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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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Family of man who died in Ontario jail launches lawsuit against province, guards
TORONTO – The family of a man who died at an Ontario jail is suing the province and guards at the facility, alleging corrections officers used excessive force that ultimately killed the 30-year-old. Soleiman Faqiri’s relatives claim a key eye…
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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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Government report lists multiple trucking violations by Humboldt semi driver
MELFORT, Sask. – A Saskatchewan government report says the driver of a semi-truck should not have been on the road the day he flew through a stop sign and caused a crash involving the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus. The…
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Sexual assault investigations at hydroelectric project alarming: chief
WINNIPEG – The grand chief who represents First Nations in northern Manitoba says it’s alarming that RCMP have investigated nine sexual assault allegations at one power station construction site. Garrison Settee expects the number could be higher, but says many…
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Truck didn’t stop at Saskatchewan intersection where Broncos crash happened
MELFORT, Sask. – A Saskatchewan court has heard that a semi-truck driver barrelled through an oversized stop sign with a flashing red light before the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash. An agreed statement of facts says Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was…
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Metrolinx to ban recreational pot use for some workers, union to fight move
TORONTO – Regional transit agency Metrolinx plans to ban workers in so-called safety sensitive positions from using recreational cannabis on or off duty. The provincial agency that operates in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area says workers in approximately 140…
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Mother whose 11 year old son died in school bus accident calls for seatbelts
OTTAWA – Denna Weston was among the first on the scene of a school bus collision that killed her 11-year-old son in Alberta 19 years ago. It was a Friday in October. Jared, a Grade 6 student, was waiting for…
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Four workers injured in propane explosion outside Mississauga strip mall
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Police say four workers have been taken to hospital after a propane explosion outside a strip mall in Mississauga, Ont. Peel regional police Const. Harinder Sohi says five roofers showed up for work around 7 a.m. Thursday…
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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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Former Mountie involved in Taser death at Vancouver airport suing government
VANCOUVER – A former Mountie involved in the death of a man jolted by a Taser at Vancouver’s airport is suing the federal and provincial governments for damages, claiming he acted in accordance with RCMP training. Kwesi Millington was in…
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Four of 14 students in bus crash taken to hospital in B.C.’s Fraser Valley
MISSION, B.C. – Emergency Health Services says four students were taken to hospital following a school bus crash in Mission, B.C. Spokeswoman Shannon Miller says emergency responders received a report of the crash at about 3:15 p.m. She says 14…
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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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Women four times more likely to experience sexual assault at work
Violence-related injuries at work are on the rise across Canada and this is especially the case for women, according to two recent studies we conducted at the not-for-profit Institute for Work and Health. We found that women are four times…
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Pay gap between women, men in Canadian tech jobs is nearly $20K per year: study
TORONTO – Women in Canadian tech jobs, with a bachelor’s degree or higher, earn nearly $20,000 less a year than their male counterparts – and that pay gap can be just as stark for visible minority and Indigenous tech workers,…
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Two companies fined for workplace safety violations that led to worker’s injury
WEYBURN, Sask. – Two out-of-province companies have been fined for a work-site accident in Saskatchewan almost two years ago in which a worker injured his arm. Calgary-based Western Energy Services – operating as Horizon Drilling – and Great Western Tong…