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Mexican man arrested for attempting to smuggle family into U.S. across Niagara River in rubber raft
U.S. Border Patrol agents have arrested two men and one woman after they entered America by crossing the Niagara River from Canada in a rubber raft. On March 15, the people involved were spotted on infrared camera inflating a raft on the Canadian shoreline at Boyers Creek, says the CBP. (Boyer’s Creek is a tributary…
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Porter to launch flights from revamped Montreal airport
Porter Airlines plans to launch a dozen routes this summer from the overhauled Montreal Metropolitan Airport, as Canada’s third-largest carrier seeks to gain purchase in the competitive domestic market and start putting its half-billion-dollar investment to work.
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Air Canada cockpit voice recorder reveals what happened in lead up to LaGuardia crash
Officials investigating the collision between an Air Canada plane and a fire truck on a New York airport runway this week revealed on Tuesday what was captured by the cockpit voice recorder in the final three minutes before the crash, shedding more light on the last moments of two deceased pilots. In a National Transportation…
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Close nomination loopholes exploited by Longest Ballot Committee, MPs say
OTTAWA — A committee studying the impact of protest group the Longest Ballot Committee (LBC) in recent Canadian elections is calling on Parliament to close nomination loopholes the group has used to flood ballots with paper candidates. In a report released Tuesday , MPs representing a multipartisan House of Commons committee on democratic procedures recommended…
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RCMP probe corruption allegations at Calgary city hall; warrants executed on current, former councillors
An RCMP-led corruption investigation is underway and at least one current and one former Calgary city councillor, as well as a business were subject to search warrants executed last week, CBC News has learned.
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Hiker dies after slipping down B.C.’s Brunswick Mountain while trying to help companion
A man who slipped and fell between 100 and 150 metres while trying to help a companion during a hike on one of the tallest mountains in Metro Vancouver’s North Shore has died of his injuries.
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Montreal Victoire captain Marie-Philip Poulin to sit out at least 2 more weeks with leg injury
The Montreal Victoire have placed captain Marie-Philip Poulin on long-term injured reserve, the Professional Women’s Hockey League team announced Tuesday.
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Graduation ceremonies should steer clear of ‘divisive or contentious issues,’ says Ontario memo to school boards
The memo, signed by Education Minister Paul Calandra and addressed to educators and school board staff, warns that failure by school boards to meet those expectations “poses a real risk to student well-being.”
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OHL says Chatham-Kent would get expansion team if it builds big enough arena
Bryan Crawford, the league’s commissioner, says the average seating capacity at OHL arenas is around 5,000, and that they cost in the range of $150-$200 million to build.
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No limits on notwithstanding clause, Quebec government argues
OTTAWA — There should be no new limits on the use of the notwithstanding clause even if a “tyrant” could one day take power and use it to run roughshod on fundamental rights, the Quebec government told Canada’s top court amid a challenge to Quebec’s secularism law. “It is not the role of the court…