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Israel’s military recovered the bodies of two hostages, Canadian Israeli Judih Weinstein and her husband, Israeli American Gadi Haggai, who were held by Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday. The Israeli army said in a statement that the bodies of the husband and wife were recovered in a special …
Read More »Harbour Grace woman says Newfoundland Power needs to be held accountable after bill increases
Tricia Muldoon says her latest bill from Newfoundland Power totaled around $900. (Darryl Murphy/CBC) A Harbour Grace woman, who has seen her power bill balloon in recent months, says she wants to see Newfoundland Power held accountable by Newfoundland and Labrador’s Public Utilities Board. Tricia Muldoon moved to Harbour Grace from …
Read More »Hamas returns bodies of 4 Israeli hostages, including 2 children, held in Gaza
Hamas handed over the bodies on Thursday of Israeli infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother Ariel, the two youngest captives taken by Hamas in their October 7, 2023 attack and among the most potent symbols of the trauma inflicted that day. Hamas handed over the bodies of the two …
Read More »Thai nationals held captive by Hamas for 15 months return home
Five Thai nationals held captive by Hamas for over a year returned to Thailand on Sunday, reuniting with their tearful families at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport. The returnees, dressed in winter jackets, were met with emotional embraces from their families. “We are all deeply touched to come back to our birthplace … to be …
Read More »German Christmas market attack suspect held on murder charges
A man suspected of driving a car into a German Christmas market in an attack that killed at least five people and injured many others faces charges of murder and attempted murder, police said on Sunday, after the man was remanded in custody. Police in the central city of Magdeburg, where the attack happened on Friday, also …
Read More »Memorial service to be held for Calgary children’s entertainer Buck Shot
It will be the last show for longtime children’s TV star Ron (Buck Shot) Barge as a memorial is held Friday in Calgary. For 30 years, Buck Shot and his sidekick Benny the Bear entertained Calgarians with songs, puppets, the birthday book and his nifty battered cowboy hat. Barge died at …
Read More »Toronto woman grappling with grief, anger after death of cousin held hostage by Hamas – Toronto
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 1, 2024 2:19 pm Updated September 1, 2024 2:20 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Toronto-based woman whose family lives in Israel says she is wrestling with both anger and grief after learning a cousin taken …
Read More »‘There is no closure’: Memorial held 30 years after Mindy Tran’s death
A memorial service was held Sunday to mark the 30th anniversary of a horrific crime in Kelowna. In August 1994, eight-year-old Mindy Tran was abducted while riding her bike in a Rutland neighborhood. Her body was found two months later in a shallow grave within Kelowna’s Mission Creek Park, just …
Read More »Lower Blueberry Creek blaze in Shuswap considered held: B.C. Wildfire – Okanagan
Three of nine wildfires burning in the Shuswap region are either listed as under control or being held. That’s according to the B.C. Wildfire Service, which issued updates Saturday on the five fires. In the North Shuswap, two fires along the Seymour Arm of Shuswap Lake are in different stages. …
Read More »Funeral held for mother, 2 children found dead in rural home near Windsor
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A funeral home in Windsor, Ont., says a mother and her two children, who were found dead in a rural residence last month, have been buried. Families First Funeral Home says that 41-year-old Carly Walsh, her 13-year-old daughter Madison and eight-year-old son …
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