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Train cars leave the tracks in B.C.'s Kootenay region near Alberta's boundary
CALGARY - Federal investigators are looking into a train derailment in British Columbia's Kootenay region near the Alberta boundary. The Transportation Safety Board says in a statement that a team is ...
Sep 03, 2025

Montreal transit constables should be better armed, says workplace safety board
MONTREAL - Quebec's workplace safety board says Montreal's transit constables fear for their security and should be better armed. Its recommendation is included in a report the board produced for the ...
Sep 03, 2025

System failed Quebec girl whose 2019 killing led to youth protection reforms: coroner
MONTREAL - A coroner says Quebec's child protection services failed a young girl from Granby, Que., whose death in 2019 galvanized the province into reforming the system. Ghane Kamel's report says ins...
Sep 03, 2025

Temperatures reach 40 C in Lytton, B.C., as heat warnings persist across province
VANCOUVER - Heat warnings and air-quality advisories are persisting in parts of British Columbia after daily high temperature records fell in a dozen communities, and the mercury rose to 40 C in the F...
Sep 03, 2025

Spanish Vuelta stage cut short because of disruption by pro-Palestinian protesters near finish line
BILBAO, Spain (AP) - The 11th stage of the Spanish Vuelta was cut short and finished without a winner because of a disruption by pro-Palestinian protesters near the finish line in the Basque Country c...
Sep 03, 2025

Families of Boeing crash victims, including Canadians, make potential final plea for criminal prosecution
DALLAS (AP) - Families of some of the 346 people killed in crashes of Boeing 737 Max jetliners held photos of their dead loved ones Wednesday outside a federal court in Texas, where a judge is hearing...
Sep 03, 2025

Canada will thank U.S. President Donald Trump in 20 years, former Quebec premier says
QUBEC - Jean Charest says Canada will eventually thank U.S. President Donald Trump for providing the country with a much-needed economic shakeup. The Quebec premier between 2003 and 2012 told business...
Sep 03, 2025

Iran increased stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium before Israeli attack, UN agency says
VIENNA (AP) - Iran further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels before Israel launched its military attack on June 13, a confidential report by the United Nations' ...
Sep 03, 2025

Poilievre calls on Liberals to scrap the temporary foreign worker program
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberals to scrap the temporary foreign worker program and to stop issuing visas under the program. Poilievre argues a jobs crisis among...
Sep 03, 2025

AUC approved Medicine Hat to upgrade power transmission lines
The City of Medicine Hat has received approval from the Alberta Utilities Commission to construct and operate the East Ring Enhancement Project.The project will upgrade 24 kilometres of 40-year-old el...
Sep 03, 2025