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New charges laid against father in death of 7-year-old Quebec girl
GRANBY, Que. - New charges have been laid against the father of a seven-year-old Granby girl who died in late April after being found badly injured in the family home east of Montreal. The 3...
Jun 06, 2019
Calmer Thursday has firefighters gaining the upper hand on Savona-area wildfire
SAVONA, B.C. - The site of a grass fire that took off west of Savona late yesterday afternoon is much calmer today (June 6).B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) personnel hit the 100-hectare Sabiston Creek fi...
Jun 06, 2019
U.S. blue liner brings speed and skill to Vipers
Vernon Vipers have added some California content to next year's team.Defenceman Keigo Hachisuka has signed with the Vipers for the coming season under new Head Coach Jason McKee.The 18-year-old was ra...
Jun 06, 2019
Agency watchdog slams conditions at ICE detention facilities
WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security Department's internal watchdog says rotting food, mouldy and dilapidated bathrooms and agency practices at immigration detention facilities may violate detainees' ri...
Jun 06, 2019
UNB prof under fire for immigration views to retire, school says
FREDERICTON - A University of New Brunswick professor denounced by colleagues for promoting what they say are racist arguments about immigration has agreed to retire. The school announced Tuesday that...
Jun 06, 2019
Feds have failed to explain 'inaction' in Grassy Narrows: UN rapporteur
OTTAWA - A United Nations human-rights expert says the case of a northern Ontario First Nation plagued by mercury contamination is "emblematic" of an overall pattern of inaction in the face of grave r...
Jun 06, 2019
Scheer vows internal free-trade deal as part of vision for stronger federation
OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer is promising that a Conservative government would negotiate a deal to eliminate trade barriers among Canada's provinces. The Conservative leader made the commitment Tuesday...
Jun 06, 2019
Policing community eyes change after missing, murdered Indigenous women inquiry
OTTAWA - Melanie Morrison says her sister went missing in June 2006 - a unusual disappearance because she was a young mother. She says when their mom went to police, her sister was presumed to be "out...
Jun 06, 2019
Leaders of white supremacist prison gang charged in killings
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang were charged Thursday with directing killings and drug smuggling from within California's most secure prisons, U.S. prosecutors said. ...
Jun 06, 2019
Trudeau pushes ratification of new NAFTA despite U.S. tariff threat on Mexico
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is moving forward with ratifying the new North American trade deal despite fresh tensions between Mexico and the United States. He says Canada i...
Jun 06, 2019

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