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Air Canada plane lands safely in Madrid after tire rupture, engine issue
An Air Canada jet landed safely in Madrid Monday after engine trouble and a blown tire forced pilots to declare an emergency shortly after takeoff. The Toronto-bound Boeing 767-300 carrying ...
Feb 05, 2020
1 dead, 5 wounded in shooting on Greyhound bus in California
LOS ANGELES - A man cursing and muttering incoherently opened fire aboard a packed Greyhound bus in Southern California early Monday, killing one person and wounding five others in a seemingly random ...
Feb 05, 2020
Ontario coronavirus investigations seem to be tapering off, official says
TORONTO - The number of people being tested for the novel coronavirus in Ontario seems to be dropping as more time passes since China imposed rigid travel restrictions, the province's chief medical of...
Feb 05, 2020
Lionel Desmond offered bed on psychiatric ward, fatality inquiry told
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - A fatality inquiry in Nova Scotia has heard that the night a mentally ill former soldier sought help at a hospital in Antigonish, N.S., there were beds available in ...
Feb 05, 2020
Send black boxes from Iran plane crash to France, Champagne demands
OTTAWA - Canada's foreign minister says he's asked for international help to pressure Iran to give up the black boxes recovered from the wreckage of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752. F...
Feb 05, 2020
OSB producer Norbord reports Q4 loss, sales down
TORONTO - Norbord Inc. reported a loss of US$12 million in its latest quarter as sales at the oriented strand board producer fell sharply.The company says its fourth-quarter saw lower North American O...
Feb 05, 2020 Photo: Norbord Inc.
'Homeland' stars say farewell to their Showtime spy series
NEW YORK - As the Showtime spy thriller "Homeland" comes to an end, Claire Danes hopes that her portrayal of a character with bipolar disorder helps destigmatize mental illness. "I don't think there h...
Feb 05, 2020
Huskies take game one in Falher 4-2
The Grimshaw Huskies defeated the Falher Pirates 4-2 Tuesday night to take a 1-0 series lead in game one the NPHL quarter-finals.After a scoreless first period, the second saw some action. Trevor Toka...
Feb 05, 2020 Falher Pirates. Photo Credit: EverythingGP
Probe begins after former hockey player killed during Quebec police intervention
ST-GEORGES, Que. - Quebec's independent police watchdog is investigating after a former hockey player who toiled for several years in a Quebec minor league was killed in ...
Feb 05, 2020
Non-citizen parents allowed to return home with Canadian children from Wuhan
OTTAWA - The Liberal government insisted China let parents and other primary caregivers accompany their Canadian children after leaving Wuhan, the epicentre of an outbreak of the novel coron...
Feb 05, 2020