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Abused California sibling went to college, didn't seek help
The community college student with a page-boy haircut was quiet, never drew attention to himself and earned A's semester after semester.Despite ample opportunities, he apparently never divulged the sickening truth that his home was a veritable torture chamber.Authorities say...
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Girl killed because of underage sex: Crown
WINNIPEG - The voice of a slain 15-year-old girl echoed through a courtroom Monday more than three years after her death renewed calls for a national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women. "Hey, um, I'd like to report a blue truck that was stolen earlier today," Tina Fontaine said in a 911 call played at the trial of the man accused of killing her. She was told to call the police non-emergency line. "That was Tina," Thelma Favel, the ...
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Police say Toronto man faces five first-degree murder charges
A Toronto man is facing three more first-degree murder charges, after being charged in the presumed deaths of two men reported missing from the city’s gay village. Police say it’s fair to call Bruce McArthur an alleged serial killer.
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Colin Martin's U.S. arrest warrant finally executed
It took more than eight years, but B.C. resident Colin Hugh Martin was finally formally arrested this month on drug smuggling charges sworn against him in the U.S. in 2009. Martin was escorted to the border and handed over to U.S. agents in mid-January, after losing a last-ditch attempt to prevent his extradition at the […]
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'60s Scoop survivor sues federal, provincial governments
Robert Doucette, a ’60s Scoop Survivor, has filed a statement of claim against the Government of Saskatchewan and the Government of Canada over the exclusion of Metis survivors from the settlement agreement. Doucette, a former Metis Nation-Saskatchewan president, spoke to media after making the filing in the Court of Queen’s Bench in Saskatoon on Monday. […]
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Ex-detectives testify about U.S. force's robberies, extortions
Two former Baltimore detectives testified Monday about a series of brazen robberies and other illegal activities by a rogue police unit as the second week of a high-profile racketeering trial got underway.Indicted ex-detectives Jemell Rayam and Evodio Hendrix, who each face a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, took the stand in U.S. District Court in Baltimore clad in jail jumpsuits. They are among six former policemen who have pleaded guilty and among four who are cooperating with the government during the trial of two detectives fighting corruption...
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House Republicans vote to release secret memo on Russia probe
Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee, apparently disregarding Justice Department warnings that their actions would be “extraordinarily reckless,” voted Monday evening to release a contentious secret memorandum said to accuse the department and the F.B.I. of misusing their authority to obtain a secret surveillance order on a former Trump campaign associate.
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President says Poland did not take part in the Holocaust
Poland's president said Monday that there was no institutionalized participation by Poland or its people in the Holocaust, but acknowledges that individual Poles took "wicked" actions against Jewish neighbors.President Andrzej Duda said that he would never allow Poland and Poles in general to be...
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Spicer regrets that he ‘brought embarrassment to myself and my family’ press secretary
"It's not just on you. It's now going in and having to tell the president of the United States, 'Hey, I embarrassed myself, your administration and in some cases, I think did something the American people are not pleased with,'" Spicer explained.
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RCMP looking for more tips on 'human cause' of 2017 Elephant Hill fire
Four months after it was declared contained, the actual cause of Elephant Hill fire, which burned dozens of homes in the Ashcroft area last summer, is still under investigation. Monday, the RCMP said that the investigation continues into the fire, which was originally known as the Ashcroft Reserve fire. It started July 7 southwest of […]
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Alberta's new Opposition leader sworn in
EDMONTON - Alberta's new Opposition leader has officially been sworn in during a ceremony at the provincial legislature. Jason Kenney, leader of the United Conservative Party, won a byelection last month to become the legislature member for the constituency of Calgary Lougheed. The seat became available when United Conservative MLA Dave Rodney stepped down to allow Kenney to run. Kenney, a former federal cabinet minister, won the leadership of ...
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News-at-a-glance: Morneau deluged with messages over taxes
Highlights from the news file for Monday, Jan. 29 ——— VICTIMS' REMAINS FOUND IN PLANTER BOXES, TORONTO POLICE SAY: A self-employed landscaper now facing five counts of first-degree murder allegedly dismembered some of his male victims and buried their remains at the bottom of large planter boxes. Toronto police, calling the accused and alleged serial killer, said Monday that more victims may yet be identified in what they called an unprecedented ...
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Scott Moe says Saskatchewan will fight carbon tax imposition
New Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe says he will not impose a carbon tax in the province, despite the federal government’s insistence. Moe was chosen as Brad Wall’s successor and as the province’s next premier on Saturday.
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Mental health services lacking for the Indigenous
A lack of mental health services is a contributing factor to domestic abuse cases in remote Indigenous communities. CBC News is hearing from people at the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls hearing in Yellowknife, who say their loved ones might still be alive if they'd had proper mental health services
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Cousin of Colten Boushie calls jury selection ‘frustrating’
A cousin of slain Indigenous man Colten Boushie says she's upset but not surprised an apparent all-white jury was selected Monday at the murder trial of Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley. Boushie was fatally shot in August 2016.
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May taps lawyer to probe bullying claims
OTTAWA - Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says she asked for an independent investigation into allegations she harassed and verbally abused former staff in a bid to prove that she's done nothing wrong. The Green party on Monday hired Toronto lawyer Sheila Block to undertake the investigation after three former staff told The Toronto Star and The Hill Times that May was a bully. The allegations come from a former interim party executive director, ...
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Inmates lose court challenge of pay cuts
OTTAWA - Federal prisoners have lost a court bid to overturn pay cuts ushered in by the former Conservative government. Several inmates complained that their wages — a maximum of $6.90 a day — were slashed by 30 per cent in 2013 to help offset costs of room and board and telephone use. The prisoners say their income is unfair and insufficient to cover the cost of essential health and personal care items. In the Federal Court of Canada, the inmates ...
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Former Young Canadians worker to plead guilty
CALGARY - Court has heard that a former longtime employee of a Calgary young people's performance group who is on trial for sex offences will plead guilty. His lawyer told court Philip Heerema will enter a guilty plea on Tuesday. Heerema, who is 55, faces 20 charges that include sexual assault, sexual exploitation, child pornography and luring. The alleged encounters are believed to have occurred while Heerema was at The Young Canadians School ...
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Alberta introduces opioid awareness campaign
CALGARY - Alberta Health Services has introduced a new provincewide opioid awareness campaign. It includes advertising on light-rail transit trains in Edmonton and Calgary, billboards, radio spots and posters at post-secondary campuses, in restaurants and in bars. Associate Health Minister Brandy Payne says the campaign hopes to increase awareness of the supports available that could help save lives otherwise lost to fentanyl and other opioids. ...
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Great Canadian Photo Contest: December’s finalists
At 150, Canada merits the best possible photo album, and Maclean’s wants to capture the country in all its cultural and geographic glory. For each month of 2017, we’ll ask readers to submit photos based on a particular theme. We’ll publish the winning photos in our weekly tablet edition, and online every month. At the end of the year, a gallery show will exhibit all the winning work, and we will announce the single best photo of the year. You take the photos, and we’ll provide a national frame! For our December photo contest, we asked photographers to capture the best of fall colours. Below are the top 10 submissions. You can vote for your favourite on Facebook. Judging The Maclean’s photo department will narrow down the submissions to 10 finalists each month. From there, one photographer will win the editor’s choice award. Another photographer will win the readers’ choice award. Readers will vote online by liking a photo on Facebook. Prizes Each month, cash prizes will be awarded to the editor’s choice and readers’ choice winners. The winning photos will be published in the tablet edition of Maclean’s. At the end of the year, Maclean’s will exhibit all the winning photos in a gallery show and invite the photographers to attend. How to submitClick here for more on how to submit your photos. Photographers, good luck—and Canada, smile! Contest closes December 31, 2017 at 11:59 pm ET. Open to Canadian residents (excluding Quebec), over age of majority. Contest consists of 12 individual monthly entry periods. Two winners will be determined per monthly entry period, based on the application of judging criteria and a public voting process. Each prize consists of $250. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received per monthly entry period, on the application of judging criteria, and on the number of eligible votes received by each entry that is short-listed by the judges. Math question must be correctly answered to win. Details and full contest rules available at macleans.ca/photo-contest-rules The post Joël Lightbound: The quick study appeared first on Macleans.ca.
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Ex-hostage Joshua Boyle to seek further psych assessment: Lawyer
Lawyer Lawrence Greenspon says former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle will undergo a comprehensive psychiatric assessment, though he says an initial evaluation found Boyle is fit to stand trial. Boyle is facing a string of assault charges.
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‘Crisis’ of harassment on Parliament Hill, minister warns
OTTAWA—There is a “crisis” of harassment on Parliament Hill, a place “ripe” for abuse by power imbalances that leave young women vulnerable to harassment and powerless to complain, Labour Minister Patty Hajdu says.MPs of all stripes launched a powerful call for action Monday to end sexual harassment and abuse they say has gone on too long in political circles, behaviour often ignored and glossed over. Hajdu underscored the revelations of misconduct in political circles in recent weeks as debate...
Toronto Star News
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Trump seeks reset with State of the Union
Beset by poor poll numbers and the grind of the Russia investigation, President Donald Trump will look to reset his term with his first State of the Union address, arguing that his tax cut and economic policies will benefit all Americans. The theme of his Tuesday night address to Congress and the country is "Building a safe, strong and proud America," and the president...
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No place in politics for assault: Scheer
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer promised a more modern approach Monday to how the federal party deals with sexual misconduct, but left unanswered lingering questions about how a former MP was allowed to stand for election in 2015 while he was the subject of similar allegations. "I cannot speak to decisions made by past campaign teams, but if the party was made aware of a sexual assault allegation today, the individual involved would be ...
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Casino mogul Steve Wynn resigns as top GOP finance chairman
WASHINGTON - Casino mogul Steve Wynn resigned Saturday as finance chairman of the Republican National Committee amid allegations of sexual harassment and assault. Wynn has been a prolific Republican donor and led the RNC's fundraising efforts during President Donald Trump's first year, helping the committee rake in more than $130 million. "Today I accepted Steve Wynn's resignation as Republican National Committee finance chair," said RNC chairwoman ...
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Wayward seal recovering after hit by car
HALIFAX - A wayward seal pup that was struck by a car after wandering onto a road two times in Cape Breton is munching on fish and recovering at a wildlife shelter outside Halifax. Hope Swinimer of Hope for Wildlife said Monday that the young hooded seal arrived at her facility in Seaforth late Saturday after being spotted by a driver near Sydney and then loaded into a police car for a short drive to a wildlife volunteer, who delivered it to Swinimer's ...
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Displaced Puerto Ricans seek refuge in Florida
Across the United States, state and local officials are scrambling to manage an influx of Puerto Ricans, a migration that is impacting education budgets, housing, demographics and voter rolls in communities where these newcomers are landing.
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France sees worst rains in 50 years, floods peak in Paris
Floodwaters reached a peak in Paris on Monday and were threatening towns downstream along the rain-engorged Seine River as it winds through Normandy toward the English Channel.Rivers swollen by France's heaviest rains in 50 years have engulfed romantic quays in Paris, swallowed up gardens and roads, halted riverboat cruises — and raised concerns about climate change.The national weather service Meteo France said Monday that January has seen nearly double normal rainfall...
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Nutella "riots" in France over cheap chocolate spread
Brawls have broken out in French supermarkets as shoppers scrambled for cheap Nutella Videos online show hysteria as people tried to buy 950g jars on sale for the equivalent of $5 off In one video, customers are seen pushing and shouting And police had to intervene in a fight in one town Sales went smoothly in other grocery stores Video provided by Wibbitz - EN
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Edmonton police not naming man stabbed to death in random attack
Edmonton city police are not releasing the name of a man who was randomly stabbed in a fatal attack on a city street last week in what a defence lawyer says appears to be a more stringent application of the department’s new policies around naming homicide victims.
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Gold treasure recovered from 1857 shipwreck to make debut
More than $50 million worth of gold bars, coins and dust that's been described as the greatest lost treasure in U.S. history is about to make its public debut in California after sitting at the bottom of the ocean for more than 150 years.
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Labour minister defends requirements for summer jobs grants
Labour Minister Patty Hajdu says a new federal funding policy for a youth summer jobs program relates to “core activities,” not beliefs. Religious groups have criticized a requirement for them to pledge respect for abortion rights.
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Wayward seal recovering after hit by car
HALIFAX - A wayward seal pup that was struck by a car after wandering onto a road two times in Cape Breton is munching on fish and recovering at a wildlife shelter outside Halifax. Hope Swinimer of Hope for Wildlife said Monday that the young hooded seal arrived at her facility in Seaforth late Saturday after being spotted by a driver near Sydney and then loaded into a police car for a short drive to a wildlife volunteer, who delivered it to Swinimer's ...
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Toronto hitman charged in West Coast shootings
Two men sentenced to life in prison for a gangland slaying in Toronto’s Little Italy have now been charged in connection with a pair of 2012 underworld killings in British Columbia.Last spring, Dean Michael Wiwchar, 32, and Rahbih (Robby) Alkhalil, 30, were convicted of first-degree murder of the June 2012 shooting death of John Raposo on College St. Their trial heard that Wiwchar was the hitman who killed Raposo.The new charges relate to the slayings of West Coast gang leaders carried out before and after...
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Canada Post to end community mailbox conversions
The government is ditching a plan to convert home mail delivery to community mailboxes But nearly a million families who already lost door-to-door delivery won't get it back It means Canada Post won't save the estimated $350 million per year from cutting door-to-door delivery at other addresses The government will look at how to enhance accessibility for seniors and people with mobility issues who lost home delivery. The federal Liberals are cancelling the program, which was launched by the former Conservative government Video provided by Wibbitz - EN
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Canadians charged after 'pornographic dance'
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Two Canadians are among 10 foreigners charged in Cambodia with producing pornographic pictures, after they were arrested at a party where they were dancing and rolling around on the floor with clothes on. According to a media release by Cambodian national police, the two Canadian nationals facing charges are 20-year-old Kazoleas Edensaran and 25-year-old Jessica Drolet. Police say they raided a rented villa near the country's ...
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Morneau asked about U.S. reaction to Trudeau’s Davos speech
Finance Minister Bill Morneau was asked Wednesday about comments made by U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who said the prime minister used his World Economic Forum speech to pressure the U.S. in the NAFTA renegotiations.
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Ontario transit agency Metrolinx targeted by North Korean cyberattack
Ontario transit agency Metrolinx says it was the target of a cyberattack from North Korea It says no personal information was compromised and the systems that run its trains and buses were not affected Metrolinx manages transportation services for the Toronto and Hamilton area North Korea has been accused in other hacks, including one that crippled parts of Britain's health care system North Korea has denied involvement in both cases Video provided by Wibbitz - EN
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Federal government sees urgency for marijuana research
Federal MP Bill Blair says studying the effects of legalized recreational marijuana will help to understand the impact of the country's new pot laws. The government announced on Wednesday $1.4 million for research into cannabis.
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Documents reveal hunting culture among conservation officers
After repeatedly denying the existence of such documents, the B.C. government has finally complied with a freedom-of-information request revealing a strong hunting culture within the conservation officer service. The person who successfully navigated the bureaucracy where others couldn’t and who refused to take no for an answer is Bryce Casavant, the former conservation officer who […]
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'Serial stowaway' arrested again
A woman arrested earlier this month for sneaking onto a plane and flying to London was arrested again early Sunday and later appeared in court after police spotted her at O'Hare International Airport, authorities said. Marilyn Hartman, 66, was barred by a Cook County judge from entering the airport after she was charged earlier this month with felony theft for allegedly sneaking onto a British Airways jet at O'Hare and flying to the United Kingdom...
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Teen’s suicide raises questions about child welfare system
The suicide death of a 15-year-old Indigenous teen who was under the care of child and family services is raising questions about the child welfare system in Manitoba. The province has one of the highest per-capita rates of children in care compares with other provinces — and almost 90 per cent of kids in care in the province are Indigenous.
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Inquest to probe death of epileptic man in Winnipeg Remand Centre
WINNIPEG - Errol Greene's widow says she listened on the phone as her husband, an epileptic, suffered a seizure while telling her he was being denied medication inside the Winnipeg Remand Centre. Greene let the phone drop, fell to the floor, and later died in hospital. His widow, Rochelle Pranteau, is hoping an inquest scheduled to start Monday will find out what happened and prevent other deaths. "I want justice for other families going through ...
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Toronto organist charged with sexual assault
An organist at several GTA churches has been charged with sexual assault, Toronto police said Sunday.Police said a 19-year-old man told them he was sexually assaulted on Dec. 2 and 3 after going to a home near Dufferin St. and Glencairn Ave. to practise singing for a choir.Michael Taylor, 68, was arrested Friday. He was charged with two counts of sexual assault.Police said Taylor is an organist at a number of churches in Toronto...
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