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Spain: DNA sample confirms 2-year-old fell into borehole
MADRID - Spanish rescuers working against the clock to find a 2-year-old boy who’s been missing for three days say they have found DNA samples of the boy confirming his parents’ account th...
Jan 16, 2019
In the news today, Jan. 16
Four stories in the news for Wednesday, Jan. 16 --- OTTAWA POLICE TO PROVIDE UPDATE ON BUS CRASH Ottawa police will provide an update today on the ongoing investigation into last week’s double-d...
Jan 16, 2019
Lametti appointment raises hope for less restrictive assisted dying law
OTTAWA - The appointment of David Lametti as Canada’s new justice minister has given new hope to those who believe the Trudeau government’s law on medically assisted dying is too restricti...
Jan 16, 2019
Burgess Shale fossils add branches to tree of life, says Royal Society report
VICTORIA - The tiny remains of an extinct bug-like creature discovered at British Columbia’s 500-million-year-old Burgess Shale fossil deposit add a new branch to the evolutionary tree of life, ...
Jan 16, 2019
Police chief confirms all three Ottawa bus victims were on board when it crashed
OTTAWA - All three people killed in last week’s deadly bus accident were passengers on the bus when it crashed, Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau confirmed Wednesday. Bordeleau provided an u...
Jan 16, 2019
Alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur has case put over to end of January
TORONTO - An alleged serial killer who faces murder charges in the deaths of eight men with ties to Toronto’s gay village has had his case put over to the end of January. Bruce McArthur made a b...
Jan 16, 2019
National dementia strategy should include input from patients, caregivers: report
TORONTO - An expert panel has released a report outlining the best ways to tackle the growing incidence of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia among Canadians as a basis for the federal gove...
Jan 16, 2019
US weighs new ways to detect and track enemy missiles
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is considering ways to expand U.S. homeland and overseas defences against a potential missile attack, possibly adding a layer of satellites in space to detect and...
Jan 16, 2019
Huawei founder says company would not share user secrets
SHENZHEN, China - The founder of China’s Huawei, the world’s biggest supplier of network gear to phone and internet companies, says his company would not share secrets about its customers ...
Jan 16, 2019
Philippines arrests, hands over to China corruption fugitive
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine officials have turned over to China a former government official wanted for alleged economic crime and corruption. Xie Haojie (SHEE’-ye hao-JEE’-ye) was ar...
Jan 16, 2019