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The Thanks to Nature event is in its third year, and is taking place in eight parks across the province, two of them national and five provincial.

Bill Cosby's lawyers have asked a Pennsylvania court to overturn the comedian's conviction and three- to 10-year prison sentence because of what they call a string of errors in his sex assault case.

Interpol says a Chinese official who was reported missing has resigned as head of the international police agency. The update came after Beijing announced Meng Hongwei was under investigation in China.

Clothes make the llama, as they say, and a number of nattily dressed llamas took part in a colourful costume competition this weekend at the Norfolk County Fair.

The sudden disappearance of a well-known Saudi dissident journalist in Turkey is leading to claims that he's been murdered. Last Tuesday, Jamal Khashoggi disappeared after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, leading Turkey to suspect he was ordered dead by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

A friend of a prominent Saudi journalist who went missing in Istanbul said Sunday that officials told him to "make your funeral preparations" as the Washington Post contributor "was killed" at the Saudi consulate.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says newly named Tropical Storm Michael could strengthen to a hurricane as it heads to the Florida Panhandle. Hundreds have evacuated in Honduras and the governor of Florida has declared a state of emergency. The hurricane centre upgraded the tropical depression in the Caribbean to a named tropical storm, Sunday, saying it had winds of up to 65 kmph. It's expected to make landfall Wednesday.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Sunday warned that a tropical storm headed for the Florida Panhandle could become a Category 2 hurricane, with winds up to 160 km/h, by the time it makes landfall in the middle of the week.

Newly named tropical storm Michael could strengthen to a hurricane as it heads to the Florida Panhandle, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Sunday after upgrading the tropical depression in the Caribbean to a named storm.

The Skyline Trail at the Cape Breton Highlands National Park is temporarily closed because of "aggressive moose behaviour," says Parks Canada. Parks Canada says it is monitoring the situation and will post new information when it becomes available.

A total of 20 people have died in a fatal limousine crash in New York making it one of the deadliest road accidents in state history. Local media are reporting that the limo failed an inspection last month and the driver didn't have a proper license.

A limousine carrying four sisters, other relatives and friends to a birthday celebration blew through a stop sign and slammed into a parked SUV outside a store in upstate New York, killing all 18 people in the limo and two pedestrians, officials and victims' relatives said Sunday.

The collision turned a relaxed Saturday afternoon into chaos at an upstate New York spot popular with tourists taking in the fall foliage.

Twenty people have died in a crash involving a limousine in upstate New York, not far from Albany. The national transportation safety board is investigating, but officials say it will be a while before they have any answers. Safety Board chairman Robert Sumwalt says this is the most deadly transportation accident in the country in almost a decade. Police say the accident happened in a front of a country store, after the limo failed to stop at an intersection. All 18 adult passengers in the limosene... Читать дальше...

A limousine went through a stop sign at the end of a highway and plowed into a parked and unoccupied SUV, killing all 18 people in the limo and two pedestrians in the deadliest transportation accident in the United States in almost a decade, officials said Sunday.

A relaxed weekend afternoon turned into chaos at an upstate New York spot popular with tourists taking in the fall foliage when a crash involving a limousine left 20 people dead, officials said Sunday.

Twenty people have died in a crash in upstate New York that local officials said Sunday involved two vehicles, including a limousine that ended up crashing into bystanders at a crowded country store where people were taking in the colourful fall trees.

Mushroom pickers are known for being secretive when foraging for their favourite fungi, but Olya Kutsiuruba said her husband, David Swab, was anything but quiet when he came upon their latest find Thursday. The fabulous fungus they found clocks in at 2,922 grams and is roughly the size of a basketball.

The Canadian Medical Association says it has resigned from the World Medical Association, accusing the international group's incoming president of plagiarizing his inaugural speech.

Quebec-born Cardinal Marc Ouellet issued a scathing rebuke Sunday of the ambassador who accused Pope Francis of covering up the sexual misconduct of a prominent American cardinal, saying his claims were a "blasphemous" political hit job.

Olukunle Adetunji was deported to Nigeria in 2014 and came back to Canada two years later, only to be found out and detained. After his release, he says all he wants is to be with his family.

Brian Pallister's abrupt about-face on a carbon tax came after the Manitoba premier felt like he was being used as a prop by Ottawa, and sources say it was a surprise to most in his own caucus.

The second season of Missing and Murdered, Finding Cleo, became the first podcast to win best serialized story at the prestigious audio awards on Saturday.

Rescue teams in Haiti are searching for survivors after a 5-point-9 earthquake. Officials say at least 14 people are dead and more than a hundred others are injured. The quake hit late Saturday night near the northwestern town of Port-de-Paix. It is the strongest quake to hit the island since 2010, when more than 200-thousand people were killed. Late Sunday, a powerful aftershock of 5.2 magnitude caused more panic on the island.