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Friends, family say goodbye to 4-year-old girl found dead in conservation area
TORONTO - A grieving mother read to her four-year-old daughter one final time on Thursday, as hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral of the girl whose body was found at the bottom of ...
Feb 15, 2020
Former Fort McMurray fire chief accused of harassment in earlier jobs
CALGARY - A former Alberta fire chief hailed by many as a hero for his role in battling the destructive Fort McMurray wildfire in 2016 has been accused of sexually harassing a female subordi...
Feb 15, 2020
Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP brings BC forest sector concerns to Minister of Natural Resources
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo's MP says she had a well rounded discussion this week with Canada's Minister of Natural Resources. Cathy McLeod, who is also the opposition Shadow Minister for Nat...
Feb 15, 2020 File photo of MP McLeod (CFJC Today)
Canada, U.S. have lost military edge over Russia in the Arctic: Norad commander
OTTAWA - The head of the North American Aerospace Defence Command underscored the need to modernize the aging early-warning system Thursday, while cautioning that the United States and Canad...
Feb 15, 2020
14-year-old charged with Barnard College student death
NEW YORK - A 14-year-old has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of a Barnard College student in a Manhattan park in December, authorities said Saturday. Rashaun Weaver has been indicted by a grand ju...
Feb 15, 2020
Quebecois couple on quarantined cruise ship in Japan test positive for coronavirus
MONTREAL - An elderly Quebecois couple aboard the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan have tested positive for the coronavirus. The couple's daughter told The Canadian Press in an i...
Feb 15, 2020
Ex-Michigan State hoops star Appling facing heroin charges
WARREN, Mich. - Former Michigan State basketball player Keith Appling was charged with drug crimes after authorities say they found heroin in his vehicle that he planned to sell. Appling, 28, was arra...
Feb 15, 2020
US woman wanted for husband's 2002 death arrested in Rome
ROME - An American woman wanted in the 2002 death of her husband, whose remains were so badly burned they weren't identified for more than a decade, was arrested in Rome after a multinational search, ...
Feb 15, 2020
Ex-Michigan State hoops star Appling facing heroin charges
WARREN, Mich. - Former Michigan State basketball player Keith Appling was charged with drug crimes after authorities say they found heroin in his vehicle that he planned to sell. Appling, 28, was arra...
Feb 15, 2020
Japan confirms 12 Canadians on cruise ship infected with novel coronavirus
OTTAWA - Japanese authorities might soon allow people quarantined aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship near Tokyo, where 12 Canadians have contracted the novel coronavirus, to disembark and fi...
Feb 15, 2020
