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Dog cull being planned on northern reserve where woman fatally mauled
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba aboriginal leader says culls of stray dogs in remote communities are a necessary measure when people’s safety is at risk. The community of Little Grand Rapids was planning ...
May 17, 2017
Albertans no longer required to return carbon levy rebates when family member dies
EDMONTON – Alberta is bringing in new rules to make amends to more than 4000 families who lost a loved one and were ordered to pay back their carbon tax rebate. Finance Minister Joe Ceci says no...
May 17, 2017
State Dept. criticizes Turkey for violence outside embassy
WASHINGTON - U.S. officials strongly criticized the Turkish government Wednesday as video appeared to show its president’s security forces pushing past police and violently breaking up a protest...
May 17, 2017
US judge blocks restriction on immigrant legal help
SEATTLE - A federal judge temporarily blocked a Justice Department decision that immigrant legal rights organizations around the country said would curtail much of the work they do help those facing d...
May 17, 2017
Fractious House panel at centre of latest Trump probes
WASHINGTON - The oversight committee chosen by House Speaker Paul Ryan to investigate whether President Donald Trump obstructed an FBI probe has been the most publicly aggressive group involved in the...
May 17, 2017
Love bite? Snake bites Florida man who tries to kiss it
BOSTWICK, Fla. - Authorities say a Florida man leaned in to kiss a rattlesnake - but got bitten instead. News outlets report the unidentified man was bitten on the tongue Tuesday in the Bostwick area ...
May 17, 2017
The I-word: As Trump troubles spiral, Washington starts whispering 'impeachment'
WASHINGTON - The I-word has entered the Washington vocabulary. That forbidden word - the 11-letter pathway to political damnation, is suddenly, timidly, tiptoeing onto the tongues of capital-dwellers....
May 17, 2017
Target locked in game of shipping tag with Wal-Mart, Amazon
NEW YORK - Target, Wal-Mart and Amazon are engaged in a game of shipping tag, each trying to adjust their free threshold and other shipping strategies to a level that can lure shoppers away from one o...
May 17, 2017
Councillor Buchanan: Police spending too much time on data entry, national review needed
Are police officers across Canada spending too much of their time on data entry? One Red Deer city councillor thinks they are and that a national review is necessary. Buck Buchanan presented a notice ...
May 17, 2017
Sophomore Fisher shows promise despite Impact's defensive struggles
MONTREAL - Kyle Fisher is doing his best to make decisions tougher for Montreal Impact coach Mauro Biello. Injuries to Victor Cabrera (ankle) and Hassoun Camara (concussion) gave the 22-year-old a cha...
May 17, 2017