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Commander calls Snowbirds crash 'worst nightmare' as Forces begins investigation

OTTAWA — A team of military investigators arrived in British Columbia on Monday to begin searching for answers into Sunday's deadly Snowbird crash, which the aerobatic team's commander described as a confluence of "worst-case scenarios, and it became

May 18, 2020 3:07 PM Read more >

Team member killed in Snowbirds crash remembered as proud native of Halifax

HALIFAX — The Snowbirds aerobatic team member who was killed in the crash of one of its Tutor jets is being remembered fondly as a proud native of her hometown of Halifax. Capt.

May 18, 2020 11:00 AM Read more >

Asylum seekers on front line of Quebec's COVID-19 battle in care homes

MONTREAL — Some of the of asylum seekers who have come to Canada in recent years have found the path to a new life has taken them straight to the front lines of Quebec's COVID-19 crisis, where hundreds are believed to be working in hard-hit long-term

May 18, 2020 10:36 AM Read more >

Mass killing: Nova Scotia has been through hard times before, but not like this

DEBERT, N.S. — On days when he's feeling up to it, Nick Beaton heads to a rural road just outside of Debert, N.S., where a makeshift memorial pays tribute to his late wife and unborn child.

May 18, 2020 9:31 AM Read more >

For most elected officials, likes and shares on Twitter hard to come by: study

WASHINGTON — Social media was supposed to be the great equalizer, but a majority of elected officials in Canada, the United States and elsewhere are struggling to connect with people on Twitter, a new study suggests.

May 18, 2020 7:15 AM Read more >

Police identify 2 killed in Oakville, Ont., shooting that also injured 2 others

OAKVILLE, Ont. — Police have identified two people killed in an Oakville, Ont., shooting over the weekend that also injured two others. Officers were called to a commercial business in an industrial area of the city west of Toronto around 3:10 a.m.

May 18, 2020 6:23 AM Read more >

Feds quietly probe expanded role for child care in post-pandemic recovery

OTTAWA — The federal government has been quietly probing how to provide provinces with more money annually for child care, as part of what sources describe as an issue that is at, or near, the top of the Liberal agenda to restart the economy.

May 18, 2020 3:00 AM Read more >

Timeline for fatal crashes involving Canada's Snowbirds aerobatic team

The crash of a Snowbird plane in Kamloops, B.C., on May 17 claimed the life of Capt. Jenn Casey, a public affairs officer with the Canadian Forces aerobatic team. The pilot of the jet, Capt. Richard MacDougall, was seriously injured.

May 18, 2020 2:22 AM Read more >

A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown

Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19.

May 18, 2020 1:00 AM Read more >

One dead, one injured after Canadian Forces Snowbirds plane crash in Kamloops, B.C.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — One member of the Canadian Armed Forces has died and another is injured after a Snowbird plane crashed in a residential area of Kamloops, B.C.