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$40K violin found at train station by Boston transit police
BOSTON - Police have located a $40,000 violin that had been accidentally left by its owner at a Boston train station. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority police say the violin was recovered Tue...
Jun 21, 2017
New Brunswick to freeze property assessments for 2018 while review is completed
FREDERICTON - Seeking to contain a festering scandal involving “thousands and thousands of errors,” New Brunswick is freezing property tax assessments and assigning the task to a new indep...
Jun 21, 2017
Canadian charged in US airport attack investigated as terror
FLINT, Mich. - A Canadian man from Tunisia shouted in Arabic before stabbing a police officer in the neck Wednesday at a Michigan airport, and referenced people being killed overseas during the attack...
Jun 21, 2017
Blackfalds RCMP investigating fatal crash on Highway 11A
BLACKFALDS- RCMP are investigating a fatal two vehicle head-on collision on Highway 11A in the Poplar Ridge area. Police say one person was killed. The intersection of Highway 11A and Range Road 283 i...
Jun 21, 2017
Lagoon improvement staging plan underway
A review and staging plan of the Rocky Mountain House lagoon is underway and will have a final report finished in July. Studies completed in October of 2016 identified that two parameters of the new F...
Jun 21, 2017
NewsAlert: Airport in Flint, Mich., evacuated after police officer injured.
FLINT, Mich. - Officials: Airport in Flint, Mich., evacuated after police officer injured. More to come. The Associated Press
Jun 21, 2017
Ravech replacing Berman as ESPN's Home Run Derby broadcaster
BRISTOL, Conn. - Karl Ravech is replacing Chris Berman as the broadcaster for ESPN’s coverage of the All-Star Home Run Derby. ESPN announced a contract extension on Wednesday with the 52-year-ol...
Jun 21, 2017
Red Deer RCMP arrest a number of drivers after high-speed pursuits
RED DEER- A number of recent arrests involved suspects fleeing police at high rates of speed, several other suspects were arrested in possession of weapons or imitation firearms. — On June 10, R...
Jun 21, 2017
FBI: Gunman who shot congressman had no target in mind
WASHINGTON - Adrift and nearly out of money after three months of living out of his van in the Washington area, the gunman who shot a top House Republican and four other people on a Virginia baseball ...
Jun 21, 2017
Father of Confederation's name stripped from Prime Minister's Office building
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined indigenous leaders across from Parliament Hill on a sun-drenched Wednesday and said the building housing his office will no longer bear the name of Hector...
Jun 21, 2017