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Ninth person charged in Tiki Laverdiere homicide
Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crime Unit (MCU) announced on Sunday that Charles St. Savard has been charged with first degree murder in relation to the death of Tiki Laverdiere. St. Savard, a 33-year-old ma...
Jul 12, 2020

Quebec police continue search for father, one day after missing girls found dead
ST-APOLLINAIRE, Que. - Quebec provincial police are continuing their search for the father of two deceased girls who were the subject of an Amber Alert earlier this week. The bodies of Norah and Romy ...
Jul 12, 2020

Embattled Canadian Human Rights Museum in Winnipeg has history of controversy
WINNIPEG - Wanda Robson smiled wide as she clutched a $10 bill with a familiar face on the side - her sister, Viola Desmond, a Black woman and civil rights pioneer. It was a momentous day in fro...
Jul 12, 2020

Scratch 'N Win tickets a popular item in Saskatchewan amid pandemic
There are some industries that appear to be pandemic-proof, and lotteries may be one of them.According to the Western Canada Lottery Corporation [WCLC], lottery sales in Saskatchewan from Apr. 1 to no...
Jul 12, 2020

Bollywood's Amitabh Bachchan, 3 family members test positive
NEW DELHI - Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, his son and two other family members have tested positive for the coronavirus in Mumbai, India's financial and entertainment capital, a government min...
Jul 12, 2020

Iran blames bad communication, alignment for jet shootdown
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian investigators are blaming a misaligned missile battery and miscommunication between soldiers and their commanders for the Revolutionary Guard shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner ...
Jul 12, 2020

Genetic detectives begin work to trace spread of COVID-19 in Canada
OTTAWA - Canada's public health experts have been racing to stop the spread of COVID-19 by trying to figure out how everyone is getting it, and whom they might have given it to. But even the best effo...
Jul 12, 2020

2 officers, suspect killed in Texas border town shooting
MCALLEN, Texas - Two police officers were shot and killed Saturday by a suspect who later fatally shot himself in a South Texas border town after responding to a domestic disturbance call, authorities...
Jul 12, 2020

2 officers killed in shootout in south Texas border town
MCALLEN, Texas - Two police officers were shot and killed Saturday in a South Texas border town after reportedly responding to a disturbance call, authorities said. The McAllen police officers were sh...
Jul 11, 2020

Asia Today: No masks on red carpet as Taiwan logs few cases
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan wrapped up an annual film festival with an awards ceremony Saturday night as it holds more public events after keeping its coronavirus outbreak to a few hundred cases. Actors a...
Jul 11, 2020