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Los Angeles Times
   
Iraqi militias preparing to take on Islamic State in Ramadi   
Los Angeles Times
Thousands of Iraqi paramilitary fighters were mobilizing for a fresh assault on the western province of Anbar on Monday, one day after Islamic State militants overran the provincial capital, Ramadi, dealing a major strategic and symbolic blow to the ...

Photos of Iraqi military gear claimed by ISIS in Ramadi   Fox News
Shi'ite forces move in on Iraqi city taken by Islamic State   Reuters
Iraqi militias mobilizing towards reclaiming ISIS captured Ramadi   The Indian Express
CNN   
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CBC.ca
   
Little Bobtail Lake fire grows again   
CBC.ca
A massive wildfire burning southwest of Prince George, which has forced 80 people from their homes, grew another 1,000 hectares Monday and now covers a radius of 250 square kilometres. The Little Bobtail Lake forest fire grew by 40 per cent over the ...

24000-hectare Little Bobtail Lake fire likely caused by humans, officials say   The Province
Latest update: Little Bobtail Lake fire 15 percent contained   Digital Journal
Winds unco-operative as hundreds of firefighters battle raging B.C. wildfire   Winnipeg Free Press

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Toronto Star
   
Extreme climber Dean Potter dies in Yosemite BASE-jumping mishap   
Toronto Star
Yet again Dean Potter was hurtling through the air. A dead tree stood on the ground below him, a strange tug at the space between his shoulders came from above. Potter, already a famous rock climber, had had this dream night after night. He believed it was ...

Wingsuit fliers in Yosemite knew they were cheating death   Washington Post
Climber Dean Potter, friend tried to clear 'notch' at Yosemite before deaths   Los Angeles Times

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CBC.ca
   
Luka Gordic, 19, killed during violent Whistler May long weekend   
CBC.ca
One man is dead, and another is in hospital after two unrelated and separate stabbings less than 24 hours apart in Whistler over the May long weekend. Family members have identified one of the victims as 19-year-old Luka Gordic from Burnaby, B.C. He was ...

Whistler RCMP investigate two stabbings over long weekend   The Globe and Mail
Teen dead after weekend stabbings at Whistler, B.C.   CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

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Firstpost
   
Devastating Colombian landslide leaves 61 dead, over 500 homeless   
Firstpost
At least 61 people have been killed and dozens are missing after a landslide in northwest Colombia in the early hours of Monday, Reuters quoted officials as saying. Heavy rains caused a ravine to overflow, sending mud and water onto neighboring homes in ...

Deadly flood turned mudslide kills 58 in Colombia   The Indian Express
At least 52 dead in Colombia landslide   Sky News Australia

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Toronto Sun
   
Fourteen charged with smuggling drugs through US airports   
Toronto Sun
LOS ANGELES - Fourteen people, including three baggage handlers at Oakland International Airport, were charged on Monday with being part of a ring that smuggled drugs through airport security, federal prosecutors said. Nine of the defendants were taken ...

3 Southwest Airlines baggage handlers, 11 others accused of smuggling drugs   Los Angeles Times
14 Charged With Transporting Drugs Through Secure Area at Oakland Airport   NBCNews.com

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The Globe and Mail
   
The one word some say is missing from Ontario's sex-ed curriculum   
The Globe and Mail
For some Ontario parents who decry the province's new sex-ed curriculum, the addition of one small word would make a big difference. Love is never mentioned in the curriculum in the context of sex. “It's reducing sexual activities to mere, kind of, physical acts ...

Is sex ed making the grade in Ontario's schools?   Toronto Sun
Students speak up about the new Ontario sex education curriculum   SheKnows.com
Sex ed should focus more on relationships research shows   CBC.ca

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Toronto Star
   
EU approves plan to target human traffickers in Libyan waters   
The Globe and Mail
EU nations approved plans on Monday for an unprecedented naval mission starting next month to fight human traffickers responsible for a flood of migrants crossing the Mediterranean from Libya. The scheme backed by foreign and defence ministers in ...

Europe plans military response to migrant crisis   Washington Post
More EU aid for African nations that stop migrants   Irish Independent
EU plan to pursue, disable traffickers of Mediterranean Sea refugees set for launch   OregonLive.com
BBC News   
The Australian   
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The Globe and Mail
   
Potential Alberta cabinet contenders in NDP's orange wave   
The Globe and Mail
Sarah Hoffman was at a junior high school in northern Alberta when Ralph Klein's government made deep cuts to the province's school system. Conversations at the family dinner table soon turned political and she remembers the night when her dad, ...

NDP treads cautiously with Alberta oil patch: Steward   Toronto Star
Mounting anger at PCs led to NDP win   Edmonton Sun

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Guelph Mercury
   
New kind of lens implant will mean perfect vision, Canadian inventor says   
Guelph Mercury
Optometrist Garth Webb shows on a fingertip one of the artificial lenses he has developed. Webb says they will make eyeglasses and contact lenses obsolete. next play/pause pre 1/1. Guelph Mercury. By Camille Bains. VANCOUVER — Imagine being able to ...

Bionic Lens will mean perfect vision, Canadian inventor says   Hamilton Spectator
Bionic Lens will mean perfect vision, Canadian...   HamiltonNews (press release) (registration)

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