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Islamic State beheads Egyptian Christians in Libya; US condemns killings
Los Angeles Times
For weeks, their families had hoped and prayed. On Sunday, their worst fears were realized. A grisly video surfaced Sunday night on YouTube and militant social media that appeared to show the beheadings of a group of Egyptian Christians seized by Islamic ...

Islamic State beheads 21 Egyptian Christians in new video   Hindustan Times
Islamic State video shows beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians   Sydney Morning Herald
Sisi warns of response after Islamic State kills 21 Egyptians in Libya   Reuters
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Environment Canada forecasts longer, colder winter for Ontario, Quebec
The Globe and Mail
It was nearly dinnertime and retired flight engineer Al Belliveau had yet to step outside. His home in Greenwood, N.S., was encased in snow. There was so much of it, he couldn't open his back door. The pile outside his front window looked higher than the ...

Winter storm wallops Maritimes while central Canada spends Sunday in deep ...   Macleans.ca
Flash freeze warnings for parts of Maritimes, with central Canada in deep freeze   CTV News
Another winter wallop for the Maritimes   Ladysmith Chronicle

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Alberta man, 34, dies after 80-metre-wide avalanche drags group of skiers ...
National Post
Amid a special avalanche warning, five men ski touring near the Black Prince day use area on Saturday triggered a fatal avalanche that was 80 metres wide, one metre deep and 600 metres long. When the avalanche ended, no one was buried—all five men ...

Avalanche warning extended for Rocky Mountain parks   Globalnews.ca
Fatal avalanche in Kananaskis claims Canmore resident   CTV News
Avalanche tears down mountain in Alberta, catching five people and killing one   Winnipeg Free Press

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Largest Ponzi scheme in Canadian history exploited boom time Alberta
The Globe and Mail
Alberta in the mid-2000s was fertile ground for promoters and salesmen like Gary Sorenson and Milowe Brost. The price of crude was climbing toward $100 a barrel. A generation of Albertans had more spare cash than ever. Opportunity was everywhere.
What's next for Sorenson and Brost? Multi-year sentences common for Canadian ...   Calgary Herald
Two men convicted in $100-million “ponzi-type scheme”   660 News
Ponzi scheme trial: Milowe Brost and Gary Sorenson found guilty   CBC.ca
London Free Press
Bridge River Lillooet News
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Man found in snow dies
Toronto Sun
Toronto Police want to speak with a taxi driver who many have been the last person to see a 29-year-old Etobicoke man alive early Sunday morning. The Etobicoke man, identified by police as Mark Stroz, was found face down in the snow outside of his home ...

Toronto man dies after being found face-down in snow, wheelchair nearby   St. Catharines Standard
Mark Stroz, 29, dies after being found in the cold   CBC.ca
Etobicoke man dies after being found outside in extreme cold   CityNews

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Update: Disappointment in Medicine Hat after mayor's drunk driving charge
Calgary Herald
Last year, Medicine Hat Mayor Ted Clugston was at the centre of an international success story, as spokesman for the first North American city on the verge of ending homelessness. A police stop around 12:11 a.m. last Friday has brought Clugston much less ...

Police charge Alberta mayor with drunk driving: 'This is a serious matter'   National Post
Medicine Hat mayor Ted Clugston charged with impaired driving   CANOE
Mayor of Medicine Hat charged with drunk driving   iNews880.com
Medicine Hat News
Simcoe Reformer
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Copenhagen gunman likely 'inspired' by Paris attacks
Toronto Star
COPENHAGEN—The gunman who killed two people in attacks at an event promoting free speech and on a Copenhagen synagogue was probably “inspired” by last month's massacre at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, Danish police said Sunday.
Newspaper in India Pays a Price for Reprinting a Charlie Hebdo Cartoon   New York Times
Gunman in Copenhagen attacks had record of violence, gang activities   The Globe and Mail
Copenhagen police believe man shot dead was sole perpetrator of attacks   Hindustan Times
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Alert Bay residential school survivors celebrate demolition
CBC.ca
Residential school survivors and Anglican church leaders will soon gather in Alert Bay, a remote village on an island off the north coast of Vancouver Island, to watch the demolition of a residential school. St. Michael's Indian Residential School closed in 1974, ...

Indian residential school set for demolition   News1130
Demolition ceremony set for 'haunting' Vancouver Island residential school   Times Colonist

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