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• Tories slammed for distributing flyer with ‘fake Braille’
• Charges laid after hostage situation with child
• Jet fuel spill evacuation order lifted in B.C.
• Witness posts video of Toronto police shooting man
• Video: Lac-Megantic residents say outside support helping
• A closer look at falling crime statistics
• Lac-Megantic mass: 'Our town...mourns its children'
• Vancouverites feud over proposed bike lane in wealthy area
• Record-breaking rainfall drenches N.B.
• Video: Harper joins crowds at emotional Quebec memorial
• Video: Unaccompanied child refugees flocking to Canada
• Five women cut swim across Lake Ontario short over safety
• Ontario Liberals face tough challenge in by-elections
• Scouts Canada volunteer, lifeguard accused of sex assault
• Fuel truck crashes into B.C. creek forcing evacuations
• B.C. teacher cleared in sex case says trials ruined life
• B.C. gamer, 5, who died honoured by community
• Hiker recovering in hospital after polar bear attack
• Premiers say Senate is not a priority: They’re wrong
• A hot day, a parked car — and tragic consequences
• Due to possible Sochi boycott, bring Games to Vancouver
• Crash kills six people in Saskatchewan
• Quebec town mourns victims of fuel-tanker train disaster

Tories slammed for distributing flyer with ‘fake Braille’ Posted: 27 Jul 2013 11:48 AM PDT This has to be one of the most biggest blunders in the history of Canadian political mail-outs. There are multiple reports about Conservative MPs sending out flyers touting their programs that help the disabled enter the workforce. As part of … Continue reading →

Charges laid after hostage situation with child Posted: 27 Jul 2013 10:22 PM PDT Five people have been charged after a hostage situation Friday in Ottawa in which a man barricaded himself inside a home with a small child.

Jet fuel spill evacuation order lifted in B.C. Posted: 27 Jul 2013 06:58 PM PDT Officials in British Columbia's Central Kootenay region have lifted the evacuation order affecting about 1,500 people after a tanker truck tipped over and spilled 35,000 litres of jet fuel into Lemon Creek.

Witness posts video of Toronto police shooting man Posted: 27 Jul 2013 06:41 AM PDT Ontario's Special Investigations Unit is probing a fatal shooting involving Toronto police after a man was killed on a TTC streetcar overnight Friday.

Video: Lac-Megantic residents say outside support helping Posted: 27 Jul 2013 10:45 AM PDT The owner of a pharmacy in Lac-Megantic says the outpouring of support for the devastated Quebec community is important. Claude Charron says outside support helps locals feel less alone in their grief.

A closer look at falling crime statistics Posted: 27 Jul 2013 10:12 AM PDT There is a telling graph published this spring in a report by the Parliamentary Budget Office on the pace criminal justice spending versus the rate of crime.

Lac-Megantic mass: 'Our town...mourns its children' Posted: 27 Jul 2013 03:25 PM PDT LAC-MEGANTIC, Que. - Thousands of people came together Saturday in this Quebec town, dabbing tears and clutching each other as they remembered victims of the fiery train disaster that obliterated the heart of their community.

Vancouverites feud over proposed bike lane in wealthy area Posted: 27 Jul 2013 10:33 AM PDT Calgarians are digging out from the aftermath of a historic flood; Montrealers are picking up their jaws over the arrest of yet another mayor; and Torontonians remain transfixed by the foibles of the scandal-plagued Mayor Rob Ford.

Record-breaking rainfall drenches N.B. Posted: 27 Jul 2013 07:03 AM PDT At least one car flipped and several others went skidding as heavy rainfall hit New Brunswick on Friday, creating dangerous driving conditions and some flooding.

Video: Harper joins crowds at emotional Quebec memorial Posted: 27 Jul 2013 09:30 AM PDT Prime Minister Stephen Harper was among the dignitaries at a memorial service in Lac-Megantic Saturday. Crowds filled the town's church and surrounding streets, three weeks after a train derailment killed 47 people.

Video: Unaccompanied child refugees flocking to Canada Posted: 26 Jul 2013 06:54 PM PDT Children are sent overseas by their parents to start new lives in Canada alone, the CBC's Ron Charles reports

Five women cut swim across Lake Ontario short over safety Posted: 27 Jul 2013 01:32 PM PDT WHITBY, Ont. - Five women who set out for a five-day relay swim across the length of Lake Ontario were relieved to be on solid ground Saturday.

Ontario Liberals face tough challenge in by-elections Posted: 27 Jul 2013 07:20 AM PDT By the end of next week, Ontario voters will have selected five new representatives to send to Queen's Park. And those choices could significantly change the way politics is done in the province. Five ridings — two in Toronto and … Continue reading →

Scouts Canada volunteer, lifeguard accused of sex assault Posted: 26 Jul 2013 05:54 PM PDT Ottawa police have charged a current City of Ottawa lifeguard, who is also a former Scouts Canada volunteer and former swim coach, with several sex offences in relation to three boys under 16 years old.

Fuel truck crashes into B.C. creek forcing evacuations Posted: 27 Jul 2013 06:02 PM PDT WINLAW, B.C. - The smell was so overpowering that it didn't take much to convince Lil Meloche to grab her dogs and leave her rural British Columbia home after a tanker carrying 35,000 litres of jet fuel crashed into a nearby creek.

B.C. teacher cleared in sex case says trials ruined life Posted: 26 Jul 2013 05:27 PM PDT A Vernon, B.C., teacher who was found not guilty of sexually assaulting a student says her five-year legal ordeal has devastated her career and her finances.

B.C. gamer, 5, who died honoured by community Posted: 27 Jul 2013 11:44 AM PDT The Internet is full of people and organizations with their virtual hands out, appealing for money to support political parties, environmental causes, medical research, or maybe acquiring a video of a mayor smoking crack. And as this CNN report notes, … Continue reading →

Hiker recovering in hospital after polar bear attack Posted: 27 Jul 2013 08:01 AM PDT A man who was part of a hiking group touring a remote national park in northern Labrador is recovering in a Montreal hospital after a polar bear attacked him.

Premiers say Senate is not a priority: They’re wrong Posted: 27 Jul 2013 01:44 AM PDT If you were hoping that Canada's premiers would show some leadership and chutzpah about Senate reform, you are going to be greatly disappointed. The message our premiers were touting on Friday — the final day of annual Council of the … Continue reading →

A hot day, a parked car — and tragic consequences Posted: 27 Jul 2013 10:41 AM PDT In one week in early July, two Canadian toddlers died after being left in hot cars, one in Alberta, one in Ontario.

Due to possible Sochi boycott, bring Games to Vancouver Posted: 27 Jul 2013 01:36 AM PDT A few years ago, when Olympic organizers in Sochi were fraught with financial and administrative problems, some suggested that the Winter Games could default back to Vancouver for 2014. Obviously, it didn't happen. But with all the recent talk of … Continue reading →

Crash kills six people in Saskatchewan Posted: 27 Jul 2013 06:43 PM PDT LLOYDMINSTER, Sask. - Six people died in a collision involving a semi and another vehicle, RCMP said Saturday.

Quebec town mourns victims of fuel-tanker train disaster Posted: 27 Jul 2013 12:16 PM PDT By Christinne Muschi LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (Reuters) - Hundreds of mourners filled the streets of Lac-Megantic, Quebec, on Saturday, as the families of the 47 people killed in North America's worst railway disaster in two decades attended a memorial service at a local church. A trumpeter on the street played Ave Maria to the mourners as they gathered outside St Agnes church to watch the service on a massive screen. "It's still difficult," said Chantal Guay, a local resident who was among the crowd outside church. "We're all family in Lac-Megantic, everyone knows each other. ...

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