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Rare, two-headed rattlesnake found in New Jersey forest
PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. - It looks like something from a science fiction movie. A newborn two-headed timber rattlesnake has been found in New Jersey's Pine Barrens. Herpetological Associates of Burli...
Sep 05, 2019
China uses arbitrary detentions as 'tool' to achieve 'political goals': Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says China uses arbitrary detentions as a tool to achieve its international and domestic political goals. He brands that as a pressure tactic that is worrying no...
Sep 05, 2019
Ontario woman among Hurricane Dorian victims in the Bahamas
The family of a woman from Windsor, Ont., says she has died in the Bahamas as a result of Hurricane Dorian. A GoFundMe page has been set up to raise money to bring the body of Alishia Sabrina Lio...
Sep 05, 2019
Teen Jonathan David making waves in Belgium, looks to add to Canada goals total
TORONTO - Teenager Jonathan David has started this season as he finished the last - on target. The Ottawa-raised attacking midfielder/forward scored twice last weekend for Belgium's KAA Gent against C...
Sep 05, 2019
Sahara desert trek just two months away for local woman
MEDICINE HAT, AB -- A local woman is just two months away from flying to the other side of the earth to trek across the Sahara desert. Sarah Mackenzie will endure the five-day, 100 kilometre walk to r...
Sep 05, 2019
Quebec woman waiting for news of her parents trapped in Bahamas during hurricane
MONTREAL - An Ottawa couple and their friends remained unaccounted for on Tuesday after being trapped in a northern Bahamas home Sunday when Hurricane Dorian battered the...
Sep 05, 2019
Environment champions want voters to make climate their main priority this fall
OTTAWA - Two leading Canadian activists say voters need to think about climate change as if we are a country at war against greenhouse-gas emissions. "There's never been a moment quite like this ...
Sep 05, 2019
Michigan State University fined $4.5 million in Nassar case
WASHINGTON - The Education Department is fining Michigan State University $4.5 million for failing to respond to sexual assault complaints against Dr. Larry Nassar. That announcement comes from Educat...
Sep 05, 2019
NDP denies reports of New Brunswick defections
OTTAWA - The federal New Democrats say it's not true that 14 former provincial NDP candidates in New Brunswick switched their political allegiance to the Green party this week. A party ...
Sep 05, 2019
Canada earns its first World Cup victory in 17 years by beating Senegal
DONGGUAN, China - Canada's men's basketball team finally has a World Cup victory - and some positive momentum in a FIBA World Cup tournament that had been a non-stop narrative of disapp...
Sep 05, 2019