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Nova Scotia's Donkin coal mine suspends work after latest 'roof fall'
DONKIN, N.S. - Operations have been suspended at Cape Breton’s Donkin coal mine after a “roof fall,” the latest in a string of incidents since last July, according to the provincial ...
Jan 03, 2019
Man accused in attack on black boy in Wichita arrested again
WICHITA, Kan. - A man accused of kicking a 1-year-old black boy and yelling racial slurs in a Kansas grocery store was back in jail Thursday after being arrested in a drug possession case. Trace Riff,...
Jan 03, 2019
Misrepresenting product as kosher could cause 'spiritual trauma,' court says
TORONTO - A Toronto-area flour company has been ordered to pay $25,000 for misrepresenting a cake mix as kosher, after an Ontario court said the move could cause “spiritual trauma” to cons...
Jan 03, 2019
Two more Puget Sound orcas predicted by experts to die by summer
SEATTLE - Two more Puget Sound orcas are ailing and probably will be dead by summer, according an expert on the critically endangered population of killer whales that live in the waters of the Pacific...
Jan 03, 2019
Powerful Chicago council member charged in federal probe
CHICAGO - One of the most powerful and longest-serving City Council members in Chicago history appeared in federal court Thursday on a charge that he tried to shake down a major fast-food restaurant c...
Jan 03, 2019
Nancy Pelosi, NAFTA naysayer, makes history as latest House Speaker
WASHINGTON - Nancy Pelosi, a veteran Democrat brawler and vocal critic of Canada’s trade agreement with the United States and Mexico, resumed her role Thursday as Speaker of the U.S. House of Re...
Jan 03, 2019
Man's gob launches at Saskatchewan hockey game, earns judge's rebuke
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A man in Saskatchewan has been given a nine-month conditional sentence after he spat on security guards at a Western Hockey League game before he was slapped in a police cell wi...
Jan 03, 2019
Vancouver Coastal Health denies allegations made after toddler's death at daycare
Vancouver Coastal Health says it did nothing to contribute to the death of a 16-month-old boy at an unlicensed daycare, calling what happened a “tragic incident” in its response to a civil...
Jan 03, 2019
Fake sex assault complaint: Winnipeg man charged after 79 false calls to 911
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg man who police believe was high on meth faces public mischief charges after almost seven dozen false 911 calls that included a report of a family being sexually assaulted. Police...
Jan 03, 2019
'A lot of people:' Calgary zoo reports record attendance thanks to panda family
CALGARY - The arrival of a family of giant pandas to the Calgary Zoo last spring created a stampede of visitors once the guests on loan from China were introduced to an eager public. The zoo surpassed...
Jan 03, 2019