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EDMONTON - Police in B.C. have arrested a suspect in a case where a man allegedly tried to lure a child by claiming he was Santa. David Warren Buchanan, 67, has been charged with two counts of attempted child abduction and police say he is a suspect in a third case. Buchanan was arrested Friday

INDIANAPOLIS - Overwhelming "human gridlock" in Indianapolis' Super Bowl Village was causing police to rethink crowd control Saturday on the eve of the big game. Eleven people were injured Friday night as an estimated 50,000 people flooded downtown streets for a free outdoor concert by the band

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - An overloaded boat carrying migrants from the Dominican Republic overturned in the pre-dawn darkness Saturday off the coast of the Caribbean country, killing at least 10 people and leaving dozens missing, officials said. The migrants had left from near the

WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney scored his third major victory in the Republican presidential race on Saturday as his chief rival for the prize, Newt Gingrich, vowed to stay in the race and run a positive campaign even as he launched another scathing attack against his rival. Romney won the "first in...

Charges have been upgraded to second-degree murder against two men after a victim in a stabbing died on Thursday, marking Winnipeg's second homicide of the year. Ian John Folster, 29, succumbed to his injuries eight days after he was repeatedly stabbed. The crime took place on Jan. 25 in the

SUDBURY, Ont. - NDP MP Paul Dewar is hosting a fundraiser for workers who lost their jobs after an American company shut its plant in London, Ont., following a long labour dispute. About 450 employees who were locked out a month ago lost their jobs at the Electro-Motive plant on Friday after the

Prominent politicians stood shoulder to shoulder with residents of a northern British Columbia community Saturday as a funeral was held for a sawmill worker killed during a horrific explosion and fire last month. RCMP Staff Sgt. Grant MacDonald said some 700 mourners packed a local Catholic

The U.N. Security Council failed again Saturday to take decisive action to stop the escalating violence in Syria as Russia and China blocked a resolution backing an Arab League plan that calls for President Bashar Assad to step down. The double-veto outraged the U.S. and European council members

An early morning fire has destroyed the main building at the Bakers Narrows Lodge near Flin Flon. Just after 6 a.m. Saturday, crews and the RCMP were dispatched to the fire but found the lodge completely engulfed. No one was in the building at the time and there were no injuries. The cause of

Henderson Highway has reopened to traffic after a crash that sent three people to hospital, one of them in critical condition. The collision occurred at about 4:15 a.m. directly in front of the Community Police Services office on Henderson. A patrolling Winnipeg Police Canine Unit witnessed the

A West Kildonan house fire Friday night caused $80,000 in damages. The fire on Saul Miller Drive near River Grove Drive started accidentally in the kitchen at about 8:30 p.m. There were no injuries.

A woman had her vehicle stolen at gunpoint in the parking lot of the St. Vital Shopping Centre on Friday, police said. The incident occurred shortly before 5 p.m. Police said a man in the parking lot said something to the 27-year-old woman as she was leaving the car she'd just parked. The

Police may have prevented a much more serious crime with the arrest of a man allegedly carrying a concealed sawed-off shotgun and ammunition in broad daylight in Portage Place. Foot patrol police noticed a man acting suspiciously at about 1 p.m. Friday, said police spokeswoman Const. Natalie

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Bosnia's government declared a state of emergency in its capital on Saturday after Sarajevo was paralyzed by snow, and hundreds of people remained trapped in their homes and vehicles throughout the country. After a weeklong cold snap that has killed scores of

Police have seized more than $1 million worth of drugs in an intricate bust in which seven people were apprehended and six more have warrants out for their arrest. Project Deplete, a large-scale takedown by the Manitoba Integrated Organized Crime Task Force -- comprising officers with the...

MIAMI - More than 200 passengers on two cruise ships headed to south Florida have been stricken with a gastrointestinal illness. Officials with Princess Cruise Lines say two of its ships were struck with a norovirus that can cause vomiting, diarrhea and stomach pain. The Crown Princess returned

Super Bowl. Roman numerals. New England and New York. Tom Brady and Eli Manning. Bill Belichick. Tom Coughlin. Hoodies. Red face. Super Bowl rematch. Hype. Revenge. David Tyree. Eighteen and one. Giants pass rush. Rob Gronkowski. Hakeem Nicks. Aaron Hernandez. Victor Cruz. Salsa. Wes Welker.

Ed Bachewich and his son Ray hurriedly jumped out of their beds and rushed to the truck to search for Beverly Rowbotham, Ed's sister-in-law, a Winnipeg murder trial heard Friday. Rowbotham's husband, Mark Stobbe, had just phoned them, waking them to say his wife was missing. It was just after 3

No boat trip in Manitoba is prettier than the one between Garden Hill and St. Theresa Point, dodging dozens of tiny, pincushion islands made of bedrock and pine trees.

The Island Lake region should be a quintessentially Canadian jackpot of mining, logging, hydro development and high-end tourism catering to eco-adventurers and rich American sport fishermen.

ATHENS, Greece - Greece's finance minister said negotiations for multibillion-euro bailout deals must be completed by late Sunday, as marathon talks with private and rescue creditors continued. Evangelos Venizelos said Saturday that negotiations in Athens with rescue creditors for a new €130