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Suspected extremists kill at least 40 farmers in Nigeria
MAIDGURI, Nigeria - Suspected members of the Islamic militant group Boko Haram killed at least 40 rice farmers and fishermen while they were harvesting crops in Nigeria's northern Borno State, officia...
Nov 29, 2020
Investigators search doctor's office, probing Maradona death
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentine police searched the home and office of Diego Maradona's personal doctor on Sunday as part of investigations into the death of the 60-year-old soccer star, which cau...
Nov 29, 2020
Hope's Home starts new community fundraiser in P.A.
After having to cancel so many fundraisers this year due to COVID-19, Prince Albert's non-profit childcare service Hope's Home had to get creative and come up with a new, socially distanced fundraiser...
Nov 29, 2020
Spread of COVID-19 in Brampton linked to systemic factors, experts say
When Kelly Lopes learned back in the spring that the Ontario government was ordering her teenaged children to stay home from school for their own safety but expected them and their parents to continue...
Nov 29, 2020
Nunavut judges disagree on how to sentence offenders during pandemic
IQALUIT - Three Nunavut judges, including the territory's chief justice, are at odds over whether harsher prison conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic should be considered in sentencing. One of t...
Nov 29, 2020
COVID-19 cases identified in three Prince Albert schools
According to a release by the Saskatchewan Rivers School Division, the Saskatchewan Health Authority has identified positive COVID-19 cases in three Sask Rivers schools. Sask Rivers announced late Sat...
Nov 29, 2020
Few federal inmates moved from solitary after external reviews, new data show
TORONTO - Independent reviews of the hundreds of inmates placed in segregation over the past year found only a handful were inappropriate, new government data indicate. According to the previously unp...
Nov 29, 2020
Spread of COVID-19 in Brampton linked to systemic factors, experts say
When Kelly Lopes learned back in the spring that the Ontario government was ordering her teenaged children to stay home from school for their own safety but expected them and their parents to continue...
Nov 29, 2020
Jill Biden, Joe's chief protector, stepping up as first lady
WASHINGTON - She's fended off protesters who made a run at her husband. She's moved him farther from reporters during the coronavirus pandemic. She's supported his presidential ambitions again and aga...
Nov 29, 2020
Nunavut judges disagree on how to sentence offenders during pandemic
IQALUIT - Three Nunavut judges, including the territory's chief justice, are at odds over whether harsher prison conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic should be considered in sentencing. One of t...
Nov 29, 2020
