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'An angel': Burnaby pays tribute to slain girl found in park

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Category: Canada News
Created: Sunday, July 23, 2017
CTV News
Family, friends and others from the community of Burnaby, B.C., were on hand Saturday night to pay tribute to Marrisa Shen, the 13-year-old who was found dead in a city park.
There were plenty of tears and questions at a candlelight vigil for the slain girl, as investigators are still struggling to piece together the final 12 hours before her body was found.
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Victory for 'Dunkirk' and 'Girls Trip' at box office

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Category: Entertainment
Created: Sunday, July 23, 2017
CTV News
LOS ANGELES -- It's victory for "Dunkirk" at the box office this weekend. Studios on Sunday say the Christopher Nolan World War II epic earned an estimated $50.5 million to top the charts, with $11.7 million of that coming from IMAX screens.
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Citizenship study guide getting revamp as taxes, census, treaties described as obligations

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Category: Canada News
Created: Sunday, July 23, 2017
Toronto Sun
Respecting treaties with Indigenous Peoples, paying taxes and filling out the census are listed as mandatory obligations of Canadian citizenship in a draft version of a new study guide for the citizenship exam.
The working copy obtained by The Canadian Press suggests the federal government has completely overhauled the book used by prospective Canadians to prepare for the test.
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Israel installs cameras at holy site amid flaring tensions

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Category: World News
Created: Sunday, July 23, 2017
CTV News
JERUSALEM -- Israel set up new security cameras Sunday at the entrance to a sensitive Jerusalem holy site as officials consider alternatives to recently installed metal detectors that set off a weekend of violence and prompted the Palestinian president to declare a severing of ties.
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Ontario announces new mental health workers for troubled Pikangikum First Nation

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Category: Canada News
Created: Sunday, July 23, 2017
CTV News
OTTAWA -- Ontario Health Minister Eric Hoskins is announcing funding for 20 full-time mental health workers for Pikangikum First Nation -- a remote community struggling with a suicide crisis and pressing mental health needs from about 380 people seeking counselling.
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Charlize Theron talks equal pay, female action stars at Comic-Con

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Category: Entertainment
Created: Sunday, July 23, 2017
CTV News
SAN DIEGO -- Charlize Theron has a message to audiences: See female-driven movies, and studios will make more.
"I always say to studios, 'Make more female-driven movies,' " Theron said. "They said, 'We would if people go and see them.
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Chicago festival marking Pokemon Go anniversary goes awry

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Category: Entertainment
Created: Sunday, July 23, 2017
CBC News
A major Pokemon Go festival in Chicago Saturday to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the virtual game went badly awry when technical glitches prevented many fans from logging on.
The problems forced Niantic Inc., the developer of the wildly popular augmented reality game, to issue a statement saying everyone who registered for the event would get a full refund for the $20 tickets and $100 in credits for use of the app.
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Key vote looms for Russia sanctions bill opposed by Trump

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Category: World News
Created: Sunday, July 23, 2017
CTV News
WASHINGTON -- The Republican-led House is set to vote soon on a sweeping Russia sanctions package that defies the White House by demanding that U.S. President Donald Trump get Congress' permission before lifting or easing the economic penalties against Moscow.
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'I will take dramatic action': Scaramucci threatens to chop staff if White House leaks don't stop

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Category: World News
Created: Sunday, July 23, 2017
CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump's new communications director says he will take "dramatic action," including cutting staff, if leaks originating from the administration don't stop.
In his first round of media interviews since his press conference after being named to one of the top jobs in Washington, D.C.
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Black Panther cast members reveal new details about film

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Category: Entertainment
Created: Sunday, July 23, 2017
CBC News
Black Panther stole the show Saturday night at Marvel Studios' Comic-Con presentation, outshining the Ant-Man, Thor and even the ultimate Avengers team-up, Infinity War.
Fans went wild for the exclusive sneak peek at the upcoming superhero pic, featuring star Chadwick Boseman T'Challa intercepting a sketchy vibranium trade between Andy Serkis' Klaw and Martin Freeman's Everett.
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Five shot inside east-end Toronto bar

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Category: Canada News
Created: Sunday, July 23, 2017
CTV News
Five people were shot inside an east-end Toronto bar early Sunday morning.
Police said shots were fired inside McGradies Tap & Grill around 2:30 a.m. Three victims were located inside the bar and transported to the hospital.
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Hilary Duff's apartment broken into, jewelry stolen after she posted vacation pics from Canada

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Category: Entertainment
Created: Sunday, July 23, 2017
Toronto Sun
Hilary Duff has reportedly lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in jewellery after thieves broke in to her apartment.
The multi-talented singer and actress is believed to have been targeted after posting pictures of her holiday on Instagram, making eagle-eyed robbers aware that her Beverly Hills apartment was empty while she was on vacation.
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