LES COTEAUX, Que. — A man and woman and one of their children are dead after a fire at an apartment building southwest of Montreal early this morning.
Quebec provincial police say two other children were seriously injured in the blaze.
The fire broke out at about 2:30 a.m. in the community of Les Coteaux.
According to a regional fire official, the two adults and three children were unconscious when they were removed and transported to hospital.
The fire was extinguished by 6 a.m.
KELOWNA, B.C. — Police in Kelowna, B.C., are investigating the stabbing death of a passenger aboard a bus before the suspect fled the scene.
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A 19-year-old man charged in connection with the stabbing of a boy on a Newfoundland soccer field is due back in court Nov. 20.
HALIFAX — Police say an armed man dressed as Batman tried to hold up an armoured vehicle as guards were making a delivery at a bank in the Halifax area.
OTTAWA — Canada's major banks and credit card companies have reached a deal with the federal government to cut the fees charged to merchants for credit transactions, sources familiar with the negotiations say.
LONGUEUIL, Que. — Warrant officer Patrice Vincent, who died after being hit by a car driven by an attacker with known jihadist sympathies, was a man who could easily command attention, says one of his colleagues.
KUWAIT CITY — Two Canadian CF-18 fighters conducted the country's first combat mission over Iraq, but bad weather west of Baghdad prevented them from striking any Islamic State targets, the task force commander said Friday.