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• Two believed to have survived float plane crash in B.C.
• North Battleford celebrates baseball and hometown star
• Alberta issues warning over toxic algae bloom
• Breathalyzer use under renewed attack in B.C.
• Complaint about Tim Hortons taps into Canadian identity
• Canada lets Quebec rail disaster company operate through October 1
• Man shot and killed by RCMP officers in northeastern Alberta
• Canada's only unionized Wal-Mart votes to decertify
• Ottawa police looking for girl, 8, and mother
• Van driver charged in crash that killed TTC passenger
• Alberta Flood Aid broadcast blackout sparks outrage
• 40 pythons found in Brantford, Ont., motel; children were in room, police say
• Teen orphaned by Lac-Mégantic derailment finds a friend — and hope
• Toronto car crash victims robbed as they waited for paramedics
• Do all senators meet residency rules? NDP wants to know
• Hikers woken by screams during Labrador polar bear attack
• Canada’s worst ‘road-rager’ could be this man
• Forty distressed pythons rescued from Canadian motel room

Two believed to have survived float plane crash in B.C. Posted: 16 Aug 2013 06:55 PM PDT TOFINO, B.C. - A float plane carrying a group of hikers into a remote Vancouver Island park crashed shortly after take-off Friday, leaving two unharmed survivors, two injured and two dead.

North Battleford celebrates baseball and hometown star Posted: 16 Aug 2013 08:53 PM PDT Minnesota Twins rookie Andrew Albers is creating a lot of buzz in his hometown.

Alberta issues warning over toxic algae bloom Posted: 16 Aug 2013 08:41 PM PDT A blue-green algae bloom on Lac Ste. Anne has sparked a warning from Health Link Alberta.

Breathalyzer use under renewed attack in B.C. Posted: 16 Aug 2013 01:37 PM PDT For years, police have relied on hand-held breath-testing machines as their main tool for determining whether a driver is impaired. Critics have questioned the hand-held breathalyzer's accuracy and reliability almost from the beginning but the courts have upheld their use. … Continue reading →

Complaint about Tim Hortons taps into Canadian identity Posted: 16 Aug 2013 11:01 AM PDT There is something intrinsically Canadian about Tim Hortons, that cross-country coffee shop frequented by campaigning politicians, construction workers, mothers, children and everyone else. We love talking about their coffee just about as much as many people enjoy drinking it. We … Continue reading →

Canada lets Quebec rail disaster company operate through October 1 Posted: 16 Aug 2013 05:57 PM PDT (Reuters) - Canada will let the rail company whose tanker train blew up in a Quebec town last month, killing 47 people, operate through early October after the firm provided new evidence about its insurance, a government regulator said on Friday. The July 6 crash was North America's deadliest rail accident in two decades. It took place when a runaway train hauling tankers of crude oil derailed in the center of the little Quebec town of Lac-Megantic, and exploded in a series of giant fireballs. The town center was flattened and an estimated 1.48 million U.S. gallons (5. ...

Man shot and killed by RCMP officers in northeastern Alberta Posted: 16 Aug 2013 04:07 PM PDT COLD LAKE, Alta. - RCMP have shot and killed a man on a reserve in northeastern Alberta.

Canada's only unionized Wal-Mart votes to decertify Posted: 16 Aug 2013 05:18 PM PDT Workers at Canada's only unionized Wal-Mart, in Weyburn Sask., have voted 51-5 to decertify their union.

Ottawa police looking for girl, 8, and mother Posted: 16 Aug 2013 05:21 PM PDT Ottawa police are asking for the public's help in locating Angel Anderson, an eight-year-old girl, and her mother who were last seen Friday near the Gloucester Centre at 1980 Ogilvie Rd.

Van driver charged in crash that killed TTC passenger Posted: 16 Aug 2013 05:26 PM PDT The driver of a van that slammed into a TTC bus on Tuesday, killing a passenger, has been charged with a half-dozen criminal offences.

Alberta Flood Aid broadcast blackout sparks outrage Posted: 16 Aug 2013 04:46 PM PDT The Alberta Flood Aid concert broadcast came to an abrupt stop prior to Nickelback's performance, leaving many people watching at home wondering what happened. The reaction on social media was swift and intense.

40 pythons found in Brantford, Ont., motel; children were in room, police say Posted: 16 Aug 2013 07:01 PM PDT BRANTFORD, Ont. - Police and witnesses say there were children staying in a southern Ontario motel room where 40 pythons were seized.

Teen orphaned by Lac-Mégantic derailment finds a friend — and hope Posted: 16 Aug 2013 09:23 AM PDT Sébastien Lecours' father died in December. Last month, the 18-year-old lost his mother, Marie-Noëlle Faucher, in the horrific train derailment in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. Now a compassionate stranger is helping him rebuild his life. Gérald Gosselin, in his 60s, lost both … Continue reading →

Toronto car crash victims robbed as they waited for paramedics Posted: 16 Aug 2013 08:26 AM PDT There are times, which occur more often than one might wish, when the overwhelming sense of human depravity and rottenness become so prescient that the only rational response is to reject society entirely and build a new life in isolation. … Continue reading →

Do all senators meet residency rules? NDP wants to know Posted: 16 Aug 2013 11:30 AM PDT NDP MP Charlie Angus wants a clear answer on whether current senators meet constitutional residency requirements, after an audit found Senator Pamela Wallin spends more time in Toronto than Saskatchewan, the province she was appointed to represent.

Hikers woken by screams during Labrador polar bear attack Posted: 16 Aug 2013 05:43 PM PDT A U.S. hiker vividly recalls the night one of his fellow campers was pulled from his tent and attacked by a polar bear in Torngat Mountains National Park in northern Labrador.

Canada’s worst ‘road-rager’ could be this man Posted: 16 Aug 2013 12:14 PM PDT He's only 25 but Timothy Justin Mack has already racked up a fearful record of terrorizing his fellow motorists in Edmonton. Mack was arrested July 31, and charged with several offences after allegedly chasing another car and allegedly trying to … Continue reading →

Forty distressed pythons rescued from Canadian motel room Posted: 16 Aug 2013 02:04 PM PDT (Reuters) - Canadian authorities have rescued 40 distressed pythons from a motel room where they were being improperly held in plastic storage bins, police said on Friday. Police found the snakes, ranging from 1 foot to 4-1/2 feet in length, in a motel in Brantford, a city about 100 km (62 miles) southwest of Toronto. "The snakes were not being suitably cared for and were in distress. The anxious officers called the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals who attended and took 40 pythons into their care," local police said in a statement. The snakes are expected to be fine, they said. ...

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