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Police in Kansas town use Facebook in hunt for owner of meth
CHERRYVALE, Kan. - Police in the tiny town of Cherryvale, Kansas, looking to track down the owner of an abandoned gram of crystal meth have taken their case to social media. A bag with methamphetamine...
Oct 11, 2016
Leaked draft statement aimed at Canada-EU free trade critics: sources
OTTAWA - A joint statement on the free trade deal between Canada and the European Union is aimed at mollifying its opponents, sources say - including restive Walloons in Belgium who are threatening to...
Oct 11, 2016

Taber man charged in major fraud case elects trial by judge and jury
TABER – A 45-year old Taber man charged in a major fraud case has elected trial by judge and jury in Court of Queen’s Bench. Scott Blanchard is accused of taking nearly $500,000 from the O...
Oct 11, 2016
Environmental groups lose legal challenge to Ontario's endangered species rules
TORONTO - Ontario’s highest court has dismissed a challenge to the province’s endangered species regulations, a decision environmental groups say will leave many species without legal prot...
Oct 11, 2016
Unifor shifts sights to Ford after reaching tentative deal with Fiat Chrysler
TORONTO - As the union representing auto workers turns its attention to its final target, Unifor president Jerry Dias says that securing investment for Ford’s engine plant in Windsor, Ont., is h...
Oct 11, 2016

Court shuts down latest bid to deport Toronto man accused of terror links
OTTAWA - An appeal court has rejected the federal government’s latest legal salvo in a long-standing bid to deport a Toronto man over alleged terrorist ties. In a new ruling, the Federal Court o...
Oct 11, 2016
Leaks show Clinton inner circle grappling with email issue
WASHINGTON - Hacked emails show that Hillary Clinton’s campaign was slow to grasp the seriousness of the controversy over her use of a homebrew email server and believed it might blow over after...
Oct 11, 2016
Kim Kardashian West sues online media outlet for libel
NEW YORK - Kim Kardashian West sued an online media outlet for libel Tuesday, saying she was wrongly portrayed as a liar and thief after she was attacked in Paris. The lawsuit in Manhattan federal cou...
Oct 11, 2016
Atlantic Canadian governments offering little data about assisted death
HALIFAX - It is very difficult to determine how many people are seeking - and getting - medically assisted deaths in Atlantic Canada, an advocate says. Sheila Sperry, spokeswoman for the Nova Scotia c...
Oct 11, 2016

Autopsy: Unarmed man shot by Tulsa police was high on PCP
TULSA, Okla. - An unarmed black man shot dead by a white police officer after his car broke down on a city street last month was high on the hallucinogenic drug PCP in when he died, according to toxic...
Oct 11, 2016