A vegan mother who said she and her family followed a strict diet of only raw fruits and vegetables faced sentencing on Monday in the malnutrition death of her 18-month-old son. Sheila O’Leary, 38, was convicted in June on six charges – first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter, child […]
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By Jim Heintz
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KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — A judge in Russia has convicted and sentenced American basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison for drug possession and smuggling. Judge Anna Sotnikova said the time Griner has served in custody since her arrest in February would count toward the sentence. Griner reacted […]
By Lee Berthiaume
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – Defence Minister Anita Anand is expected to announce that the Canadian Armed Forces will start training Ukrainian soldiers in a third country. The move comes nearly six months after Canada suspended its previous training mission in Ukraine just weeks before Russian forces invaded the country. It also follows […]
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NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – Sharing a link is “not child pornography,” says a defence lawyer for a Dutch man accused of harassment and extortion of British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd. Joseph Saulnier told the jury in Aydin Coban’s B.C. Supreme Court trial Wednesday there was evidence that a video titled […]
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice says a Saudi-born Canadian citizen was sentenced to life in prison Friday for conspiring to provide support resulting in death to the terrorist organization ISIS. The Department of Justice statement says Mohammed Khalifa, 39, pleaded guilty last December in District Court for the […]
By Jessica Damiano
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As I write this, I can hear a cardinal trilling in the backyard. I don’t have to look out the open window to confirm the source of the sounds that come through it; I’ve come to recognize the songs and their singers. I know it’s the mourning dove whose cooing […]
By Matt Rourke and Shawn Marsh
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NATIONAL PARK, N.J. (AP) – Researchers believe they have uncovered in a mass grave in New Jersey the remains of as many as 12 Hessian soldiers who fought during the Revolutionary War, officials announced Tuesday. The remains, found at the site of Fort Mercer and the 1777 Battle of Red […]
By Susie Blann
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian forces launched a missile attack on the Kyiv area for the first time in weeks Thursday and pounded the northern Chernihiv region as well, in what Ukraine said was revenge for standing up to the Kremlin. Ukrainian officials, meanwhile, announced a counteroffensive to take back […]
By Huizhong Wu
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) – A group of Japanese lawmakers including two former defense ministers met with Taiwan’s president Thursday in a rare high-level visit to discuss regional security. The delegation, led by lawmaker and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, said it wanted to reach an agreement with Taiwan on defense […]
By Vanessa Gera
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) – A respected Polish scientific institute has classified domestic cats as an “invasive alien species,” citing the damage they cause to birds and other wildlife. Some cat lovers have reacted emotionally to this month’s decision and put the key scientist behind it on the defensive. Wojciech Solarz, […]
By Vladimir Isachenkov
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MOSCOW (AP) – Russia will pull out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost, the country’s new space chief said Tuesday amid high tensions between Moscow and the West over the fighting in Ukraine. Yuri Borisov, appointed this month to lead the […]
By Jonathan Paye-layleh
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LOUISIANA, Liberia (AP) – Liberia is celebrating two major anniversaries this year – 200 years ago freed slaves from the U.S. arrived here and 25 years later they declared the country to be independent. Amid the festivities for Independence Day on Tuesday, many Liberians say the West African country’s promise […]
