Group wants Victoria Day holiday to be renamed
A group of prominent Canadians is asking Prime Minister Stephen Harper to change the name of Canada’s national Victoria Day holiday to Victoria and First Peoples Day.
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City axes bra ban at historic Milwaukee bar
The owner of a Milwaukee bowling alley and bar who was recently told to remove hundreds of bras hanging from the ceiling due to it being a fire hazard has been allowed to put them back up, WTMJ-TV reports.
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$590M Powerball winning ticket sold in Florida
A single winning ticket for a record U.S. Powerball lottery jackpot worth $590.5 million was sold in Florida, organizers said late on Saturday, but there was no immediate word about who won one of the largest jackpots in U.S. history.
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North Korea fires short-range missiles for two days in a row
North Korea fired a short-range missile from its east coast on Sunday, a day after launching three of these missiles, a South Korean news agency said, ignoring calls for restraint from Western powers.
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Cops probe possible links between Bosma suspect, missing woman
As forensic investigators begin to wrap up their look into two properties in Waterloo Region, many more layers and players have been revealed in the mysterious case of accused murderer Dellen Millard.
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Spectator dies after stunt goes wrong at Edmonton SUV event
A 20-year-old woman is dead after she was pinned by an SUV in a “tragic accident” at a Jeep enthusiast charity event in downtown Edmonton, say witnesses.
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Car plows through parade in Virginia, dozens injured
A car driven by an elderly man who may have lost consciousness plowed through a small-town parade of hiking enthusiasts in southwestern Virginia on Saturday, injuring dozens of people, nine seriously enough to be sent to hospitals, authorities said.
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