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The deadly crash in Manitoba between a bus full of seniors and a semi has brought renewed attention on the safety of numerous so-called at-grade intersections on Canadian highways.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Police Department is committed to adopting the recommendations from a coroner's inquest into the beating death of Myles Gray, it says in a report submitted to its board, but advocates say key concerns remain unaddressed.

RCMP say 15 people died and 10 others were taken to hospital on Thursday after a bus collided with a semi-truck near Carberry, Man.

OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino's office said Thursday that it was informed about Paul Bernardo's pending prison transfer at several key junctures leading up to the move.

CARBERRY, Man. — RCMP say 15 people are dead and 10 are in hospital after a bus carrying people from Dauphin, Man., many of them seniors, collided with a semi truck.

Tumbler Ridge resident Joline Couture feared the worst last week when she prepared to pack up and leave under an evacuation order as wildfires loomed outside the small community in British Columbia's northeast.

OTTAWA — The Senate has passed a bill intended to unblock Canadian aid in Afghanistan without amendment.

OTTAWA — The fact Liberals are tabling new legislation to force the federal government to create and protect jobs is a recognition that the shift to a clean-energy economy is already happening, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Thurs

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. — A large police presence remains at a home in the northwest British Columbia city of Prince Rupert where four people were found dead.

MONTREAL — Residents who will lose land after the federal government expropriates properties in and around Lac-Mégantic, Que., for rail bypass say they are mulling a legal challenge.