10 h. ago Three to See Edmonton Events: Mother Mother, Paper Birch café launch and Taste of Africa at Arden

Mother Mother: Sister and brother Molly and Ryan Guldemond bring their high-energy electro-folk band from B.C. into a nice week of Canadiana Downtown arena shows where Our Lady Peace just stopped the show Thursday to sing the national anthem after Connor McDavid scored that sweet sudden-death goal. MM’s set list could include Verbatim, Burning Pile, […]

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24 h. ago Police catch inmates, including murderer, who escaped Ontario prison by simply walking away

The two elderly men serving time for serious crimes were apparently able to just walk away from the minimum security prison in Gravenhurst

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28 h. ago Voletta Wallace, Notorious B.I.G.’s mother and keeper of his legacy, dies at 78

NEW YORK — Voletta Wallace, the dedicated mother of the late great rapper The Notorious B.I.G., died Friday morning at 78. Monroe County Coroner Thomas Yanac confirmed her death Friday to The Associated Press, saying she died at her home in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, after a stint on hospice care. She died of natural causes. A […]

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34 h. ago Netanyahu decries release of wrong body as ceasefire violation

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge Friday for what he described as a “cruel and malicious violation” of the ceasefire agreement after a body that Hamas released as part of the deal was found to not be that of an Israeli mother of two young boys, as the militants had promised. The […]

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36 h. ago DEAR ABBY: Family refuses to help relative who once helped them

DEAR ABBY: Eight years ago, my wife’s nephew needed a car. His parents had poor credit at that time. I took him to a car dealer, where he found a car, and I didn’t hesitate to cosign the loan. He paid the loan off on time. I am now in financial difficulty, and one possibility […]

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46 h. ago Child hostages identified but body Hamas released was not their mother, Shiri Bibas: Israel

TEL AVIV, Israel — The remains of two child hostages have been identified but another body released by Hamas was not the boys’ mother, the Israeli military said early Friday. Hamas militants had turned over four bodies Thursday under the tenuous ceasefire that has paused over 15 months of war. One was that of Oded […]

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47 h. ago Dodgers pitcher Bobby Miller hit in the head by a line drive

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Bobby Miller was hit in the head by a line drive on Thursday during the team’s spring training against the Chicago Cubs, but was able to walk off the field. The scary moment happened in the third inning when Michael Busch ripped a 105.5 mph liner that appeared […]

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57 h. ago Israel receives coffins said to belong to mother and two young Bibas children slain by Hamas

Amid an outpouring of solidarity, a French lawmaker in Brussels repeats Hamas claims that Israel killed the mother and two children

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57 h. ago Mother leaves disabled son, 81, out of will, B.C.'s public trustee sues to get him a share

A claim says Victor Elchuk, who lives with “significant mental and physical disabilities,” has a monthly income of $800.44 from old age security payments.

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57 h. ago Hamas returns bodies of Israeli hostages, said to include children

Hamas on Thursday released the bodies of four Israeli hostages, said to include a mother and her two children who have long been feared dead.

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58 h. ago Israel grieves as Hamas turns over remains said to be of mother and 2 young children

JERUSALEM — Ariel and Kfir Bibas — two of the youngest hostages held in Gaza — became a symbol for Israelis of the brutality of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack. The return of what are presumed to be their bodies on Thursday dashed hopes they had survived captivity and struck another blow to a nation […]

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60 h. ago DEAR ABBY: Bride wants mother and aunt to walk her down the aisle

DEAR ABBY: My 25-year-old niece is getting married in four months. Five years ago, she lost her father in a tragic accident while her parents were on vacation. Since that time, she has come out as gay and grown closer to me than to her mom (my sister). I was always close to my sister […]

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2 d. ago Calgary school custodial workers serve strike notice after voting 94% to walk off job

CUPE says the average Alberta school support worker makes $34,500 annually and many have gone almost a decade without a raise.

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3 d. ago Bibas family ‘in deep turmoil’ after Hamas claims mother and two children are dead

'Until we receive definitive confirmation, our ordeal is not over,' the family said, after Hamas announced that the bodies of Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, are to be returned to Israel

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3 d. ago DEAR ABBY: Husband’s drug habit and lies push wife toward the exit

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been married to my husband for 30 years. For the past five years, I’ve noticed that he is acting a little different. He’s lost a lot of weight. I found out he’s been smoking drugs. He had this problem years ago, and I thought we had it beat. But now I’m getting […]

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3 d. ago Five months after Surrey mother shot dead by police, family waiting for answers

Vanessa Renteria Valencia, a Colombian newcomer to Canada, died in the early morning hours of Sept. 19, 2024, after being shot during a confrontation with the Surrey RCMP.

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3 d. ago 3 kids found ’basically abandoned’ for years at suburban Detroit home: Sheriff

DETROIT — Donations of clothes and money are pouring in for three children who were “basically abandoned” by their mother for years, living alone in a suburban Detroit home among trash and feces, a sheriff said Tuesday. “You wouldn’t do this to an animal let alone your child,” Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said. Bouchard […]

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4 d. ago Cougar kittens in Calgary Zoo care after being spotted in Bow Valley without mother

Zoo officials said the public will not be allowed to see the cougar kittens.

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4 d. ago Cougar kittens orphaned near Canmore find temporary home at Calgary Zoo

Photographer John Marriott said the kittens' mother was killed by a hunter's arrow on Feb. 12

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4 d. ago Kevin Drew hopes ‘Law & Order Toronto’ cameo draws attention to homelessness crisis

TORONTO — When Kevin Drew was invited to guest star in “Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent,” his initial response was a hard pass. “I didn’t want to do it because I find acting very painful,” says the Broken Social Scene frontman, recalling how his late mother, Maggie, used to drive him to acting classes […]

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