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The Dalai Lama said on Wednesday that a non-profit that he has founded will have the sole authority to recognize his future reincarnation, countering China’s insistence that it will choose the successor of the Tibetan spiritual leader. The remarks by the leader, who turns 90 on Sunday, came during a …
Read More »Search teams scour Air India plane crash site as death toll rises to 270, relatives press for answers
Search and recovery teams continued scouring the site of one of India’s worst aviation disasters for a third day after the Air India flight fell from the sky and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Saturday. The London-bound Boeing 787 struck a medical college hostel in …
Read More »How a tipster tracked a U.S. fugitive ‘psychic’ to Toronto after a 21-year search
It was an internet sleuth — claiming to have used facial recognition technology and social media clues — who pointed authorities to the whereabouts of a longtime U.S. fugitive leading a double life in Ontario. CBC News has pieced together new details about the anonymous tip that led Toronto police earlier …
Read More »Police search for Alberta woman wrongfully released from a jail on fake papers
An Alberta woman is on the lam after Crown prosecutors say she was wrongfully released from an Edmonton-area jail last month with allegedly fake release papers. Mackenzie Dawn Hardy, 24, is charged with several offences, including possession of stolen property, impaired driving, flight from police and driving without insurance or …
Read More »‘Nobody is giving up yet’: Search for missing N.S. children enters 5th day
Drones took to the skies overnight Monday in the search for two children who are believed to have wandered away from their home in Nova Scotia’s Pictou County five days ago. RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Carlie McCann said four drone operators were on hand for the search, which started last Friday morning when it’s …
Read More »Roof collapse at Dominican Republic club kills at least 124 as search still on for survivors
A crowd of people grew increasingly agitated Wednesday as they waited at the Dominican Republic’s forensic institute for news of loved ones still missing a day after a roof collapsed at an iconic nightclub in the capital, killing at least 124 and injuring hundreds more. National Institute of Forensic Pathology …
Read More »U.S. citizen kicked out of Canada 6 times in cat-and-mouse game with border officials, search warrant alleges
After being sent back to the U.S. for the sixth time in two years, American citizen Junseo Hagh returned to Canada to “finish what he started.” That’s according to a search warrant obtained by CBC News from a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) investigator, which alleges Hagh also likely smuggled a gun …
Read More »Mother says B.C. privacy laws limiting search for son who went missing over a year ago
For the last 10 years, Christine Moore has been advocating for her adult son who, she says, struggles with mental illness and addiction, but privacy laws have made it challenging for her to get the information she needs to care for him. Since her son went missing more than a …
Read More »Alaska search ongoing for missing small plane carrying 10 people
An aircraft carrying 10 people across Alaska’s Norton Sound south of the Arctic Circle went missing Thursday afternoon and rescuers searched into the night for any sign of the aircraft. The Bering Air Caravan was heading from Unalakleet to Nome with nine passengers and a pilot, according to Alaska’s Department …
Read More »Search for answers as respects paid to victims of Washington, D.C., crash
2 days ago News Duration 2:14 Officials investigating Wednesday’s mid-air crash between a military helicopter and passenger plane over Washington, D.C., are analyzing data from the black boxes recovered from the wreckage. They’re working to piece together the final moments before the collision. Even as the search for answers continues, …
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