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Underground bunker found near Pan Am Games venue in Toronto

An underground bunker was found near one of the Pan Am Games venues in Toronto, raising questions about why it was built and who’s responsible. 2

Montreal man makes it his mission to wash away racist graffiti

Montrealer Corey Fleischer, who owns a Montreal-based power washing company, is using his skills and equipment to remove racist graffiti from the walls of Montreal buildings. And he's doing it for free. 0 1
Bed bug fumigant likely to blame in Alberta baby's death

An eight-month-old baby is dead and four other children are in hospital after their mother used a fumigant to get rid of bed bugs in their Fort McMurray, Alta., apartment. 135
Vince Li, who beheaded bus passenger, should go to group home: psychiatrist

Experts are recommending a man who beheaded a fellow passenger aboard a Greyhound bus should be transferred from a mental facility to a Winnipeg hospital with an eye to moving him to a community group home. 2
Deep freeze: Record-setting low temperatures grip Ontario, Quebec

The groundhogs that predicted several more weeks of winter appear to know what they were talking about, as parts of Quebec and Ontario continue to experience temperatures several degrees colder than normal. 8 4
More countries restrict Canadian beef due to mad cow, says CFIA

More countries are restricting Canadian beef over concerns about mad cow disease. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency website says Peru, Belarus and Taiwan have imposed temporary restrictions on beef imports. 1
Mother of Elijah Marsh, Toronto boy who died in the cold, invites public to funeral

The family of Elijah Marsh, the three-year-old Toronto boy who died after wandering outside on a bitter cold morning, will be remembered at a visitation service on Thursday. 0
Suspect in fatal Alberta explosion called victim 'pain in the ass,' Crown says

A jury must decide whether a financial adviser is wrongly accused of murdering his disabled client, or a calculating killer who built a bomb, disguised it as a Christmas present and left it on the doorstep of her central Alberta home.
B.C. patients ask Federal Court to overturn new medical marijuana regime

The federal government's decision to prevent Canadians from growing their own medical marijuana and instead forcing them to buy it from commercial producers has robbed them of affordable access to medicine, says a lawyer for a group of patients. 1
Nova Scotia men who set homeless man on fire plead guilty to murder

Two Nova Scotia men who doused a homeless man with gas and set him on fire with a cigarette lighter while he was sleeping in a bus shelter pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder. 1
Winnipeg police seek help in solving 17-year-old murder

Police in Winnipeg are asking for the public's help as they renew an investigation into the 1998 murder of Evelyn Stewart, who was found badly beaten in a parking lot and whose murder has gone unsolved for almost 17 years. 4
Ontario train derailment shows new safety standards inadequate: TSB

An investigation into the recent derailment in Ontario of a freight train carrying crude oil suggests new safety standards introduced after the Lac-Megantic, Que., tragedy are inadequate, Canada's transport investigator said Monday. 0
Twins pulled from Gatineau apartment fire have died

No charges will be laid in a kitchen fire that claimed the lives of 12-year-old twins in Gatineau, Que., police said Monday. 2
Despite terror threat, shoppers continue to visit West Edmonton Mall

Canada is 'completely unprepared' for an attack on a shopping mall or other large public place, says one security expert, after Somali terror group al-Shabab urged Muslim fighters to launch attacks in North America and Europe and named the West Edmonton Mall as a potential target. 19
Mohamed Fahmy 'baffled' as retrial postponed

Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy says he's worried he could be facing a long retrial on terror-related charges in Egypt after prosecutors announced Monday they are postponing his case until next month. 17 4

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