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'Not anything the crew did:' TSB says fatal train derailment started on its own
CALGARY - A Canadian Pacific freight train parked on a frigid night in the Rocky Mountains began to move on its own before a derailment that killed three workers and sent 99 grain ...
Feb 07, 2019
Charge dropped against aspiring Bloc candidate who confronted Trudeau
MONTREAL - The Crown has withdrawn a charge of obstructing a peace officer against an aspiring Bloc Quebecois candidate who confronted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a public eve...
Feb 07, 2019
CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie secures four more international deals
HELSINKI - CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie concluded his trip to Europe on Thursday by adding four more international partners. The league announced it has secured partnership agreements with foo...
Feb 07, 2019
Scientists intrigued by remains of pregnant, sixgill shark on B.C. beach
SAANICH, B.C. - Scientists say the carcass of a large, bluntnose sixgill shark that washed onto a Vancouver Island beach north of Victoria earlier this week is a great reminder that there are about 12...
Feb 07, 2019
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Nearly 1,500 die of illicit overdose: B.C. coroner
VICTORIA - Despite significant efforts to combat overdose deaths in British Columbia, the provincial coroner says illicit drug overdose deaths increased to 1,489, just over the 2017 death total. ...
Feb 07, 2019
Mayor optimistic following SUMA convention
Prince Albert's Mayor is optimistic more money will soon be coming to the city following a successful round of discussions this week at the annual Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association convent...
Feb 07, 2019
Maple Leafs sign Auston Matthews to lucrative five-year contract extension
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs got their man and some salary cap certainty. Auston Matthews got rich. The Leafs signed their 21-year-old star centre Tuesday to a US$58.17, five-year contract extens...
Feb 07, 2019
B.C. Speaker's report prompts accountability change at legislature
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it will implement accountability reforms at the legislature following a call by three independent watchdogs for sweeping changes to restore pu...
Feb 07, 2019
Reaction to Liberals' Indigenous languages law: 'landmark' and 'colonial'
OTTAWA - A national Inuit organization says it is disappointed in the Liberals' new legislation meant to protect Indigenous languages. The Liberals tabled the bill Tuesday, two years after promising a...
Feb 07, 2019
Town tortured by smell of fermenting seafood wafting from abandoned factory
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A Newfoundland town is being tormented by the unbearable smell of seafood sauce left to ferment in large vats when a factory was abandoned more than a decade ago. The owner abandone...
Feb 07, 2019
