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The majority of Quebec residents had their power back Monday morning after a strong storm swept across the province Sunday, knocking down power lines and flooding major intersections and buildings. Slightly more than 4,600 clients were without power across the province on Monday morning, according to Hydro-Quebéc’s outage map. This is down from the …
Read More »Tornado rips through Montreal area, uproots trees, overturns semi-trailer
A tornado that ripped through the Greater Montreal Area Wednesday night uprooted trees, overturned a semi-trailer and caused damage to infrastructure, Environment Canada says. The federal weather agency confirmed Thursday morning that a tornado touched down in Brossard, Que., at 8:12 p.m. The Northern Tornado Project (NTP), which is based …
Read More »Police K9 rips off man’s ear, no ground for charges: Ontario watchdog
Ontario’s police oversight agency says the extent of injuries suffered by a 28-year-old London man is “highly regrettable” but it has found no reason to lay any criminal charges against the officer handling the service dog that injured him. The unidentified man was bit several times in the buttocks, left …
Read More »Fire rips through Downtown Eastside Street Church, latest blaze on East Hastings Street
Vancouver firefighters battled a fire at a Downtown Eastside church on the 100 block of East Hastings Street for hours on Wednesday evening. Black smoke billowed from the second floor of the two-storey brick building as firefighters used multiple hoses from a crane and the street to attempt to control the …
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