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Woman injured in Manitoba bus crash dies in hospital, bringing death toll to 16
DAUPHIN, Man. - A woman injured in last week's crash between a minibus and a transport truck in Manitoba has died in hospital, bringing the death toll to 16. RCMP said the woman, who had been in hospi...
Jun 21, 2023
Misinformation can distort national debates on important issues, chief justice warns
OTTAWA - Canada's chief justice is warning that the global rise in misinformation threatens national institutions and processes that underpin democracy. The Supreme Court's Richard Wagner said in a sp...
Jun 21, 2023
Police arrest 45, seize 440 weapons in Canada-wide raids targeting 3D-printed guns
MONTREAL - A Quebec-based anti-gun unit says 45 people have been arrested and 440 guns have been seized in raids targeting manufacturers of 3D-printed or "ghost" guns across eight provinces. The squad...
Jun 21, 2023
Explosion hits a building in Paris, injuring four people. Police are trying to determine the cause
PARIS (AP) - A strong explosion hit a building in Paris' Left Bank on Wednesday, leaving four people injured and igniting a fire that sent smoke soaring over the domed Pantheon monument and prompted t...
Jun 21, 2023
Underwater noises heard in desperate search for submersible missing with 5 aboard near Titanic
A Canadian military surveillance aircraft detected underwater noises as a massive operation searched early Wednesday in a remote part of the North Atlantic for a submersible that vanished while taking...
Jun 21, 2023
As wildfires rage on, NDP calls for increase to tax credit for volunteer firefighters
OTTAWA - New Democrats are calling on the federal government to increase the tax credit for volunteer firefighters as they combat wildfires raging across the country. MP Gord Johns held a news confere...
Jun 21, 2023
Two missing RCAF members found dead after helicopter crash near Petawawa
The Department of National Defence says two Royal Canadian Air Force members who had been missing since a Chinook helicopter crashed in eastern Ontario have been found dead.The pair was found late Tue...
Jun 21, 2023
Ministry employee accused of being involved in immigration scheme
At Saskatchewan's Ministry of Immigration and Career Training, a former employee is being accused of accessing client information as part of what was described as an immigration "scheme."According to ...
Jun 21, 2023
Tammy Sutton-Brown, Rowan Barrett headline Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame class
TORONTO - Tammy Sutton-Brown and Rowan Barrett headline the 2023 class of the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame. Both Sutton-Brown and Barrett will be inducted as athletes. They both now work as execut...
Jun 21, 2023
Trudeau raises flag honouring residential school survivors on Parliament Hill
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised a flag on Parliament Hill this morning to honour Indigenous people who were forced to attend residential schools. He said the Survivors' Flag also serves ...
Jun 21, 2023