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More Russians denounce each other over Ukraine, in echo of Soviet era
On the last day of January, a woman took her son to see paediatrician Nadezhda Buyanova at Polyclinic No. 140 in northwest Moscow. The case hinged on a denunciation - part of a rising trend of Russians informing on fellow citizens for their views on the war in Ukraine and other alleged political crimes. Critics say the wave of denunciations is helping President Vladimir Putin's government crack down on dissent.
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Sexually frustrated murder accused took what he wanted from housemate, jury hears
WARNING: This story contains graphic details of an alleged murder in a sexual context.Nikolas Ibey — on trial for first-degree murder in the death of a woman who had just moved to Ottawa from Nunavut to attend college in 2022 — was drinking, taking drugs, and had been frustrated in his efforts to find an escort "for eight hours straight" before he finally took what he wanted from his new housemate and left her dead in her room, the Crown alleged in its opening remarks to a 14-member jury on Wedn
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Widow, 101, says Rotary Foundation Canada refuses to share husband's $40M fortune
A 101-year-old Edmonton widow is in a legal battle with the Rotary Foundation Canada over which charities should benefit from her late husband's $40-million estate.Mary McEachern says the foundation has repeatedly blocked her efforts to honour her husband's final wishes and redistribute his estate to various charities, not the Rotary alone."My husband wanted this money to go to many, many deserving charities," McEachern said in an interview with CBC. "But Rotary wants it all, and they're doing e
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B.C. seeks forfeiture of 2 Kelowna properties, alleging link to drug trafficking
The B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office has filed a civil lawsuit in the B.C. Supreme Court to seize two Kelowna properties that it alleges are connected to criminal activity, together worth about $3 million.In its Tuesday notice of claim, the province alleges a luxury rural home in south Kelowna and a car customization business called All Out Customs & Collision Ltd. were purchased using the proceeds of crime. The forfeiture office further alleges the business is a shell company used to launder drug m
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Death penalty sought for an Idaho gang member accused of killing a man while on the run
Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty if an Idaho white supremacist gang member is convicted of killing a man while he was on the run after shooting officers in a plot to help a fellow gang member escape from prison. Nez Perce County Prosecutor Justin Coleman announced Thursday that the death penalty would be sought if Nicholas Umphenour is convicted of a murder charge in the March death of James Mauney, 83, of Juliaetta, KHQ-TV reported.
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Why B.C. and Canada could be attracting Mexican drug cartel activity
A Mexican journalist and author who fled to Canada after reporting on cartel activities says that transnational drug traffickers from Mexico are increasingly seeing Canada as a base of operations.Federal Mounties arrested three men in Surrey, B.C., who they say are tied to an organized crime group with links to Mexican drug cartels believed to be importing cocaine to Canada. Cpl. Arash Seyed told reporters at a Wednesday news conference that one of the suspects is a Mexican national who had arri
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Police release body cam footage from Brampton temple protest
Peel police have released body camera footage from a protest outside the Hindu Sabha Temple in Brampton earlier this month, and say it shows an officer lawfully disarming a demonstrator.In a news release issued Thursday, police said the body camera footage was being released after another video previously posted on social media showed an altercation between an officer and the protester from the Nov. 3 protest.Videos circulating on social media show demonstrators holding banners in support of Kha
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Ex-Rapper Who Took the Fall for Diddy Shooting: ‘He Pretends to Be Sorry’
Moses “Shyne” Barrow finally tells the whole story of how Sean “Diddy” Combs landed him in prison for a decade in the new Hulu documentary The Honorable Shyne. “It’s all coming to light and people believe it,” Barrow says in the film, “Because when I said it, everyone was partying and having a great time with Diddy, while I was left to rot in prison,” the ex-rapper says in the doc, which premieres Nov. 18 on Hulu. Barrow, who served eight years of his 10-year sentence, was at a nightclub with Co