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Drunk driver who killed 4 people eligible for unescorted absence next month
TORONTO - A man sentenced to 10 years after pleading guilty in a drunk driving crash that killed three young children and their grandfather will be eligible to apply for unescorted temporary absence f...
Sep 30, 2017
Police officer who shot Sammy Yatim gets bail extension
TORONTO - A Toronto police officer convicted of trying to kill a teen on a Toronto streetcar has had his bail extended into 2018. Previous bail conditions for Const. James Forcillo were set to expire ...
Sep 30, 2017
Manitoba politician wants option of joining another party by next week
WINNIPEG - The lawyer for an Independent Manitoba politician is hoping a judge will agree Monday to immediately strike down a ban on floor-crossing so that his client, Steven Fletcher, will have the a...
Sep 30, 2017
Pro- and anti- immigration protesters face off in duelling rallies
MONTREAL - Pro- and anti- immigration protesters faced off in duelling rallies Saturday. Members of the right-wing group Storm Alliance announced a series of rallies outside border crossing points and...
Sep 30, 2017
Soldier wounded in 2015 friendly-fire incident in Iraq gets Medal of Bravery
OTTAWA - A Canadian special forces soldier has been awarded the Medal of Bravery in connection with a deadly friendly fire incident in Iraq in 2015 that killed one of his comrades. Gov. Gen. David Joh...
Sep 30, 2017
Air France plane forced to land Labrador due to "serious damage" to engine
GOOSE BAY, N.L. - Air France had to bring in extra flights to shuttle passengers from Canada to California after a flight was forced to land in Labrador following “serious damage” to one o...
Sep 30, 2017
Ontario town offers 90 per cent off land, other incentives to move there
A northern Ontario town nearly ruined by the collapse of its local paper industry is offering generous incentives to those who want to move there and help rebuild the community. Smooth Rock Falls, Ont...
Sep 30, 2017
Toronto bank branch closed after raccoon family moves in and damages the place
TORONTO - Canada’s largest bank says a family of raccoons is responsible for shutting down a branch in Toronto’s west end. Royal Bank of Canada spokesman Mark Hamill says the branch was cl...
Sep 30, 2017
Biologists work to save Quebec's "most urban" snake as construction booms
MONTREAL - The Montreal area’s construction boom is threatening to permanently evict Quebec’s “most urban” species of snake, according to a biologist working to protect the pop...
Sep 30, 2017
Police investigate shooting death of man near shopping mall in Toronto
TORONTO - Police say they’re investigating a homicide at a north Toronto shopping mall for the second time in one month. The most recent shooting at the city’s Sheridan Mall took place on ...
Sep 30, 2017