17 h. ago Edmonton teen beaten in Dominican Republic to have piece of skull replaced

Chase Delorme-Rowan and his family was on the Caribbean island for a family vacation and to celebrate his 18th birthday. He and his siblings went to the club on Jan. 14 where he was attacked.

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18 h. ago Guerrero's huge Toronto Blue Jays deal is biggest in Canadian sports history

The Toronto Blue Jays made perhaps their most impactful business decision in franchise history this weekend when they opted to keep Vladimir Guerrero Jr. on a long-term deal.The reported US$500-million contract over 14 years isn't just the biggest in Blue Jays history by a long shot — it's actually the biggest contract in Canadian sports history for a single athlete and the fifth-largest in the history of professional sports.Guerrero is a dual citizen of Canada and the Dominican Republic. He was born in Montreal during his father's time with the Montreal Expos, but he always represents his family's heritage internationally.George Springer's US$150-million contract over six years was the previous largest in Blue Jays history, while Joey Votto's US$225-million deal with the Cincinnati Reds was the previous high for a Canadian-born player.Looking at NHL deals, it's no real comparison.Of Canadian players, Shea Weber actually holds the record for most total money in a contract, wit...

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21 h. ago Canadian, 18, beaten in Dominican Republic to have piece of skull replaced

Chase Delorme-Rowan and his family were on the Caribbean island for a family vacation and to celebrate his birthday

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22 h. ago Edmonton man beaten in Dominican Republic to have piece of skull replaced

EDMONTON — Not many people are able to say they can actually feel their brain. Chase Delorme-Rowan can even see it pulsing. The 18-year-old lifts his curly brown hair to flash a long, red scar on the right side of his head, above his ear, where a piece of his skull is gone. The missing […]

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2 w. ago Wife of Ontario man arrested in Dominican Republic says he’s ‘100% innocent’

TORONTO — Jane Wilcox thought it was a simple mix-up when customs officers pulled her husband aside at the Punta Cana airport as they were heading back to Toronto. The couple had just spent a week at a resort in the Dominican Republic with two friends and were on their way home on March 7 […]

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2 w. ago Wife of Ontario man arrested in Dominican Republic says he’s ‘100 per cent innocent’

TORONTO — Jane Wilcox thought it was a simple mix-up when customs officers pulled her husband aside at the Punta Cana airport as they were heading back to Toronto. The couple had just spent a week at a resort in the Dominican Republic with two friends and were on their way home on March 7 […]

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2 w. ago Last person seen with missing Pittsburgh student can’t leave Dominican Republic

The man who was last seen with missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki is no longer under police supervision, a Dominican judge ruled, but he can’t leave the Dominican Republic just yet. Joshua Riibe, 22, a senior at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, said he had been kept in a hotel room in […]

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2 w. ago Person of interest in missing Dominican Republic tourist case set free by judge

'It is with deep sadness and heavy, heavy heart, we are coming to the terms with the fact that our daughter has drowned,' Sudiksha Konanki's parents said.

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2 w. ago Parents of a U.S. student who vanished in the Dominican Republic ask that she be declared dead

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The parents of a U.S. college student who vanished almost two weeks ago in the resort town of Punta Cana have asked authorities to declare her legally dead. In a letter to Dominican police dated Monday, Subbarayudu and Sreedevi Konanki state that after an extensive search, local authorities believe […]

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2 w. ago Lawyers for ‘person of interest’ demand his release in missing Dominican Republic tourist case

The parents of Sudiksha Konanki are now asking DR police for a declaration of death nearly two weeks after their daughter vanished from the resort in Punta Cana.

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3 w. ago ‘Person of interest’ in missing Dominican Republic tourist case speaks out

Joshua Riibe, the person of interest, 'is permanently escorted by the police anywhere he goes,' the law firm working with him said, adding he is 'not free to leave' the resort.

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3 w. ago Ontario man detained in Dominican Republic ‘nightmare’ after mystery yellow bag found

An Ontario man has been detained at Punta Cana airport and told he cannot leave the country after a bag he said he doesn't recognize was found allegedly containing drugs.

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3 w. ago Person of interest named in disappearance of student in Dominican Republic

Authorities in Virginia have identified a person of interest in connection to the mysterious disappearance of a University of Pittsburgh student last week in the Dominican Republic. Sudiksha Konanki, 20, vanished on March 6 during her Spring Break vacation in Punta Cana. Iowa resident Joshua Riibe, 24, is being investigated by the Loudon County Sheriff’s […]

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3 w. ago ‘Person of interest’ named in missing Dominican Republic tourist mystery

Police said they were re-interviewing people who were with Sudiksha Konanki before she vanished at the beach in front of the Riu República Hotel.

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3 w. ago Police in Dominican Republic say FBI joins search for U.S. student who vanished on spring break

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The FBI has joined the search for a 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student who went missing nearly a week ago while on spring break in the Dominican tourist town of Punta Cana, police said Tuesday. Dominican police said they are re-interviewing people who were with Sudiksha Konanki before she vanished […]

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4 w. ago Missing U.S. student’s father asks Dominican Republic officials to widen investigation

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic — The father of a 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student from Virginia who went missing in the popular Dominican Republic tourist town of Punta Cana while on spring break with friends said he has asked authorities to widen their investigation. Sudiksha Konanki was last seen before dawn on March 6 at […]

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