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Saskatchewan RCMP charge man in abduction that sparked Amber Alert last Sunday
Sep 21, 2018, Canadian Press
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. — Saskatchewan RCMP have arrested a man following an investigation into the abduction of a girl who was in a stolen vehicle that sparked an Amber Alert last Sunday.
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Jury finds man guilty of first-degree murder in Calgary woman's death
Sep 21, 2018, Canadian Press
CALGARY — Loved ones of a Calgary woman brutally killed in Feburary 2015 sobbed and held each other after a jury found Curtis Healy guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Dawns Baptiste.
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Two more charges against Yukon man accused of sending mail bomb to brother
Sep 21, 2018, Canadian Press
WHITEHORSE — Two additional charges have been laid against a Whitehorse man accused of mailing an explosive device to his brother on Vancouver Island.
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Two men arrested, one suspect sought in connection to Orillia, Ont., homicide
Sep 21, 2018, Canadian Press
ORILLIA, Ont. — Police have arrested two men and are searching for a third in connection to an alleged homicide in central Ontario earlier this summer.
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Judge gives campers 21 days to vacate tent city in Nanaimo, B.C.
Sep 21, 2018, Canadian Press
NANAIMO, B.C. — A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has given people living in a tent city in Nanaimo 21 days to vacate land owned by the municipality.
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Family of man who died during 34-hour ER wait say racism still an issue
Sep 21, 2018, Canadian Press
WINNIPEG — Robert Sinclair feels the weight of his family's history when he has no choice but to go to an emergency room in Winnipeg.
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Carjacker who used pepper spray, struck pedestrian arrested in Vancouver: police
Sep 21, 2018, Canadian Press
VANCOUVER — Police say a pedestrian was seriously injured Friday morning in downtown Vancouver after a carjacking that ended with the arrest of a suspect and multiple collisions.
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Alberta still out of climate change accord until pipeline approved: Notley
Sep 21, 2018, Canadian Press
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says the province is still out of the federal government's climate change accord despite Ottawa's plans to get the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion approved.
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Judges signal they'll revive Sarah Palin defamation lawsuit
Sep 21, 2018, Canadian Press
NEW YORK — A federal appeals panel seems poised to reinstate a defamation lawsuit Sarah Palin brought against The New York Times.
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Nova Scotia announces plans to support accessibility law passed in 2017
Sep 21, 2018, Canadian Press
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has announced the next steps to reach its goal of making the province more accessible for those with disabilities by 2030.
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