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B.C. government brings in changes to workers' compensation system
Jul 14, 2020, Canadian Press
VICTORIA — Workers' compensation benefits in B.C. would be based on a higher maximum salary amount under legislation introduced Tuesday by the provincial government.
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75-year-old Coquitlam facing charges related to historical sexual abuse: RCMP
Jul 14, 2020, Canadian Press
COQUITLAM, B.C. — Police say a 75-year-old Coquitlam man has been charged following six allegations of historical sexual abuse involving three teenage boys and one young man.
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Friends upset after mug shot of 'kind-hearted' homicide victim used
Jul 14, 2020, Canadian Press
TORONTO — Classmates and friends of a man who was shot and killed in Toronto last week say they are left with questions after police released a mug shot of the victim in order to identify him.
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Ex-PQ leader Andre Boisclair pleads not guilty to two sexual assault charges
Jul 14, 2020, Canadian Press
MONTREAL — Former Parti Quebecois leader Andre Boisclair entered not guilty pleas to two counts of sexual assault on Tuesday in relation to allegations dating to 2014.
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Search for father of girls found dead in Quebec complicated by terrain: experts
Jul 14, 2020, Canadian Press
ST-APOLLINAIRE, Que. — The dense, forested terrain southwest of Quebec City is likely complicating the search for the father of two girls who were found dead after becoming subjects of an Amber Alert, two experts said Tuesday as the manhunt stretched into its sixth day.
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Maxwell denied bail on Epstein-related sex abuse charges
Jul 14, 2020, Canadian Press
NEW YORK — Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend will remain behind bars until trial after she was denied bail Tuesday on charges she recruited girls for the financier to sexually abuse more than two decades ago.
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Woman accused in dog-swinging video says she's facing racist abuse online
Jul 14, 2020, Canadian Press
HALIFAX — The family of a Dartmouth, N.S., woman alleged to have swung a dog by its leash during a roadside dispute is denouncing racist abuse directed at her after video of the incident went viral.
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Lethbridge police chief says officers surveilling cabinet minister inexcusable
Jul 14, 2020, Canadian Press
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — The head of the Lethbridge Police Service in southern Alberta says it's shameful and inexcusable that two officers did unauthorized surveillance on a provincial cabinet minister.
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N.S. Mounties investigate racist letter sent to Pictou Landing First Nation chief
Jul 14, 2020, Canadian Press
PICTOU, N.S. — The RCMP are investigating a racist letter sent last week to the leader of a First Nation who successfully battled for the end to decades of pulp effluent being poured into a lagoon near her Nova Scotia community.
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Italy returns stolen Banksy to France on Bastille Day
Jul 14, 2020, Canadian Press
ROME — Italy on Tuesday returned to France a stolen artwork by British artist Banksy that was painted as a tribute to the victims of the 2015 Paris attacks at the Bataclan music hall.
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