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• Python escapes pet store, strangles two young boys in New Brunswick
• Police investigating after body found on train tracks
• Edmonton skyline stunt amuses witnesses
• Duties waived by CBSA to reduce holiday border wait times
• Call for Tim Hudak leadership review could come as early as next month: report
• Alberta RCMP shootings fuel national debate on police violence
• Sinkhole swallows backhoe in downtown Montreal
• Eight finalists chosen in Canadian doughnut invention contest
• August long weekend deserves a national name
• Falling steel kills male pedestrian, 32, in downtown Montreal
• Are we hard-wired to buy Timmies for hundreds of strangers?
• Stock car driver dies during finale of Prince Edward Island speedway race
• Ottawa fire officials say passersby rescued man from burning SUV after crash
• Staying in the desert: NHL finalizes sale of Phoenix Coyotes to new owners
• Canada draws up directive on beacons in 787 fire investigation

Python escapes pet store, strangles two young boys in New Brunswick Posted: 05 Aug 2013 01:58 PM PDT Two children on a sleepover at an apartment above an exotic pet store in Campbellton, N.B., were strangled to death by a python that apparently escaped from the shop. RCMP said in a news release that its major crime unit … Continue reading →

Police investigating after body found on train tracks Posted: 05 Aug 2013 09:39 PM PDT Police in Winnipeg are investigating after a crew on board a train found a body on a Canadian National Railway track passing through St. Boniface Monday afternoon.

Edmonton skyline stunt amuses witnesses Posted: 05 Aug 2013 09:37 PM PDT Passers-by were treated with an unusual sight on the Edmonton skyline last night — three parachutists leaping from an unfinished highrise building.

Duties waived by CBSA to reduce holiday border wait times Posted: 05 Aug 2013 01:08 PM PDT You might think the lineups to get back into Canada after a long-weekend excursion into the United States are interminable, but it seems they could be much worse without a little-known tweak in the rules. Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) … Continue reading →

Call for Tim Hudak leadership review could come as early as next month: report Posted: 05 Aug 2013 12:41 PM PDT Last week, after the Tories won only a single seat in five provincial byelections, some analysts mused about Tim Hudak's days as PC leader being numbered. Not many of us, however, thought that it could happen this quickly. According to … Continue reading →

Alberta RCMP shootings fuel national debate on police violence Posted: 05 Aug 2013 12:22 PM PDT Canadians don't like to think their police are as trigger-happy as their American counterparts but a recent spate of police-involved shootings might trouble many. Just days after Toronto was stunned by the shooting death of teenager Sammy Yatim on an … Continue reading →

Sinkhole swallows backhoe in downtown Montreal Posted: 05 Aug 2013 04:39 PM PDT Emergency crews are on the scene after a sinkhole opened up in downtown Montreal and swallowed a front-end loader.

Eight finalists chosen in Canadian doughnut invention contest Posted: 05 Aug 2013 08:56 AM PDT Canadians have submitted more than 63,000 doughnut creations to a competition for a champion dessert, according to Tim Hortons, and voters must now choose between flavours such as banana, crab-apple and the astronomically-inspired Oreo Borealis. Sadly, none of the eight … Continue reading →

August long weekend deserves a national name Posted: 05 Aug 2013 10:27 AM PDT Across our great country, usually-hard-working residents are taking a well-deserved day of rest, kicking their feet up and relaxing in the name of one holiday or another. The August long weekend offers most of us an extra day of respite. … Continue reading →

Falling steel kills male pedestrian, 32, in downtown Montreal Posted: 05 Aug 2013 02:15 PM PDT MONTREAL - A huge slab of steel broke free from a front-end payloader in downtown Montreal on Monday, fatally slamming into a 32-year-old pedestrian.

Are we hard-wired to buy Timmies for hundreds of strangers? Posted: 05 Aug 2013 01:59 AM PDT Random acts of kindness are nothing new, but the recent flurry of cross-country generosity involving thousands of donated double doubles at Tim Hortons speaks to a deeper part of the human condition, researchers say.

Stock car driver dies during finale of Prince Edward Island speedway race Posted: 04 Aug 2013 12:19 PM PDT QUEENS COUNTY, - A man is dead after his vehicle crashed during the finale of a pro stock car race.

Ottawa fire officials say passersby rescued man from burning SUV after crash Posted: 05 Aug 2013 05:57 PM PDT OTTAWA - Ottawa fire officials are crediting passersby with saving a man from a burning SUV.

Staying in the desert: NHL finalizes sale of Phoenix Coyotes to new owners Posted: 05 Aug 2013 05:03 PM PDT After years of wondering in the desert, the Phoenix Coyotes' ownership saga appears to be over.

Canada draws up directive on beacons in 787 fire investigation Posted: 03 Aug 2013 12:27 PM PDT (Reuters) - Canada's air transport regulator is drawing up a safety directive concerning the emergency beacons at the center of an investigation into a fire on a parked Boeing 787 Dreamliner last month, it said on Saturday. The directive - which would list action that airlines or manufacturers must take - will take into account inspections done by manufacturer Honeywell International and its Canadian sub-contractor Instrumar Ltd, Transport Canada said in a statement. "Transport Canada is developing an airworthiness directive in consultation with the FAA (U.S. ...

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