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4 years in prison for man who had sex with wife's teenage niece: Alberta Court of Appeal

A southern Alberta man who had sex with his wife's 16 year old niece must spend four years in prison after the Alberta Court of Appeal overturned his two year conditional sentence, sending a message that there will be no leniency for those who abuse their positions of authority and have sexual relationships with minors.

'They're threatening me with porn': Scam using old LinkedIn data alarms Canadians

Debra Higgins is in her 60s and doesn't visit online porn sites but was nevertheless alarmed when she received an email from an unknown person who threatened to release a video of her doing just that.
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Legal pot puts 14 RCMP sniffer dogs out of work

The upcoming legalization of marijuana in Canada is expected to create a lot of jobs for people, but it’s putting 14 RCMP dogs out of work.

SUV driving in wrong lane slams into another on Highway 2, killing both drivers

A black SUV was driving south in the northbound lane of Highway 2 south of Calgary when it collided with a silver SUV on Monday night.

How TransAlta used a university-sanctioned research project to lobby for the coal industry

Energy giant TransAlta paid the University of Alberta $54,000 to hand-pick one of its researchers to produce a study and other materials it used to lobby the provincial government to try to protect the coal industry, documents obtained by CBC News reveal.

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