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KLEIN: When governments start fining churches, every Canadian should pay attention
Canada has always prided itself on being a tolerant society. But tolerance, by definition, means putting up with things you ...
Winnipeg teen busted with 30 kg of meth at Calgary airport
An 18-year-old Winnipeg resident was arrested at the Calgary International Airport after border officers discovered ...
Police seize $2.2M in drugs, lay trafficking charges in major Winnipeg bust
George David MacFarlane, 49, of Winnipeg, has been charged with possession of methamphetamine for trafficking, possession of cocaine for trafficking, and possession of proceeds of property obtained by ...
Ivory Coast's president will seek a fourth term after the disqualification of rivals
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said Tuesday that he would seek a fourth term leading the ...
Police clash with anti-government protesters in Serbia over student expulsion
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Protesters clashed with police on Tuesday in a southwestern Serbian town following the reported ...
Most Canadian workers prefer home office over return to workplace
New data released by the Angus Reid Institute shows that nearly 60% of working-age Canadians would prefer to work mostly from ...
German zoo kills 12 baboons that it didn't have enough space to house, despite protests
BERLIN (AP) — A zoo in the German city of Nurember g said it killed 12 baboons on Tuesday despite protests, capping a saga rooted in concerns that the zoo had too little space to house a growing group ...
Parents want more warnings after a brain-eating amoeba killed their boy on a South Carolina lake
As they grieve their son, the boy’s parents said they were stunned to learn South Carolina, like most other U.S. states, has no law requiring public reporting of deaths or infections from the amoeba.
What to know about the brain-eating amoeba that killed a boy swimming in a lake
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South Carolina lake. The brain-eating amoeba enters the body when water is forced ...
Maine police chief says Jamaican officer arrested by ICE had cleared federal check for work in May
OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine (AP) — The chief of police in a resort town in Maine has called for an investigation into the arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of one of its officers, whom ...
Grizzly attack in B.C. likely 'defensive', bears to be spared, investigators say
British Columbia’s Conservation Officer Service says a grizzly attack on a couple in the province’s Interior over the weekend was likely “defensive in nature,” and it’s unlikely the bears were ...
Canada's Fernandez, Andreescu and Marino exit National Bank Open in Montreal
MONTREAL — Leylah Fernandez, Bianca Andreescu and Rebecca Marino are all out of the National Bank Open. Fernandez, of Laval, Que., lost 6-4, 6-1 to Australia’s Maya Joint in the first round on Tuesday ...