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FERGUS FALLS — A prosecutor urged a jury Thursday to find two accused human smugglers guilty, saying the men cared more about money than people's safety and their actions led to the deaths of a family of four in a prairie blizzard.

The aircraft went off the runway after landing Tuesday afternoon, though none of the three crew members aboard was hurt.

MONTREAL — Municipal officials have opted to end water fluoridation on the Island of Montreal in a move spurred by a petition from a resident who claims he has the support of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

About 300 cameras will be issued to officers in Mission first, then to other communities, including Tofino and Ucluelet, and Cranbrook, Kamloops and Prince George.

The new infection occurred within two kilometres of one of the earlier cases in a white-tailed deer near Cranbrook — something SFU's Kaylee Byers called the “best news of bad news.”

The bomb cyclone — a weather system triggered by a rapid drop in atmospheric pressure — brought winds as high as 170 km/h on Tuesday. Friday's storm isn't expected to be as intense.

A former police officer involved in the case of an Ottawa man who died after a violent arrest had several testy exchanges with lawyers during Thursday's cross-examination at a coroner's inquest, and rejected suggestions that racism played a role in h

OTTAWA — A significant increase in the number of refugees and asylum seekers in Canada has prompted some cities to start building temporary housing for new arrivals.

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly welcomed president-elect Donald Trump's pick for the next U.S. ambassador in Ottawa, a former longtime Michigan congressional representative who voted for NAFTA and later wavered on new free trade deals.

MONTREAL — Quebec's auditor general says the province's Education Department has done little in the past two decades to help Indigenous students in Quebec, whose graduation rates lag behind those of Indigenous students in other provinces.