Canada

Manitoba bus crash brings focus on safety of at-grade intersections in Canada

The deadly crash in Manitoba between a bus full of seniors and a semi has brought renewed attention on the safety of numerous so-called at-grade intersections on Canadian highways. BC Trucking Associa...

Jun 15, 2023

A list of mass casualty bus and van crashes on Canadian highways

RCMP say 15 people died and 10 others were taken to hospital on Thursday after a bus collided with a semi-truck near Carberry, Man. Little information was immediately available about the deceased, but...

Jun 15, 2023

Reaction to highway crash that killed 15 in Manitoba

CARBERRY, Man. - RCMP say 15 people are dead and 10 are in hospital after a bus carrying people from Dauphin, Man., many of them seniors, collided with a semi truck. Here is some of the reaction: "I'm...

Jun 15, 2023

Senate passes long-delayed bill aimed at unblocking Canadian aid in Afghanistan

OTTAWA - The Senate has passed a bill intended to unblock Canadian aid in Afghanistan without amendment. The Criminal Code changes allow development workers to apply for exemptions from terrorism laws...

Jun 15, 2023

'Vindication': Appeal court reinstates justice of the peace who critiqued bail system

OTTAWA - Justice of the peace Julie Lauzon will return to the bench following an Ontario Court of Appeal ruling in her favour, which found the punishment she received for writing a 2016 column critici...

Jun 15, 2023

Reports of multiple deaths in crash on Manitoba highway

WINNIPEG - At least 15 people are dead and several others taken to hospital with injuries following a highway crash involving a bus and semi-trailer west of Winnipeg. Manitoba RCMP are calling the cra...

Ian Holmes Jun 15, 2023

Bill that would force Meta, Google to bargain with publishers closer to becoming law

OTTAWA - A bill aimed at getting tech giants such as Meta and Google to pay publishers for news that appears on their platforms is one step closer to becoming law. Bill C-18, also known as the online ...

Jun 15, 2023

Four found dead in Prince Rupert, B.C., home; police say deaths considered homicide

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - There's a large police presence at a home in the northwest British Columbia city of Prince Rupert where four people were found dead. A neighbour, who didn't want to disclose her ...

Jun 15, 2023

State of emergency to be lifted in Lytton, B.C., two years after fire destroyed town

LYTTON, B.C. - Almost two years after a wildfire ripped through Lytton, B.C., residents will soon be able to return to their properties. Council for the Village of Lytton has voted to allow the local ...

Jun 15, 2023

Vancouver Police Board to receive department's report on Myles Gray inquest

VANCOUVER - A report to the Vancouver Police Board says the department is committed to adopting both recommendations from a coroner's inquest into the beating death of Myles Gray, but advocates say ke...

Jun 15, 2023