Grand Rapids RCMP Investigate Fatal Collision
A young child is dead following a fatal collision near Grand Rapids Monday night.
RCMP were called to a single vehicle crash around 8:30pm on Highway 60, a few minutes west of the Highway 6 junction.
Upon arrival, officers found a minivan in a ditch with several bystanders nearby.
Initial investigation shows the van had been occupied by a driver and five other passengers.
An eight year-old-boy was pronounced deceased at the scene, while the other passengers suffered various non-life threatening injuries.
Alcohol has not been ruled out as a contributing factor in the collision.
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Another Bomb Threat Made Against WestJet
For the fourth time in less than a week, a Canadian passenger jet has had to make an emergency landing because of a threat made against it.
Last night, WestJet took once again to Twitter to say one of its planes had received a bomb threat.
Flight WS323 was travelling from Toronto to Saskatoon and while it managed to land at its destination safely, the 113 passengers and five crew members were forced to disembark on the tarmac.
This time is was via stairs. When a WestJet flight en route from Edmonton to Toronto was forced to divert to Winnipeg on Monday night because of an unspecified threat, passengers had to jump down evacuation slides.
Six people sustained minor injuries.
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Manitoba Politicians Close Shop For Summer
The spring sitting of the Manitoba legislature has ended.
The government passed more than 20 new laws, including one that bans tanning bed use by children and another that provides new supports for workers with post-traumatic stress disorder.
One of the main points of contention was the NDP budget, which pushed back plans for balanced books and added to the provincial debt.
The legislature is to reconvene October 20th, and the provincial election is slated for April 19th next year.
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Evacuations Could Expand In Wildfire Zones
Evacuees who have had to flee wildfires in northern Saskatchewan will be spending Canada Day worrying and waiting to see what will happen next.
About three-thousand people had been forced from their homes yesterday and Premier Brad Wall says that number could rise to five-thousand.
Evacuations started late last week in about a dozen communities around La Loche and La Ronge.
Evacuation centres have been set up in Prince Albert, North Battleford, Swift Current, Saskatoon and Regina.
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Escaped Convicts Had Successful Dry-Run Operation
New details continue to emerge about how two convicted killers managed to break out of a maximum facility prison in upstate New York June 6th.
The two men started digging through the walls back in January -- and nobody noticed.
The surviving prisoner, David Sweat, told investigators that he and Richard Matt used only hacksaw blades to dig free, and that the two did a dry-run the night before the actual escape.
Twelve officials at Dannemora facility have been placed on leave while an investigation into the prison break continues.
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How Canadian Are You, Eh?
A new poll released in time for Canada Day supports some -- but not all -- of the old cliches about being Canadian.
The Ipsos-Reid poll finds 81 per cent of Canadians admit they use the word ``eh'' at least once a day.
And 35 per cent of us consider back bacon to be the national food, while 30 per cent say it's poutine.
But when it comes to hockey, only 18 per cent call it the greatest sport on Earth and 40 per cent consider themselves only casual fans.
And only 16 per cent of respondents said they've ever been inside an igloo.
