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Former R.M. administrator accused of theft
A former administrator for the Rural Municipality (R.M.) of Buckland is facing a serious charge.Tara Kerber has been charged with theft over $5,000.Kerber was not present when the matter was discussed...
Feb 21, 2020 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Case of alleged RCMP secret-leaker could head behind closed doors
OTTAWA - Federal prosecutors are signalling they want to move the national-secrets case against a senior RCMP official behind closed doors, at least temporarily, while they sort out how to handle...
Feb 21, 2020
Privacy watchdogs to probe Clearview AI's facial-recognition technology
OTTAWA - The federal privacy watchdog and three of his provincial counterparts will jointly investigate Canadian use of facial-recognition technology supplied by U.S. firm Clearvie...
Feb 21, 2020
Roman Forum find could be shrine to Rome's founder, Romulus
ROME - Italian archaeologists unveiled to the press Friday an exciting new find from the Roman Forum, which they say could be the lost shrine dedicated some 2,600 years ago to Romulus, Rome's legendar...
Feb 21, 2020
Iran reports 2 more deaths, 13 new cases of new coronavirus
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian health authorities Friday reported two more deaths from the new virus that emerged in China and said the fatalities were from among 13 new confirmed cases of the virus in Iran. ...
Feb 21, 2020
Guernsey looking for answers after multiple derailments, oil fires
After dealing with two derailments over the span of two months, residents in Guernsey are on edge when a train rolls through town.They don't have any answers as to why two separate trains derailed in ...
Feb 21, 2020 A view of the derailment on the eastern outskirts of Guernsey on Feb. 6, 2020. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Desmond inquiry hears his firearms licence was reinstated despite police run-ins
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - Lionel Desmond's licence to buy and possess guns was placed under review by firearms officials in New Brunswick in 2014 and again 2015, an inquiry into the...
Feb 21, 2020
Trump ousts top defence official who certified Ukraine aid
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has ousted the Pentagon's top policy official who had certified last year that Ukraine had made enough anti-corruption progress to justify the Trump administration'...
Feb 21, 2020
University of Michigan investigates doctor sex abuse claims
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Five former patients have alleged that a late University of Michigan physician sexually abused them during exams, the university says, with one accuser saying Dr. Robert E. Anderson...
Feb 21, 2020
Leafs forward Johnsson out for season after undergoing knee surgery
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs will be without forward Andreas Johnsson for the rest of the season. The Maple Leafs announced Wednesday that Johnsson is expected to miss six months after ...
Feb 21, 2020
