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124 children affected by January gas leak that forced evacuation of Montreal school
Montreal public health officials said Tuesday 124 children suffered symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning following a gas leak last January that forced the evacuation of their elem...
Jun 20, 2019
33K pounds of cocaine seized in one of biggest US drug busts
PHILADELPHIA - U.S. authorities seized 33,000 pounds, or 15,000 kilograms, of cocaine from a ship at Philadelphia's port in what they described as one of the largest drug busts in American history. Th...
Jun 20, 2019
Environmental assessment overhaul, tanker ban bills face final vote in Senate
OTTAWA - The Liberal government's push to make climate change impacts part of the assessment process for new national resource projects faces its final hurdle today. Bill C-69 is back in the Sena...
Jun 20, 2019
Tampa Bay Rays exploring splitting home games with Montreal
The Tampa Bay Rays have received permission from Major League Baseball's executive council to explore a plan that could see the team split its home games between the Tampa Bay area and Montreal. Commi...
Jun 20, 2019
Veterinarian: Bulldog swallows 19 baby pacifiers
BOSTON - A Boston veterinary hospital got quite a surprise recently when a family brought in their bulldog after he stopped eating. The Angell Animal Medical Center found 19 baby pacifiers in the dog'...
Jun 20, 2019
FBI got tip about Dallas courthouse shooter in 2016
DALLAS - A federal law enforcement official says the FBI received a call about a 22-year-old man three years before he opened fire on a courthouse in downtown Dallas. Brian Isaack Clyde was shot and k...
Jun 20, 2019
SOUND OFF: Horgan continues to stand in the way of B.C.'s prosperity
THIS WEEK, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT reapproved the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project which, according to a new poll also released this week, will be welcome news to most British Columbians. Howe...
Jun 20, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Jon Stewart keeping up pressure on Mitch McConnell
NEW YORK - Comic Jon Stewart used his buddy Stephen Colbert's late-night show to keep the heat on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for passage of legislation to replenish a victims' fund for fir...
Jun 20, 2019
Sheer spectacle: Paris is the real star of menswear shows
PARIS - The French capital, in all its splendor and architectural beauty, was the star of Paris Fashion Week Thursday as houses put on elaborate outdoor displays in some of the city's most iconic squa...
Jun 20, 2019
Calgary manslaughter trial hears five-year-old boy victim of weeks of abuse
CALGARY - A Calgary manslaughter trial has heard a boy who came to Canada for a better life instead endured weeks of abuse at the hands of his grandfather. Prosecutor Shane Parker delivered closing ar...
Jun 20, 2019
