqqa
BEIRUT - U.S.-backed fighters have seized the last road into Raqqa and are moving eastward along the river south of the city, almost completing the siege on the militants’ de-facto capital, U.S....
Jun 29, 2017