ILES-DE-LA-MADELEINE, Que. -- The plane crash that killed ex-cabinet minister Jean Lapierre and six other people appears to be an "approach-and-landing accident," the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said Wednesday.
Safety board begins probe into plane crash that killed Jean Lapierre
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Plane carrying Lapierre’s brother-in-law makes emergency landing
A plane carrying a dozen people,
including the brother-in-law of the
late
Jean Lapierre, landed safely in the
Gaspesie region after one of its
engines
shut down mid-flight.
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New charges for man accused of sexually exploiting more than 2,000 boys online
A New Brunswick man suspected of sexually exploiting more than 2,000 young people online now faces new charges.
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Nova Scotia man writes his own obituary: 'The devil finally called my name'
GLACE BAY, N.S. -- A Cape Breton man has written his own obituary, posthumously declaring himself "a pretty nice guy ... despite what some people would say about me."
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P.E.I. to allow abortions
Prince Edward Island has agreed to provide abortions within the province by the end of the year, ending decades of forcing women to travel to neighbouring provinces to access the procedure.
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NDP Leader Tom Mulcair thinks Trudeau should denounce Donald Trump
OTTAWA -- Donald Trump is a "fascist," according to NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, who criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for not speaking out against the Republican Party leadership candidate.
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MPs, senators get pay hike as Canadians struggle with stagnant wages, rising unemployment
Members of Parliament and senators will get a
$3,000 increase Friday in their base salary, while
cabinet ministers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
will receive a larger raise – at a time when
Canadians are struggling with stagnant wages and
rising unemployment.
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Police costs across Canada rising despite sinking crime rate
The recent furor over comments by
Toronto's outgoing deputy chief of
police about cutting officers to save
money focused the spotlight anew on
policing costs that keep rising even
as Canada's crime rate plunges and its
economy sputters.
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'I don't want to talk about that': RCMP boss reluctant to discuss avoiding ticket
The Commissioner of the RCMP was
reluctant to answer questions about a
speeding ticket he avoided after being
stopped by an officer along a British
Columbia highway.
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Longtime Ontario Triple-A coach blasts the 'crazy' parents who are 'ruining minor hockey'
There are three different types of
“crazy hockey parents,” says an
anonymous coach who has worked with
Triple-A boys teams in Ontario for about
15 years.
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Soldiers 'unable to pay their mortgages' as pension wait times prompt daily complaints: Watchdog
Canada's military ombudsman is being
bombarded daily with complaints from
retiring soldiers over delays in
receiving pension cheques -- a problem
Gary Walbourne says will only get
worse with looming changes to the
federal bureaucracy.
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Mulcair appears to shave his beard and other April Fool’s pranks on the Hill
Once a year, the fools on the Hill let
their hair down and this April 1, NDP
leader Tom Mulcair appeared poised to
do
the real thing.
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Engines on Jean Lapierre plane were functioning at time of crash: TSB
Initial assessments of the plane that
crashed with Jean Lapierre and six
other people on board indicate its
engines were operational at the time
of the accident, the Transportation
Safety Board of Canada said Friday.
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An igloo and a caribou: Nunavut MLA, companions hunkered down to wait for rescue
IQALUIT, Nunavut -- Lost on the tundra
and low on fuel, Pauloosie Keeyootak
knew there was only one thing he could
do to keep himself, his son and his
nephew alive.
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PM: Canada will offer $42M to help protect nuclear material from terrorists
World leaders watched a video of a hypothetical nuclear terrorist plot Friday as they closed out a two-day summit dedicated to ensuring such a calamity never comes to pass.
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No winning ticket for $44-million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO -- No one has the winning ticket for the $44-million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw.
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Self described 'former punk' Angus Brian MacDonald's self-written obituary has many talking about the Nova Scotia man
GLACE BAY, N.S. — He calls himself "a
pretty nice guy despite being a former
punk and despite what some people would
say about me."
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N.S. teens charged with trafficking weapons in school gun incident
HALIFAX -- Two teenage boys were remanded Wednesday on 20 weapons-related charges each in connection with the discovery of a bag of weapons and ammunition in woods near a local high school.
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Montreal teen in terror case gets three-year sentence
MONTREAL -- A Montreal teen convicted on
two terrorism-related charges has been
handed a three-year sentence.
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Libs launch review to decide future size and shape of Canada's military
OTTAWA -- The Trudeau government has
embarked on its long-awaited review on
the future of the Canadian Armed Forces,
something it hopes to have completed in
time for the next federal budget cycle.
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