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KELOWNA, B.C. — An RCMP officer who interviewed survivors of the deadly Christmas Eve bus crash near Merritt, B.C., says it's time for passengers to throw out their false sense of security on buses and buckle up.

MONTREAL — The number of Hydro-Québec customers without power dropped by more than 5,000 Thursday, though the utility said it was unsure when everyone who lost electricity during last week's major winter storm would be reconnected.

Six police officers have been killed in Canada since September. Here's a look at their cases and who they were: Const.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Police in Lethbridge, Alta., have charged a 59-year-old man with first degree murder in his wife's death.

MONTREAL — The three respiratory viruses that had been causing chaos in the fall in Quebec hospitals — COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus — are all on the decline, the province's public health research institute said Thursday.

OTTAWA — The federal government has set aside $6.9 million to cover the cost of dealing with last winter's "Freedom Convoy" protests at Canada's busiest border crossing, according to Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino.

OTTAWA — The war in Ukraine has identified critical gaps in the Canadian Army's ability to fight and survive on the battlefield, leading to an unanticipated rush to buy new military equipment.

VICTORIA — A sailor and his two dogs are recovering on Vancouver Island thanks to life-saving action by the United States Coast Guard.

OTTAWA — David Saint-Jacques says he has always been "obsessed" with the notion of perspective — from the physical, like understanding where we are in space and what's beyond the clouds, to the philosophical.

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