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Commuter rail trips cancelled as protest blocks tracks near Belleville, Ont.
A blockade on a rail line in eastern Ontario has halted service along one of Via Rail's busiest routes and led to numerous cancellations. Spokesman Karl-Philip Marchand Giguere did not provide reasons...
Feb 9, 2020
Multiple road collisions, schools shuttered, flights cancelled as heavy snow lashes Quebec
MONTREAL - Drivers were urged to stay off the roads and children got an unexpected day off from school Friday as heavy snow battered a large swath of southern Quebec. More than 700 road inci...
Feb 9, 2020
Second plane for Canadians in Wuhan on its way to Asia: foreign minister
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Canada's foreign minister says a second plane has left for Asia to bring a second load of Canadians out of the Chinese city locked down over a viral outbreak. Foreign Affairs M...
Feb 9, 2020
On 10-year anniversary of Vancouver Olympics, public figures reflect on mixed legacy
VANCOUVER - When Gregor Robertson took office as mayor of Vancouver, he said he didn't anticipate the "financial meltdown" of a planned housing development as the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralym...
Feb 9, 2020
Iran doesn't have expertise to analyze PS752 recorders: Champagne
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Iran doesn't have experts who can analyze the data recorders from a civilian airliner it shot down last month and it's time to...
Feb 9, 2020
Trudeau says he pressed Egypt's president on detained Canadians
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he raised the cases of Canadian citizens detained in Egypt with that country's president at a summit of African leaders. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi...
Feb 9, 2020
Leafs place defenceman Cody Ceci on injured reserve and recall Timothy Liljegren
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs placed defenceman Cody Ceci on injured reserve and recalled blue-liner Timothy Liljegren from the team's American Hockey League affiliate Friday. Ceci, out ...
Feb 9, 2020
Kenney sets sights on Democratic hopefuls aiming to block Keystone XL pipeline
WASHINGTON - Alberta's Jason Kenney is the latest Canadian premier to take aim at U.S. Democrats, calling out presidential hopefuls who want to block the Keystone XL pipeline expansion.Kenney, speakin...
Feb 9, 2020 photo courtesy The Canadian Press
Alberta justice minister expects union to obey injunction against blockade
CARSELAND, AB - Alberta's justice minister said Saturday that he expects protesters who have barricaded a fuel distribution terminal southeast of Calgary as part of a labour dispute in Saskatchewan to...
Feb 9, 2020
Lethbridge Police investigating apparent homicide
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police are still looking for those connected with an apparent homicide in the 200 blk. of University Drive West. The bi-level home brown and white home is surrounded by yel...
Feb 9, 2020 Home along the 200 block of University Dr. West where a 35-year-old man was shot and killed