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NYPD fires officer 5 years after Garner's chokehold death
NEW YORK - After five years of investigations and protests, the New York City Police Department on Monday fired an officer involved in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, the black man whose dyin...
Aug 21, 2019
Hotter, larger fires turning boreal forest into carbon source: research
Research suggests that bigger, hotter wildfires are turning Canada's vast boreal forest into a source of climate-changing greenhouse gases. Soil in the forest, which crosses six provinces and two...
Aug 21, 2019
'What our ancestors meant:' Canada, First Nations create new park reserve
LUTSEL K'E, N.W.T. - A deal on a vast new national park reserve in the North is being called a model for future relationships between First Nations and Canada. "This is what our ancestors meant w...
Aug 21, 2019
Greenland fallout: Trump's cancelled trip blindsides Denmark
COPENHAGEN - The prime minister of Denmark said Wednesday she is "disappointed and surprised" by U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to cancel his visit to Denmark after she called Trump's idea of ...
Aug 21, 2019
Politicians say elections law restricting partisan ads is 'absurd,' 'lunacy'
OTTAWA - The man whose position on climate change is at the centre of a controversy over partisan campaign rhetoric weighed in Monday, saying Elections Canada is stifling free speech if environmental ...
Aug 21, 2019
US prisons chief removed from position after Epstein's death
WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr removed the acting director of the Bureau of Prisons from his position Monday, more than a week after millionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein took his own life...
Aug 21, 2019
City says first phase of airport development ready for market
Medicine Hat, AB - The city of Medicine Hat is ready to take the next step in developing the area around the airport. Mayor Ted Clugston says that phase one of their development plan is complete and r...
Aug 21, 2019
RCMP confirms three dead in Highway 9 crash Tuesday afternoon
CEREAL, AB - RCMP say two more people have now died following a multi-vehicle collision near Cereal Tuesday afternoon, bringing the total to three.RCMP initially reported one person had died in the co...
Aug 21, 2019
Streveler the Bombers' starter now with incumbent Nichols injured
Chris Streveler is again the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' starting quarterback. The second-year pro will be under centre for the foreseeable future with incumbent Matt Nichols (upper body) on the ...
Aug 21, 2019
Canadian woman focusing on memories shared with slain fiance: New Zealand police
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A grieving Canadian woman is focusing on the memories she shared with her Australian fiance before he was murdered Friday in a seemingly random attack, police said Monda...
Aug 21, 2019