At least 15 die after truck hits bus carrying elderly people in Manitoba, Canada
Ottawa, CanadaReuters At least 15 people were killed in the Canadian prairie province of Manitoba on Thursday after a semi-trailer truck hit a small bus that was carrying a group of mainly elderly people, local police said. The crash is one of the most lethal road accidents in recent Canadian history. Separately, the Winnipeg Free […]
Canadian hospitals, strapped for staff, strain with sick children
Toronto, CanadaReuters Canadian hospitals are straining to care for an influx of sick children, many with respiratory illnesses, in the midst of staffing constraints and as a shortage of children’s over-the-counter medication sends more kids to hospital. Hospitals across the country are reassigning staff to paediatric care and putting children in other parts of hospitals, […]
Retired priest, 92, charged with indecent assault after Canadian residential school probe
Reuters A retired priest has been charged with indecent assault following a decade-long investigation into a residential school in Manitoba, Canadian police said on Friday. Arthur Masse, 92, was arrested and charged on Thursday with a single charge of indecent assault on a 10-year-old girl at Fort Alexander Residential School in Manitoba. A Royal Canadian […]
Canada’s Trudeau vows action after four freeze to death in “mind blowing” tragedy
Ottawa, CanadaReuters Canada is doing all it can stop people smuggling across the US border after a family of four froze to death in a “mind blowing’ tragedy, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday. US authorities have charged a US man with human trafficking after the four – a man, woman, baby and teenager […]