Wednesday, October 8, 2014

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RCMP investigating suspected extremists heading abroad, returning from fights
Canada to step up border checks for Ebola; will use targeted temperature screens
Bond set in US for 1 of 3 Afghan officers accused of leaving training exercise to seek asylum
CN Rail service to resume after fiery Canada derailment

RCMP investigating suspected extremists heading abroad, returning from fights

Posted: 08 Oct 2014 05:37 PM PDT

OTTAWA - The RCMP has about 63 active security investigations on 90 suspected extremists who intend to join fights abroad or who have returned to Canada, said Bob Paulson, commissioner of the national police force.

Canada to step up border checks for Ebola; will use targeted temperature screens

Posted: 08 Oct 2014 09:01 PM PDT

TORONTO - Canada will step up border screening to try to prevent an Ebola importation to this country, federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose said Wednesday.

Bond set in US for 1 of 3 Afghan officers accused of leaving training exercise to seek asylum

Posted: 08 Oct 2014 08:49 PM PDT

BATAVIA, N.Y. - A U.S. immigration judge set bond at $25,000 Wednesday for one of three Afghan military officers who face deportation after taking off from a Massachusetts training exercise last month to seek asylum.

CN Rail service to resume after fiery Canada derailment

Posted: 08 Oct 2014 04:43 PM PDT

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian National Railway will resume service on a line in rural Saskatchewan on Wednesday after workers removed debris from a fiery train derailment that occurred a day earlier and led to the evacuation of a nearby village. Twenty-six cars derailed near the community of Clair, Saskatchewan, on Tuesday. Six of the derailed cars were carrying dangerous goods, and two of the cars, loaded with petroleum distillate, caught fire. The four other derailed cars that were carrying dangerous goods were intact. Two were hauling hydrochloric acid and two were hauling caustic soda. ...

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