Tuesday May 21, 2013

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

  • In much of southern Canada, Victoria Day weekend, known also simply as the May-24 weekend, marks the unofficial early kickoff to summer with provincial parks full of campers. What about here in Northern Manitoba?
  • Same here. We’re off to the cabin with fireworks for Monday night. Summer, here I come
  • 35%
  • Not quite as big a deal in the North. Lakes are still pretty frozen, but we live in hope of summer anyway. Our fingers are crossed
  • 65%
  • Total Votes: 55


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Jury sent to begin deliberating whether to give Jodi Arias life in prison or death sentence

PHOENIX - A jury has been sent to begin deliberating Jodi Arias' fate, deciding whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or execution....

posted: May 21,2013





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Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris evacuated after suicide inside the landmark church

PARIS - Some 1,500 visitors were cleared out of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a man put a letter on the altar of the 850-year-old monument Tuesday, pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head....

posted: May 21,2013

Weather service confirms deadly tornado that hit Moore, Okla., was a top-of-the-scale EF-5

MOORE, Okla. - The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Moore, Okla., was a top-of-the-scale EF-5 twister with winds of at least 322 kilometres per hour....

posted: May 21,2013

Weather service confirms deadly tornado that hit Oklahoma was a top-of-the-scale EF-5

MOORE, Okla. - The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma was a top-of-the-scale EF-5 twister with winds of at least 200 mph (322 kph)....

posted: May 21,2013

Family not giving up finding Toronto-area man in snowy mountains of Australia

OTTAWA - Family members joined a frantic search Tuesday for a Canadian man with survival training missing for more than a week in Australia's Gold Coast region....

posted: May 21,2013

After exchange, Israel warns against Golan attacks, says Syria will 'bear consequences'

JERUSALEM - Israeli and Syrian troops exchanged fire across their tense cease-fire line in the Golan Heights on Tuesday, prompting an Israeli threat that Syria's leader will "bear the consequences" of further escalation and raising new...

posted: May 21,2013

Afghanistan: 14 police killed in day of attacks as spring offensive tests Afghan forces

KABUL - A co-ordinated Taliban assault on checkpoints in southern Afghanistan killed four police before a counterattack drove the insurgents back, Afghan officials said Tuesday. Also, at least 10 other police died in two attacks in the...

posted: May 21,2013


Medical examiner's office revises death toll from Oklahoma tornado to at least 24

posted: May 21,2013

AP photographer describes rescuers pulling kids out of rubble at Okla. school hit by tornado

posted: May 21,2013

Authorities set to release 300 photos that police took in aftermath of Tucson shooting rampage

posted: May 21,2013

Official says death toll could rise by about 40 more in Oklahoma tornado that killed 51 people

posted: May 21,2013

Bolivia lashes out at Sean Penn for proposing boycott of Dakar Rally over detained American

posted: May 21,2013

First edition 'Harry Potter' book, with JK Rowling's notes and drawings, sold for $228,000

posted: May 21,2013

The pope and the devil: Francis' obsession with Satan leads to suspicion he performed exorcism

posted: May 21,2013

Lawyer: No background check performed on Michael Jackson's doctor; care not monitored

posted: May 21,2013

At the Cannes Film Festival: Alex Baldwin arrives; Reeves goes behind the lens; Rai multitasks

posted: May 21,2013

Eminem's song publisher sues Facebook, ad agency, saying they used tune without permission

posted: May 21,2013

Trove of Muppets creator Jim Henson's items headed for NYC's Museum of the Moving Image

posted: May 21,2013

Prince William joins Prince Charles to urge wildlife trade ban at London conference

posted: May 21,2013

Russian foreign minister angry at alleged vote theft at Eurovision Song Contest

posted: May 21,2013

NC woman accused of trying to poison 5 relatives after 1 refused to share cheese

posted: May 21,2013

Rescue crews nearing end of search for survivors of Oklahoma twister; death toll revised to 24

posted: May 20,2013




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