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.
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says the body of Teagan Batstone was discovered in the trunk of a vehicle in South Surrey on Wednesday.
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A 52-year-old female pedestrian is dead after being struck by a tractor trailer Wednesday evening in New Westminster, B.C.
VANCOUVER — Birds at two more farms in southwestern British Columbia have tested positive for avian influenza, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Wednesday — underscoring the difficulty facing officials attempting to contain the virus.
PITT MEADOWS, B.C. — Emergency responders say the crash of a Cessna airplane at an airport in British Columbia's Fraser Valley has sent the pilot to hospital.
The man accused of attacking a doctor in the psychiatric ward at the hospital in Penticton, B.C., will undergo a mental-health assessment to determine if he can be held criminally responsible for his alleged actions.
NANAIMO, B.C. — Firefighters on central Vancouver Island had to use chainsaws to free a man trapped inside his home that was partially buried by a mudslide.