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Workers' daily commute to Mexico City ends in tragedy in fatal train-bus collision
ATLACOMULCO, Mexico (AP) - The freight train's horn rang out shortly before it cleaved in two a double-decker bus carrying domestic and construction workers to Mexico's capital on Monday morning, leav...
Sep 08, 2025

New Vancouver policing district for Downtown Eastside as task force results unveiled
VANCOUVER - Plans are underway to establish a new policing district in the Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, after a temporary task force in the neighbourhood produced what police are calling "significan...
Sep 08, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Police say remains identified as missing B.C. woman Jessica Cunningham
MAPLE RIDGE - Police say human remains that were found at a home in Maple Ridge, B.C., last month have been identified as those of missing woman Jessica Cunningham, who was last seen in July. More com...
Sep 08, 2025

B.C. orders some farmers to stop using water to protect endangered chinook salmon
VICTORIA - The provincial government has ordered some farmers and other users in southern B.C. to turn off their water taps, because "severe low flows" are threatening endangered chinook salmon. Rande...
Sep 08, 2025

Manitoba grand chief calls for better cell service after mass stabbings
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba grand chief says better cell coverage could help responses to emergencies such as last week's mass stabbings on Hollow Water First Nation. Grand Chief Jerry Daniels of the Southe...
Sep 08, 2025

B.C. strike escalates but doesn't hit liquor sites, as province unveils 4.5% offer
SURREY, B.C. - The president of the British Columbia General Employees' Union says an expansion of job action in the province's public service strike doesn't immediately include liquor or cannabis dis...
Sep 08, 2025

Quebec mom accused of abandoning her child in rural Ontario to stand trial next week
SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD - A Montreal mother charged with abandoning her three-year-old daughter in a field in rural Ontario has been scheduled to stand trial on Sept. 15. The court has heard that the...
Sep 08, 2025

Suspect pleads not guilty in triple stabbing at 2023 Vancouver Chinatown festival
VANCOUVER - The man accused of stabbing three people at a festival in Vancouver's Chinatown in September 2023 has pleaded not guilty to three counts of aggravated assault. Blair Donnelly, who attended...
Sep 08, 2025

Suspect pleads not guilty in triple stabbing at 2023 Vancouver Chinatown festival
VANCOUVER - The man accused of stabbing three people at a festival in Vancouver's Chinatown in September 2023 has pleaded not guilty to three counts of aggravated assault. Blair Donnelly, who attended...
Sep 08, 2025

Man arrested for impaired driving of pink Barbie truck in Prince George, B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE - A British Columbia man has been arrested for allegedly driving a pink toy Barbie truck down a city street while impaired. RCMP in Prince George, B.C., say officers encountered the man ...
Sep 08, 2025