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Death of near-blind refugee — left at closed Tim Hortons by U.S. Border Patrol — ruled a homicide

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Two woman in robes and head coverings are shown seated. One woman holds her hands in prayer, the other wears a face covering that reveals her eyes.

The death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar who was found on a Buffalo, N.Y., street in February — five days after U.S. Border Patrol agents left him outside a Tim Hortons — has been ruled a homicide.

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dreadhead
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Vancouver Island, Canada
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Federal 30-days-or-free policy for passports now in place

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Several Canadian passports in a row.

The federal government's new "30 days or free" policy for issuing passports takes effect on Wednesday.

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Vancouver Island, Canada
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'This is a dumb war,' Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says in letter urging PM to take action to stop Iran conflict

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Wab Kinew points his right index finger while speaking at an orange podium for the 2026 NDP convention.

Manitoba's premier is calling on Mark Carney to help stop the war in Iran.

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dreadhead
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Vancouver Island, Canada
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Man charged with bestiality, accused of sexually assaulting horse on Vernon farm

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Erica Van Meenen said that in January, she discovered surveillance footage that allegedly showed a man sexually assaulting one of her horses.

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fxer
4 days ago
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That horse peeking into the frame tho...
Bend, Oregon
dreadhead
6 days ago
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Mr Hands Jr
Vancouver Island, Canada
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B.C. teacher suspended after dry ice explosion in classroom: regulator

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A person removes pellets of dry ice from a box. Carbon dioxide fumes are visible.

A teacher in the southeast Kootenays has had his teaching certificate suspended for two days after he allowed students to handle dry ice with few restrictions — leading to an explosion that left a hole in a ceiling tile.

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fxer
4 days ago
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Used to love making dry ice bombs, the gallon sized handles of apple juice were great because they had thick plastic and would let pressure build longer. Put a few chunks of dry ice in, pour in some water, cap it and shake the shit out of it then throw it down the ravine. You could hear the boom across the entire neighborhood
Bend, Oregon
dreadhead
8 days ago
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You know students loved this class.
Vancouver Island, Canada
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A professional cornhole player and quadruple amputee is arrested for murder

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Dayton Webber, then 18, pictured at a baseball game in 2016. In the years before his arrest, he shared his experience playing sports — and turning pro in one of them — as a quadruple amputee.

Dayton Webber, 27, is accused of shooting a man in his car during an argument. He has shared his story of becoming a pro athlete after losing his arms and legs to a childhood bacterial infection.

(Image credit: Kevin Sullivan)

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dreadhead
8 days ago
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What a headline
Vancouver Island, Canada
Spoyl
8 days ago
But also, how ???
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