Eby tells anti-extortion chief to demonstrate urgency or step down

sootoday - British Columbia Premier David Eby has warned the head of a police anti-extortion task force to step aside if he cannot demonstrate "a sense of urgency" in the fight against blackmailers who have been shooting up homes and businesses in the Lower Mai

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Former flight attendant from Toronto posed as pilot and received hundreds of free flights: U.S. authorities

sootoday - HONOLULU (AP) — A former flight attendant for a Canadian airline posed as a commercial pilot and as a current flight attendant to obtain hundreds of free flights from U.S. airlines, authorities said.

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Montreal’s Jacques Cartier Bridge closed after building fire

theglobeandmail - Fire is in a vacant building on the Montreal side of the span, at the intersection of De Lorimier Ave. and Logan St.

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Brooks RCMP charge man with human trafficking, believe there may be more victims

Ken MacGillivray / globalnews - RCMP have charged a 46-year-old Brooks man with a number of offences involving allegations of human trafficking and believe there may be other victims.

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Nenshi accuses Smith’s UCP of playing blame game over Calgary water main

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Naheed Nenshi was Calgary’s mayor during part of the time when, a report says, projects to inspect and perform maintenance on the water line were deferred for other priorities.

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Calgary man arrested after two-year international child abduction

Western Standard News Services / westernstandard - A Calgary man has been charged with child abduction more than two years after allegedly fleeing the city with his five-year-old son, authorities confirmed.

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'I'm traumatized': Terrified Haitians in the US make dangerous journey to Canada

Charlotte Glorieux / nationalobserver - Frantz André says his phone rings every day with scared Haitians in the United States considering the dangerous journey across the northern border.

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Le Massif de Charlevoix cancels ski season after employees reject contract offer

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Management says that to ensure safe skiing conditions, Le Massif had to continue artificial snow-making by the end of the month and operations needed to resume as of Tuesday.

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Hearings begin at Supreme Court on constitutionality of random police traffic stops

sootoday - MONTREAL — The Supreme Court of Canada started hearing a case on Monday about whether it's constitutional for police to make random traffic stops, after Quebec's highest court ruled that the practice leads to racial profiling.

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Doctors in FIFA World Cup cities worry about ER capacity, strain on health system

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Doctors in Canada's FIFA World Cup host cities say they're concerned the already strained health-care system will buckle if an unexpected surge happens during the tournament.

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Public hearing into 2015 Vancouver police beating death of Myles Gray gets underway

Darryl Greer / nationalobserver - A public hearing into the 2015 police beating death of Myles Gray gets underway today in Vancouver.

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High-speed trains collide after one derails in southern Spain, killing at least 21

sootoday - BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A high-speed train derailed, jumped onto the track in the opposite direction and slammed into an oncoming train Sunday in southern Spain, killing at least people 21 and injuring dozens more, the country's transport minister sa

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On-duty OPP officer charged with impaired driving

John Marchesan / citynews - An Ontario Provincial Police constable with 17 years of service is facing drunk driving charges while on duty. The Southern Georgian Bay OPP detachment began an investigation on Jan. 15. involving one of their members. They say 39-year-old Christopher Pro…

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Durham, Ont. police say officer shot when responding to armed person call

Sean Previl / globalnews - Durham Regional Police say officers were responding to a call about an armed person in Oshawa, Ont., when both the suspect and an officer were shot.

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Wind tears wall off rancid N.L. fish sauce plant

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - A foul-smelling abandoned fish-sauce factory in rural Newfoundland has become an environmental hazard after high winds tore the front wall off the building on Friday night.

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Keith Gerein: Edmonton’s hospital crisis an ongoing story of half-measures and false promises

Keith Gerein / edmontonjournal - Like the fable of the ant and the grasshopper, a lot of time has been wasted in this province on harmful system reorganizations, divisive culture war battles and other nonsense instead of preparing for winter. And now it’s here

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Details of compensation plan for owners of banned firearms to be announced today

sootoday - OTTAWA — Owners of banned firearms can expect to learn more today about federal plans to compensate them for turning in or permanently deactivating their guns.

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Judge rules feds in Minneapolis immigration operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters

sootoday - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal officers in the Minneapolis-area participating in its largest recent U.S.

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Calgary police investigating stabbing outside southwest high school

Ken MacGillivray / globalnews - Calgary police say a 17-year-old was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition following a stabbing near Henry Wise Wood High School in southwest Calgary on Friday afternoon.

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