B.C. teen Piper James was forced into water by dingoes, coroner says
Andrew Stafford / theglobeandmail - James was on a backpacking trip and had been working on the island of K’Gari when she died on Jan. 19
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Historic Montreal church destroyed by fire; flames spread to adjacent retirement home
sootoday - MONTREAL — A fire has destroyed a historic former church in southwestern Montreal and the flames spread to an adjacent seniors home. The fire broke out around 1:40 a.m. in the former Saint-Paul Church in the city's Sud-Ouest borough.
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Update: REM service returns after another truck hit a viaduct
James Mennie, Montreal Gazette / montrealgazette - A similar incident at the same viaduct at Marcel-Laurin Blvd. disrupted REM service last November.
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Girl whose hoodie got trapped in a chairlift mechanism dies of her injuries
Jack Wilson / montrealgazette - "Her sweet bubbly spirit and love for those around her will live on," her parents said in a statement days after the Outaouais ski hill incident.
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Businessman Frank Stronach's Toronto sex assault trial begins after delay
sootoday - TORONTO — The sexual assault trial of Canadian auto parts magnate Frank Stronach has begun in Toronto after more than a week of delay.
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Ottawa girl, 13, seriously injured in Wakefield ski-lift incident
Norman Provencher / ottawacitizen - A 13-year-old girl is in serious condition at CHEO after suffering life-threatening injuries while dismounting a ski chair lift at Vorlage.
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Liberal MP asks government to reconsider return-to-office policy for public servants
sootoday - OTTAWA — The Liberal who unseated Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre from his Ottawa-area riding in the last election is criticizing the government's new return-to-office policy for federal workers.
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B.C. firm says some workers found dead after abduction from Mexico mine
sootoday - VANCOUVER — A Vancouver-based firm that operates a mine site in Mexico where 10 workers were abducted last month has heard from "a number of families" that their relatives have been found dead, the company said Monday.
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Man arrested for alleged arsons at U of T campus; Suspect sought after TTC worker threatened
Spiro Papuckoski / torontosun - Police also investigating shooting at mall in Rexdale that left man in his 30s with life-threatening injuries
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3 Nova Scotia hockey players face sexual assault charges in alleged hazing
Eddie Chau / torontosun - RCMP say the allegations involve a hockey team in the Truro area, just north of Halifax
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At least 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in eastern Congo, rebel authorities say
sootoday - GOMA, Congo (AP) — At least 200 people were killed earlier this week when a landslide collapsed several mines at a major coltan mining site in eastern Congo, rebel authorities said Saturday.
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CFIA official tells of threats and harassment that dogged ostrich cull operation
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - As Canadian Food Inspection Agency workers prepared for a cull of hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm, they came under a variety of harassment from opponents of the operation, said a senior official with the agency. They peaked with the “extr…
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Manitoba nurse stripped of licence after wrongly giving patient drugs
Kevin Hirschfield / globalnews - A registered nurse who wrongly administered fentanyl, nearly killing a patient, and asked a doctor to approve the move after the fact has been stripped of her licence.
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B.C mining firm says 10 workers have been abducted from mine in Sinaloa, Mexico
Jackson Loy / westernstandard - Vancouver-based mining company, Vizsla Silver Corp., has released a statement saying that ten individuals have been abducted from a mining site in Concordia, Mexico.
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Labs damaged in flood at Montreal mental health institute
theglobeandmail - Four labs were damaged after burst pipes sent water pouring through an aging building at a Montreal mental health hospital and research centre, in what a staff member describes as the latest sign the facility is in desperate need of repair.
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Toronto faces major cleanup after record snowfall
theglobeandmail - Toronto mayor and city manager say the cleanup after a record-breaking winter storm that left mountains of snow across Toronto and the surrounding areas is expected to take several days as a snow day was declared for schools across the region and commuter…
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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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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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Five Brampton men charged following tow truck-related fight
Jane Stevenson / torontosun - Charges relate to a fight that broke out on Halloween
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Cypress Mountain chairlift fall claims life of Maple Ridge man
Western Standard News Services / westernstandard - An 18-year-old man from Maple Ridge has died following a fall from a chairlift at Cypress Mountain Resort, West Vancouver Police confirmed Friday.
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