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G8 leaders focus on European financial crisis at Camp David summit

CAMP DAVID, Md. - The Group of Eight nations are advocating growth rather than austerity in Europe after spending two days of meetings at storied Camp David aimed at containing an escalating fiscal crisis overseas.

Special B.C. coroners team heading to the site of police standoff, inferno

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The British Columbia coroners service is sending a special team to this interior city to recover the remains of a gunman who is believed to have died in an inferno after a police standoff.

Amid Camp David's lush splendour, U.S. Marines enforce tight security

CAMP DAVID, Md. - It's one of the most storied political retreats in the world, a lushly verdant paradise nestled in the northern reaches of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Manitoba opens public inquiry into sex scandal involving judge

WINNIPEG - A man who shocked Manitoba's justice community with claims that he was sexually harassed by a judge is asking for a publicly-funded lawyer to represent him.

Remains of suspect in B.C. standoff not yet recovered from burned home

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A regional coroner in British Columbia says it's still too dangerous to recover the remains of a gunman who died after a standoff with police in Kamloops.

1 winning ticket for $50-million Lotto Max jackpot sold in Toronto

TORONTO - There is one winning ticket for the $50-million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw, and it was purchased in Toronto.

G8 leaders discuss Afghanistan, European crisis, other global issues at Camp David

CAMP DAVID, Md. - G8 leaders were set to delve into the future of Afghanistan and Europe's fiscal woes today at this storied presidential retreat during what's been dubbed the Camp David summit.

Miss Universe Canada pageant to crown winner after controversial race

TORONTO - A civil rights breakthrough at Miss Universe Canada may not be universal.

Molotov cocktails launched at Montreal protest following Quebec crackdown law

MONTREAL - Flaming Molotov cocktails were hurled and windows were smashed during demonstrations designed as an act of defiance Friday against a legal crackdown by the Quebec government on student protests.

Obama hosts Harper, other leaders at G8 summit on world economy, Afghanistan

CAMP DAVID, Md. - U.S. President Barack Obama welcomed Stephen Harper and other world leaders on Friday to this verdant presidential retreat, kicking off two international summits aimed at tackling global issues that include the future of battle-scarred Afghanistan and Europe's economic crisis.

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