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Mom of toddler found dead near Edmonton church attacked on social media: friends
EDMONTON - Members of an indigenous community in central Alberta are angry that strangers are using social media to attack the mother of a toddler who was found dead near a church last month. The body...
May 9, 2017
RCMP created metadata-crunching tool to glean criminal intelligence
OTTAWA - The RCMP created, then suddenly abandoned, a tool to crunch electronic message trails gathered during criminal investigations - a previously unknown foray into the controversial realm of big-...
May 9, 2017
B.C. has first minority government in 65 years; Greens hold power balance
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has its first minority government in 65 years as the Liberals squeaked out a razor-thin victory over the NDP on Tuesday, with the Green party holding the balance of power ...
May 9, 2017
Unregulated ice rescue courses the only option for firefighters, inquest hears
TORONTO - Firefighters seeking training in ice rescue operations may have no other choice but to take unregulated private courses such as the ones in which two Ontario men died, an inquest into the me...
May 9, 2017
Sam the missing python slithers back to Alaska home
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A 17-foot python that had caused concern in a community north of Anchorage, Alaska, since it went missing two weeks ago has returned home. Matanuska-Susitna Borough Animal Care rep...
May 9, 2017
AP Exclusive: US digs for evidence of Haiti immigrant crimes
WASHINGTON - As the Trump administration weighs extending humanitarian protections for thousands of Haitian immigrants, officials are digging for unusual information: How many have been convicted of c...
May 9, 2017
4 UN peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic
A Christian rebel group in the Central African Republic ambushed a U.N. convoy, sparking a firefight and kidnappings that left four peacekeepers dead, eight injured and one missing, the United Nations...
May 9, 2017
Trump delaying decision on Paris climate deal
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is delaying a decision on whether to withdraw from a landmark climate deal until after an international summit later this month. That means the president will head ...
May 9, 2017
Los Angeles company recalls deer-antler tea after 2 get sick
LOS ANGELES - The California Department of Public Health says a Los Angeles company is recalling tea made from deer antler after two people who drank it got sick. State health officials said Monday th...
May 8, 2017
Back on TV, Kimmel zings critics of his health care plea
LOS ANGELES - Jimmy Kimmel zinged his critics as he returned to late-night TV and resumed arguing that Americans deserve the level of health care given his infant son. Back on ABC’s “Jimmy...
May 8, 2017