Saturday, 30 June 2018

Indian police find 10 bodies hanging, blindfolded in home


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Police in the Indian capital said Sunday they found 11 bodies in a village home in mysterious circumstances, 10 of them blindfolded and hanging from the roof.

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Victim without vital signs after downtown Toronto shooting


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Toronto police say they have received reports of up to three victims following a shooting downtown on Saturday evening.

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Grizzly bear mauls kayaker camping near B.C. river


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'It feels so personal': Tight-knit Maryland city mourns after deadly newspaper shooting


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The historic state capital of Annapolis is draped in grief from a shooting attack on the local newspaper, which killed journalists who chronicled soccer games, art exhibits and the fabric of small-city life.

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Three ways to stay cool amid Canada Day's extreme heat


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Indigenous woman fights to stay in Canada, saying traditional territory is B.C.


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A First Nation woman working to keep her language alive on her traditional territory in northern B.C. says the Canadian government will not recognize her right to live and work in the country and is deporting her because she was born on the American side of the Annette Island Indian Reserve.

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Steel pipe maker in Ontario lays off 40 workers over U.S. tariffs


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A manufacturing company says it's laying off workers in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., in response to U.S. tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum.

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Young boy found in Calgary pond dies in hospital


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Family of 5, including 3 children, among victims of head-on crash in Saskatchewan


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RCMP have confirmed five of the six people killed in a tragic crash north of Elrose, Sask., were members of one family.

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Adam Sandler makes surprise cameo in Montreal couple's wedding photos


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A pair of Montreal newlyweds shared their wedding day with an extra special guest when actor Adam Sandler dropped by to make a surprise cameo in their photoshoot.

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Convicted animal killer moving to Surrey, B.C.


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Families Belong Together rallies gear up in hundreds of cities


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Activists motivated by accounts of children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border plan to rally in hundreds of cities across the U.S. and Canada today to press U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to reunite the families quickly.

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Time's up for sexual harassment in medicine, says Lancet editorial


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A career in medicine can be gruelling, says an editorial in The Lancet. But in addition to the long hours and heavy workloads, the medical journal is highlighting a damning 300-page report on sexual harassment of women in the academic fields of science, engineering and medicine.

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Vancouver restaurant manager unrepentant after refusing Trump supporter


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The manager of a popular Vancouver tourist restaurant has been fired after refusing service to a supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Edgy theatre content sparks off-stage debate about trigger warnings


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New audience advisories are causing a debate among theatre professionals. The more explicit "trigger warnings" spell out plot points that may cause emotional distress in some audience members. Some theatre insiders see them as a way of being sensitive to the needs of their audience, while others see them as over-accommodation.

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After a year-long battle over chrome cow Charity, a windstorm leads to her demise


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It was a gesture to memorialize "the greatest cow of all time." Instead, it morphed into a year-long battle to remove Charity, a life-sized chrome cow, from the Ontario city of Markham.

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U.S. ambassador to Estonia resigns over Trump's Europe comments


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The U.S. ambassador to Estonia, James Melville, is quitting the diplomatic service after 33 years, over comments made by U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Polls give Justin Trudeau's Liberals little to celebrate this Canada Day


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A year ago, the Liberals' re-election odds were looking good. No longer.

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Wild nights with World Cup fans in Moscow


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Moscow’s Nikolskaya Street has turned into the unofficial fan zone for FIFA’s World Cup. Every night, thousands of people from around the world gather in their national colours and join with their Russian hosts in a show of patriotism and football pride.

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Federal budget watchdog to take deep dive into costs of asylum seekers


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Canada's budget watchdog will attempt to shed light on the total costs associated with a surge in asylum seekers, and forecast how much it could cost in the future.

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Friday, 29 June 2018

6 people dead after head-on collision north of Elrose, Sask.


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Six people are dead after a head-on collision Friday afternoon between two SUVs on Highway 4, north of Elrose, Sask.

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