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Trans Mountain costs estimate reach $12.6 billion

The cost to Canadian taxpayers to build the Trans Mountain pipeline has ballooned to 12.6-billion dollars from its initial estimate of 7.4-billion dollars. The president and C-E-O of the federally owned company provided an update...

Flight carrying Canadians from Wuhan lands in Ontario

A plane carrying Canadians from Wuhan, China, has landed at a military base in Ontario where they will spend 14 days under quarantine. The evacuation flight was arranged by the Canadian government. All of Canada's evacuees will s...

Canada has secured second charter flight to get Canadians out of Wuhan

Canada has secured second charter flight out of Wuhan, set to leave next week. The federal government has chartered a second flight to bring Canadians home from the centre of the new coronavirus outbreak next week. Foreign Affair...

Report about a fatal train derailment ready to be compiled

The Transportation Safety Board says it is ready to compile its report about a fatal train derailment near the Alberta-British Columbia boundary last year. A Canadian Pacific Railway grain train was stopped on a mountain slope near Field, B-C last February when it began moving and plummeted off a bridge. A conductor, engineer and trainee were killed. The safety agency says only the 13 cars and tail-end locomotive that remained on the track were recovered for examination. No data could be retrieved from the recorder in the lead locomotive because it was too damaged. ...

First charter flight to bring 211 Canadians home from Wuhan

Foreign Affairs Minister Francois Philippe Champagne says that the first charter flight from Wuhan will bring 211 Canadians home. Addressing a media briefing he said that a second charter flight is being considered. Champagne informed that weather complications delayed the flight to Wuhan by 4 hours. The 211 people on the manifest have been asked to reach the airport by 5PM local time. 308 Canadians had applied to be evacuated from the infected area in China, out of which 280 are Canadian citizens. China has maintained that only the people with foreign passports will be allowed to fly out of C...

Police seize $10 million in cocaine and meth

A Calgary man is facing charges after nearly 100 kilograms of cocaine and meth was seized from a vehicle in southern Alberta last week. Calgary police say the bust resulted from an investigation launched in November 2019 into a man thought to be involved in drug trafficking across Canada. Officers stopped the suspect Thursday while he was driving near Dorothy, Alta. about an hour and a half east of Calgary. The suspect was taken into custody and police say a search of the vehicle revealed nearly 47 kilograms of cocaine bricks and 48 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine. Staff Sgt. Kyle Grant ...

B.C. First Nations disappointed while industry welcomes Trans Mountain ruling

Several First Nations in southwest British Columbia are promising to continue to fight the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion while business groups are celebrating a court decision that upheld the federal government's approval of ...

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Canadians in Wuhan to be evacuated Thursday, government letter says

The federal government has notified Canadians waiting to be evacuated from Wuhan, China that they will be flown back to Canada later this week. The Canadian Press has obtained a copy of a letter sent to Canadians and permanent re...

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Canadians returning from Wuhan to be kept in a motel

Health Minister Patricia Hajdu says Canadians returning home from Wuhan will need physical and mental support once they arrive at Canadian Forces Base Trenton, where they will spend two weeks being monitored for the novel coronav...

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Deadly strikes resume across Gaza after Rafah crossing reopens, hospitals say about 20 killed

Deadly Israeli strikes hit northern and southern parts of Gaza again after Israel reopened the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, with local hospitals reporting that about 20 Palestinians were killed. Medical officials said casualties were brought to several facilities as attacks continued in multiple areas. The Israeli military said the strikes targeted what it described as militant positions. According to Israeli officials, the attacks were carried out in response to gunfire directed at Israeli troops operating in northern Gaza, an incident that left one Israeli officer seriously ...

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