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No jail time for B.C. shoplifter busted days after release from $37K art theft
A Vancouver man busted for shoplifting days after being released from jail for stealing nearly $40,000 worth of art won’t be spending more time behind bars.
Frances Boivin was sentenced to a year of probation after pleading guilty…
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‘Speeds upwards of 200 km/h’ a factor in crash that killed Calgary couple
Friends and family again assembled outside a Drumheller, Alta., court, wearing red shirts and carrying photos of a young couple tragically killed over a year ago.
“This is Macy Boyce and Ethan Halford,” said Corey MacPherson,…
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US To Send 300 Additional Troops To Middle East Amid Heightened Tensions
<!-- -->Pentagon Chief, however, said that additional US troops are not going to Israel.Washington: Amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, the United States is sending additional troops to the US Central Command…
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White House Says Joe Biden To Meet Xi Jinping In Coming Weeks
<!-- -->Biden and Xi Jinping have had no contact since a meeting in Bali in November 2022.Washington: US President Joe Biden is expected to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of a summit in San Francisco in November…
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Vancouver Park Board fore-goes using golf course land for housing – BC
The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation has shot down the idea using municipal golf course land to build more housing amid the city’s accommodations crisis.
Commissioners approved a Golf Services Plan framework Monday that…
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N.S. man charged with 2nd-degree murder after victim dies from alleged axe attack – Halifax
A man connected with an alleged axe attack that prompted an emergency alert in the Thorburn, N.S., area Monday has been charged with second-degree murder.
In a release Tuesday, the RCMP said 61-year-old John Douglas Cress remains…
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Bill Gates’ Former Assistant Steve Ballmer Is Now World’s 5th Richest Person
<!-- -->Mr Ballmer joined Microsoft as its 24th employee in 1980.Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates' former assistant is now the fifth richest person in the world, according to Bloomberg's Billionaire Index. With an estimated fortune…
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2 Black firefighters in Montreal faced years of racial abuse, anti-racism group says –…
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The Canadian Press
Posted October 31, 2023 12:11 pm
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Gaza Has Become A “Graveyard” For Thousands Of Children: UN
<!-- -->The Gaza Strip has become a graveyard for thousands of children, the UN said. (File)Geneva: The Gaza Strip has become a graveyard for thousands of children, the United Nations said Tuesday, as it feared the prospect of more…
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US-Based Company Tries To Pay $23,500 Settlement In Loose Coins
<!-- -->The judge has now given JMF 14 days to pay Fired Up Fabrication. (Representative pic)A US-based welding company tried to pay a subcontractor a five-figure settlement in loose coins - a gesture that was later rebuked by a…
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