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CBC
18-year-old killed on the job along Highway 1 near Moose Jaw: police
An 18-year-old woman who was struck on Thursday while working along Highway 1 near Moose Jaw has died, police say.The Moose Jaw Police Service says the woman was hit by a coworker driving a work vehicle at a low speed near the Manitoba Expressway, according to a news release Monday.A separate news release said officers responded at about 9:16 a.m. CST Thursday to what they called “an accident involving someone trapped under a vehicle.”Police say she was seriously injured and was transported to t
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CBC
In the grim aftermath of child homicide, families and first responders struggle to cope
There are no members of the Robillard family left in southeast Edmonton. In their grief after Carolann Robillard and her 11-year-old child, Jayden Miller, were fatally stabbed in a random attack outside Crawford Plains School on May 5, 2023, surviving family members could no longer face spending their days in that part of the city. Carolann Robillard’s two surviving daughters moved out of the city. Her sister, Amanda Robillard, moved to the north side and her mother, Donna Robillard, followed. “
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The Daily Beast
Ex-Idaho State Trooper on Trial for Wife’s Murder Arrested at Spokane Airport
Robert Nickelsberg/GettyA former Idaho State Police Trooper currently on trial for the alleged murder of his wife was arrested on Friday night at Spokane International Airport in Washington.Daniel Howard, who is accused of faking his wife’s suicide after he allegedly choked her to death, was booked into the Spokane County Jail around 10:40 p.m. on Friday. He was later transferred to the Kootenai County Jail on Saturday, where he remained as of Sunday morning.Disgraced Ex-Trooper Charged With Mur
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CBC
‘A whole family ripped apart’: Mourners gather to remember victims of Ottawa mass killing
Some 200 people showed up at a public multi-faith funeral service in Ottawa Sunday to mourn the six people killed more than a week ago in the city’s Barrhaven suburb.Organized by the Buddhist Congress of Canada (BCC), the service at the Infinity Convention Centre paid tribute to the victims: a family of newcomers to Canada from Sri Lanka and their friend.According to police, four children and two adults were killed inside a suburban townhouse in south Ottawa on March 6.Darshani Dilanthika Ekanay
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Sky News
Woman dies after being chased by bear in Slovakia
A 31-year-old woman from Belarus has died after being chased by a bear in Slovakia’s Low Tatras mountain range. The pair ran in opposite directions, and the man lost sight of the woman as she was chased by the bear, Slovak Mountain Rescue Service said.
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The Canadian Press
Grief, pleas for compassion at funeral for Sri Lankan family slain in Ottawa
OTTAWA — More than a hundred mourners offered tearful prayers and calls for solidarity and compassion on Sunday at the funeral for a Sri Lankan family slain in one of the worst mass killing’s in Ottawa’s history. Dozens gathered at the Infinity Convention Centre for a multi-faith service to remember the six people, including four children, who were found dead on March 6 inside a townhouse in Ottawa’s south-end Barrhaven suburb. Ajahn Viradhammo, a Buddhist monk who spoke at the funeral, asked th
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Global News
Barrhaven funeral: 6 murder victims of suburban Ottawa home laid to rest
More than 100 mourners gathered in Ottawa on Sunday to remember six people killed earlier this month inside their suburban home. The funeral service paid tribute to Sri Lankan victims — a mother and her four young children as well as a family friend. The father of the children — the only survivor of the attack was also in attendance, still bearing the scars from the attack on March 6. Mackenzie Gray has more.