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Health & Safety
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Military searching for missing plane with two people on board in N.W.T.
YELLOWKNIFE – The military is searching for a plane missing in the Northwest Territories with two people on board. RCMP say contact was lost with the aircraft at 9 a.m. near Wha ti about 160 kilometres northwest of Yellowknife. Weather…
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Police looking for suspect after transit officer shot at Vancouver area station
SURREY, B.C. – The RCMP asked residents of a neighbourhood in Surrey, B.C., to lock their doors and turn on their outdoor lights Wednesday night as they searched for a suspect in the shooting of a transit officer. Assistant Commissioner…
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Quebec Minister defends firing of whistleblower
GATINEAU, Que. – Quebec Agriculture Minister Andre Lamontagne is defending a decision to fire a whistleblowing bureaucrat who went to the media with concerns about pesticide use. While the province has legislation protecting whistleblowers, Lamontagne says there are other factors…
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Canada reduces presence in Cuba after another diplomat falls mysteriously ill
OTTAWA – A 14th Canadian has fallen ill to an unexplained illness in Havana, Cuba, prompting further reductions in embassy staffing in the country. Canadian government officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, say Global Affairs Canada will consider halving…
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‘Murderous rage:’ Crown argues bus driver’s actions didn’t deserve being stabbed
WINNIPEG – A transit bus driver who was killed at the end of a late-night shift could have responded differently to a passenger refusing to get off the bus but that didn’t justify getting stabbed, the prosecution said Wednesday. Crown…
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Searchers recover body of missing crew member from sunken boat off Halifax
HALIFAX – Navy divers recovered the body of a crew member from inside a boat that went down near the mouth of Halifax harbour early Tuesday after reporting a loss of power. Joint Task Force Atlantic said navy divers found…
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Calgary paramedic struck by car while helping patient, driver charged
Calgary police have charged a man after a paramedic was struck by a vehicle while responding to an emergency call. The paramedic continued to help his patient and was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police say the paramedic was…
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Tracks cleared, investigation begins, at scene of Saskatchewan train derailment
SASKATOON – Crews have now cleared all damaged cars from the scene of a train derailment that has disrupted traffic on a busy highway just north of Saskatoon. Thirty of 52 cars in the Canadian National Railway freight carrying grain…
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CF 18 fighter pilot fined $2000 after pleading guilty to flying too low
COLD LAKE, Alta. – A fighter pilot has been fined $2,000 after pleading guilty at a court martial to flying his CF-18 jet too low during a training mission in which his wingman died in a crash. Capt. Christopher Mileusnic…
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OPP re-investigating jail cell death of man found with dozens of injuries
TORONTO – Ontario Provincial Police have re-opened the case of a man who died in a jail cell after an interaction with correctional services staff. Det. Insp. Brad Collins says the force will conduct an independent investigation of Soleiman Faqiri’s…
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You can change the cartridge position …… without changing the cartridge
Newmarket ON (Jan 21, 2019) – 2019 Claudio Dente, President of Dentec Safety Specialists, is happy to announce the latest developments in cartridge respirator’s convenience and efficiency. Mr. Dente remarked, “the Comfort Air masks are made with a unique new…
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RCMP investigate explosion at oil and gas facility in Alberta, three hurt
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. – RCMP are investigating an explosion at an oil and gas facility in northwestern Alberta. Emergency crews responded to a blast Friday afternoon at a compressor building near Musreau Lake south of Grande Prairie. Three people working near…
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Fire next door to B.C. pipeline fuel tank facility under control
BURNABY, B.C. – A fire just a few hundred metres from the Kinder Morgan fuel tank facility in Metro Vancouver raged for a few hours before it was contained by about three dozen firefighters. Burnaby Fire Department Deputy Chief Dave…
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New advisory board to help RCMP modernize amid history of bullying, harassment
OTTAWA – The federal government is creating an external board of civilian advisers to help the RCMP modernize after years of grappling with internal bullying and harassment. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale and RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki announced the plan…
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Feds poised to bolster RCMP accountability
OTTAWA – The federal government is poised to try to improve RCMP accountability by placing some external eyes on the national police force. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale and RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki are expected to announce the plans at…
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Nova Scotia long term care homes need more staff, panel concludes
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s Liberal government is facing a call from an expert panel to move swiftly to improve staffing at long-term care facilities to address “overstressed” homes that aren’t capable of meeting residents’ needs. “Staff are in need of…
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Experts call for Transportation Safety Board to investigate Ottawa bus crash
Experts are calling on the federal transportation safety board to investigate a deadly bus crash in Ottawa to prevent similar incidents from occurring again. Ahmed Shalaby, a civil engineering professor at the University of Manitoba, said the Transportation Safety Board…
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No easy answers to questions swirling around fatal Ottawa bus crash: police chief
OTTAWA – The investigation into a deadly bus crash on a busy Ottawa route will not yield answers quickly, the city’s police chief said Saturday as he cautioned the public not to jump to conclusions about the events leading up…
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Wind, heat, weight all contributed to fatal B.C. plane crash say investigators
VANCOUVER – The Transportation Safety Board says no single factor led to the crash of a small plane that killed the pilot and slightly injured three passengers during a sight-seeing flight last year just north of Vancouver. The unnamed pilot,…
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Maxime Comtois responds to cyber bullying after missed penalty shot
MONTREAL – A week after being the target of trolls on social media, Quebec-born forward Maxime Comtois has spoken out publicly for the first time. The captain of Canada’s world junior championship squad took to Twitter Wednesday to thank all…