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Ontario researchers to study dust for carcinogens after Fort McMurray fire
TORONTO – A group of Ontario researchers is travelling to Fort McMurray next month to study dust left in homes from the forest fire that ravaged the city last year. The team’s work is amon...
Jun 14, 2017
Somali survivors tell of restaurant siege by rebels; 31 dead
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Islamic extremists attacked a popular Somalia restaurant in an overnight siege and killed 31 people - many at point-blank range - before they were slain by security forces, police...
Jun 14, 2017
Expats fret bill allowing them to vote is dying, despite Liberal promises
TORONTO - Disenfranchised expat Canadians are questioning whether the Liberal government is deliberately allowing legislation aimed at restoring their voting rights to wither on the vine. The concern ...
Jun 14, 2017
Correction to story about SNC-Lavalin fraud case published June 9
MONTREAL - In a story published June 9 about fraud cases against former SNC-Lavalin executives, The Canadian Press reported that Yanai Elbaz was a former executive of McGill University. In fact, Elbaz...
Jun 14, 2017
Renderings released for new bike skills park in Blackfalds
Blackfalds residents are getting their first look this week at what the new bike skills park will look like once construction is complete at the end of August. Renderings were approved at Tuesday nigh...
Jun 14, 2017
Mayor says Churchill can't wait until spring for rail service; premier mulls aid
WINNIPEG - People in sub-arctic Churchill, Man., face the prospect of running out of heating fuel over the winter unless the region’s rail line is repaired and service is restored, Mayor Mike Sp...
Jun 14, 2017
Colleagues, police at loss to find reason for UPS shooting
SAN FRANCISCO - Colleagues and investigators were at a loss Thursday to explain what drove a San Francisco UPS driver to pull out an assault weapon at work and kill three co-workers who police suspect...
Jun 14, 2017
Centralia, PA — the Ghost Town That’s Still on Fire
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! History Here at Ripley's, we love to remind our readers of weird historical events. Whether it's a river of molasses in Boston or a freak plane crash into ...
Jun 14, 2017
New Fossils Are Oldest Homo Sapiens Ever Found
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Oldest Homo Sapiens The oldest known humans previously found were 195,000 years old, but new remains found in Morrocco date back over 300,000 years. Th...
Jun 14, 2017
Gunman who shot congressman had history of anti-GOP activity
BELLEVILLE, Ill. - The gunman who shot a top GOP congressman and several other people Wednesday at a baseball practice outside the nation’s capital had a long history of lashing out at Republica...
Jun 14, 2017