Category Archives: Canada

Investigation into plane crash at Pearson airport continues as black box recovered
TORONTO - Delays at Toronto's Pearson airport may continue today as investigators work to determine what caused Monday's fiery crash landing of a Delta Air Lines plane with 80 people on board. Investi...
Feb 19, 2025

Ontario election 2025: Some leaders making stops in Ottawa, Guelph
Two of Ontario's main political party leaders will be making campaign stops in Ottawa and Guelph regions today. Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie is set to make a morning announcement in Clarence-Rockland...
Feb 19, 2025

Backcountry skier killed in avalanche near Golden, B.C.
A backcountry skier in B.C. has been killed in an avalanche near the community of Golden. The RCMP says two men were reported unaccounted for at 10 p.m. Monday night, and had not been heard from since...
Feb 18, 2025

Leak of containment pond at site of Yukon mine disaster impacting creek: officials
Officials in Yukon say they believe about 19 million litres of cyanide-contaminated water leaked from a containment pond at the site of a mining disaster last year before the problem was spotted and t...
Feb 18, 2025

Toronto plane crash adds to recent accidents that may rattle travellers: psychologist
With a plane sitting upside-down on the tarmac at the Toronto airport, Anne Robinson remained pragmatic about the slim chance she could end up in a similar crash. "Deep down, it does (scare me), but i...
Feb 18, 2025

Analyst: Gusts, landing apparatus may have contributed to Pearson plane crash
A veteran aviator and flight instructor of commercial passenger jets says the "variable" gusty winds in Toronto as well as possible mechanical issues with the landing gear may have contributed to the ...
Feb 18, 2025

Judge rules RCMP remarks racist, but B.C. pipeline protesters' convictions will stand
A B.C. Supreme Court judge says members of the RCMP made "grossly offensive, racist and dehumanizing" remarks about Indigenous women who were arrested in 2021 during a blockade of Coastal GasLink pipe...
Feb 18, 2025

Judge rejects sexsomnia defence, finds Manitoba man guilty of child sex assault
WINNIPEG - A judge has rejected the defence of a Manitoba man who claimed he was suffering from sexsomnia, a rare sleep disorder, when he sexually assaulted an 11-year-old boy. Provincial court Judge ...
Feb 18, 2025

Inuit call on PM to step in as child funding program approaches March end date
OTTAWA - The head of Canada's national Inuit organization is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step in to save a program that helps fund services for Inuit kids. In a letter sent to Trudeau ...
Feb 18, 2025

Man dead after he is found in snow-covered car with engine running in Montreal
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner will investigate the death of a 57-year-old man found inside a snow-covered vehicle with its engine running, after two major snowstorms hit the city over four days. Montrea...
Feb 18, 2025