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Teen dies during Montreal St. Patrick's parade
Organizers of Montreal's St. Patrick's parade were in shock Sunday night after a 19-year-old man was run over and killed by a parade float downtown, the first fatality in the history of the 186-year-old event.
Canada.com | 28 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Canada.com | 28 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Charges considered after machete used in altercation
Police and Crown attorneys were trying to decide Sunday whether to lay charges against an individual who used a machete Saturday during an altercation.
Canada.com | 1 hour, 7 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Canada.com | 1 hour, 7 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Parti Quebecois breaks ties with left-wing 'political club'
The Parti Quebecois has broken off ties with a left-wing political club, while officials continue to deny the party has become more right-wing.
Canada.com | 1 hour, 8 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Canada.com | 1 hour, 8 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Plans for new fleet of armoured combat vehicles back on track
A multibillion-dollar plan to buy a fleet of new armoured combat vehicles for the army is back on after the Defence Department has decided that the program should be a priority.
Canada.com | 1 hour, 36 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Canada.com | 1 hour, 36 minutes ago | comment? | recommend

Killer avalanche near Revelstoke, B.C., had been building all season, say experts The Canadian Press - The victims of Saturday's killer avalanche in British Columbia were caught in a snow slide powerful enough to destroy a house, one that had been building all season and lacked only a trigger, an avalanche specialist said Sunday.
Yahoo! | 1 hour, 58 minutes ago | comment? | recommend

Man had seconds to hug his son tight as B.C. avalanche swept over them The Canadian Press - REVELSTOKE, B.C. - In the seconds before a wall of snow swept over them, George Hall turned, wrapped his ams around his 13-year-old son as tightly as he could and hugged him.
Yahoo! | 2 hours, 8 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
'You had nowhere to go'
One moment, Shawn Dougan and Brittany Hague were surrounded by beauty; the next, the Calgary couple feared for their lives as a wall of snow roared toward them
The Globe and Mail | 2 hours, 12 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
The Globe and Mail | 2 hours, 12 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
B.C. avalanche survivors recall panic, chaos
Less than a day after a devastating avalanche killed at least two people in eastern British Columbia, survivors told harrowing stories of being swept up by the falling snow as others described the chaos and panic as they searched for their friends.
Canada.com | 2 hours, 13 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Canada.com | 2 hours, 13 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Museum acquires Inuit prints from acclaimed Cape Dorset catalogue
It's a classic image of the Canadian Arctic: two caribou grazing in a stark northern land, an iconic scene composed in the unique, stripped-down style that would propel the Inuit printmakers of Cape Dorset to international acclaim in the 1960s.
Canada.com | 2 hours, 17 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Canada.com | 2 hours, 17 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
B.C. avalanche leaves community on edge
The town of Revelstoke and its tight-knit snowmobiling community remain on edge Sunday while the search resumed for victims of an avalanche that killed two men and injured dozens.
Canoe.ca | 2 hours, 20 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Canoe.ca | 2 hours, 20 minutes ago | comment? | recommend

