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Firefighters battle the Blue Cut wildfire near Cajon Pass, north of San Bernardino, California on August 16, 2016. A rapidly spreading fire raging east of Los Angeles forced the evacuation of more than 82,000 people on August 16 as the governor of California declared a state of emergency. Despite the efforts of 1,250 firefighters with more on the way, none of the inferno was contained as of late on August 16 , state firefighting agency Cal Fire spokeswoman Lynne Tolmachoff told AFP. The wildfire poses 'imminent threat to public safety, rail traffic and structures,' according to the website, which said 82,640 people fell under an evacuation warning. / AFP / RINGO CHIU

Oh say can you Conspiracy?

August 14, 2018 0:18:20
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Firefighters battle the Blue Cut wildfire near Cajon Pass, north of San Bernardino, California on August 16, 2016. A rapidly spreading fire raging east of Los Angeles forced the evacuation of more than 82,000 people on August 16 as the governor of California declared a state of emergency. Despite the efforts of 1,250 firefighters with more on the way, none of the inferno was contained as of late on August 16 , state firefighting agency Cal Fire spokeswoman Lynne Tolmachoff told AFP. The wildfire poses 'imminent threat to public safety, rail traffic and structures,' according to the website, which said 82,640 people fell under an evacuation warning. / AFP / RINGO CHIU

Oh say can you Conspiracy?

August 14, 2018 0:18:20

Conspiracy theories may be a joke to most, but they’re real to a terrifying number of people. And they’re leaking off the internet...

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Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (NAPS) constable Charlie Chapman in Sachigo Lake First Nation, Ontario on Tuesday, May 22, 2018. NAPS is the largest Canadian First Nation Police force and is getting 79 new officers in the next five years and upgrading inadequate infrastructure and tools after the federal government announced $291.2 million for policing in First Nation and Inuit communities.

Historic change is coming to Canada’s biggest Indigenous police force

August 13, 2018 0:13:45

The Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (NAPS) is the largest Canadian First Nation police force, protecting 35 First Nations in northern Ontario. In 2016, after...

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (right) greets Federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer at a vigil remembering the victims of Monday's deadly van attack, at Mel Lastman Square in Toronto on Sunday, April 29, 2018.

How Andrew Scheer’s secret weapon could topple Justin Trudeau’s Liberals

August 10, 2018

New majority governments in Canada tend to get re-elected the first time. It’s just what happens. Justin Trudeau and the Liberals will go...

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epa06758083 (FILE) - San Francisco 49ers back-up quarterback Colin Kaepernick (C), San Francisco 49ers outside linebacker Eli Harold (L), and San Francisco 49ers free safety Eric Reid (R) take a knee during the US national anthem before the NFL game between the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, USA, 02 October 2016 (reissued 23 May 2018). According to media reports, NFL team owners approved a policy for players to stand and not to kneel during the national anthem.

Are you ready for some footba—err, politics?

August 9, 2018

Tonight marks the first big evening of NFL games this summer, and it’s time for fans to wonder the same things they always...

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Police try to clear a path as Jian Ghomeshi makes his way through a mob of media with his lawyer Marie Henein(right) at a Toronto court Wednesday, November 26, 2014. The former CBC radio host was granted bail just hours after being charged with multiple counts of sexual assault

How “Unfounded” shook the foundation of Canadian policing

August 8, 2018

In February 2017, The Globe and Mail revealed that one in five sex assault allegations in Canada was being dismissed as “unfounded” –...

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