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US slaps sanctions on entities that raised funds for West Bank settlers
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on two entities that it said helped raise tens of thousands of dollars for two violent extremists in the West Bank already targeted with U.S. sanctions, the Treasury Department announced in a statement. Washington had previously sanctioned five settlers and two unauthorized outposts in the West Bank in two rounds of sanctions aimed at punishing ill-behaved Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, where Palestinians envisage a future state. One e
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Tyler Greening pleads guilty in vicious Prince of Wales Collegiate attack
Tyler Greening, 18, of Paradise has pleaded guilty to aggravated assault for his role in the group beating of a St. John's high school student. (Heather Gillis/CBC)A teenager accused of severely beating a student at a St. John's high school last year pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated assault.Tyler Greening, 18, was among a group of students who attacked the victim with weapons at the entrance of Prince of Wales Collegiate last March.The assault left the victim severely injured.Greening, absent
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VideoJerusalem skyline and Al Aqsa complex during Friday prayers amid increasing regional tensions
Friday prayers took place in Jerusalem and at the Al-Aqsa complex amid increasing tensions in the Middle East region following an apparent Israeli drone attack on Iran. It came days after Tehran’s unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on Israel. (AP video by Shlomo Mor)
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Missing West Royalty man found safe
An extensive police and Ground Search and Rescue effort in the West Royalty neighbourhood of Charlottetown has resulted in the safe return of a man to his home.The man, who suffered from dementia, was reported missing Friday morning, and was believed to have left his home some time overnight.Police wanted to inform the public to expect a large presence of police and ground search and rescue in the area.
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Hostage was lying on captor before police opened fire: officer
The first police officer to enter a room where a woman was being held hostage told a B.C. coroner's inquest that he saw her lying on a bed on top of her captor, who was holding a knife to her throat with a gun in his other hand.Cpl. Chris Dibblee told the inquest jury Thursday that he almost immediately felt he would need to shoot Randy Crosson to save hostage Nona McEwan but initially didn't think he could do so without hitting her, too."This is what I was thinking. Can I get to him before he c
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Teens among 3 charged in GTA carjackings
Three people, including two teenagers, are facing charges after carjackings in the Greater Toronto Area, York Regional Police say.In a news release issued Friday, police said that on April 6, officers were called about a carjacking attempt in a parking lot in the area of Yonge Street and Glen Cameron Road in Thornhill.A woman was walking to her SUV when a person approached and pulled her away, while a second person then jumped in her vehicle, police said.The victim struggled, and her husband jum
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Legal drinking coming to parks throughout Toronto
Torontonians will soon be able to legally drink alcoholic beverages in at least one park in every ward of the city.On Thursday evening, city council voted to immediately and permanently allow drinking in 44 parks, codifying and expanding a pilot project that began last summer in 27 locations.Meanwhile, councillors who represent areas without at least one park where alcohol consumption is legal will now need to identify a park where it will be permitted. If they don't do so by early July, city st
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