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One charged, two wanted in alleged mob hits in southern Ontario
Sep 20, 2018, Canadian Press
HAMILTON — Police have arrested one man and have launched an international manhunt for two others in a pair of deadly shootings in southern Ontario, including the slaying of a member of a notorious crime family last year.
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Family to gather on Highway 16 to honour Smithers, B.C., teen Jessica Patrick
Sep 20, 2018, Canadian Press
SMITHERS, B.C. — Family and friends of a young northwestern British Columbia mother are calling on people to gather along Highway 16 as a tribute to the 18-year-old.
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Following review, military police reopening 23 'unfounded' sexual assault cases
Sep 20, 2018, Canadian Press
OTTAWA — The Canadian Armed Forces is re-opening nearly two-dozen cases of alleged sexual assault after reviewing dozens of files previously dismissed by military police as "unfounded."
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Man dead after allegedly being stabbed with machete in Toronto
Sep 20, 2018, Canadian Press
TORONTO — One man is dead after allegedly being stabbed with a machete on a Toronto street.
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Women supporting Kavanaugh find themselves in storm's centre
Sep 20, 2018, Canadian Press
NEW YORK — It started as a series of phone calls among old high-school friends and ended up embroiling 65 women in the firestorm over a sexual assault allegation that could shape the Supreme Court.
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GOP warns time running out for Kavanaugh's accuser to talk
Sep 20, 2018, Canadian Press
WASHINGTON — Republicans are warning that time is running out for Brett Kavanaugh's accuser to tell Congress about her claim he sexually assaulted her when both were teenagers, even as President Donald Trump called the woman's allegation hard to believe in one of the GOP's sharpest attacks on her credibility.
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The hunt for online herb: feds seek dope on hazy world of pot's 'cryptomarket'
Sep 20, 2018, Canadian Press
OTTAWA — The federal government insists pot legalization will help the country snuff out crime — but internally it's wondering what will become of the fuzzy world of illegal online weed transactions.
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Truck driver charged in crash with school bus that injured four children
Sep 19, 2018, Canadian Press
HAWKESBURY, Ont. — Provincial police say the driver of a tractor trailer that was involved in a collision with a school bus in eastern Ontario has been charged with careless driving.
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Woman pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2016 death of man near Swift Current
Sep 19, 2018, Canadian Press
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — A woman has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of a man in the Swift Current area.
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Calgary police investigate art gallery heist, works worth $500,000 stolen
Sep 19, 2018, Canadian Press
CALGARY — Police are investigating a Calgary art gallery heist in which thieves made off with works worth about $500,000.
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