Canada

More than 300 people had a surprise stop in Halifax last night. Just after 9:20 p.m. Aug. 5, RCMP responded to a call regarding a fire onboard United Airlines Flight 999 from New York to Europe.

An Edmonton man was airlifted to hospital Sunday night after he shot and killed a wounded black bear as the bear bit and tackled him.

Ontario Provincial Police are searching for two young girls, aged 9 and 10, who have been missing from the campground near Calabogie since Monday night.

A Canadian couple, who ran a popular coffee shop on the country’s border with North Korea, was detained by Chinese authorities on Monday for allegedly stealing state military secrets.

Two people died Sunday night after a personal watercraft crashed into rocks near Dow Island in Petawawa, according to Ontario Provincial Police.

RCMP are saying a 24-year-old Leduc woman has died from a suspected drug overdose at the Boonstock Music Festival. Paramedics responded to a report of an overdose just before midnight Friday and RCMP say the girl was rushed to hospital where she later died.

The Burlington Skyway will be closed for the entire weekend, forcing tens of thousands of holiday weekend travellers to find alternate routes around the vital artery into Toronto and the Golden Horseshoe. Astrid Poei from the Ministry of Transportation confirmed the closure Friday afternoon and said there would be no further updates from the ministry until Monday.

Reputed gang leader Ducarme Joseph was fatally shot in the Saint-Michel neighbourhood last night. Around 10:15 p.m. Friday a man in his forties was found bleeding in a parking lot at St. Michel at St. Ange from multiple wounds to his upper body.

RCMP have closed a 19-year-old cold case after a body was discovered near Jasper. Police have confirmed that a body found by hikers on Thursday is that of a 28 -year-old New Brunswick man who was reported missing on Jan. 31, 1995 while climbing alone on the glacier.

The chief of the Coquitlam First Nation whose $914,000 remuneration has sparked outrage says most of it is a bonus for bringing economic development to his people, including an $8-million partnership with the Evergreen Line rapid transit system.

A case of skulduggery in Hinton and RCMP there hope you can help them pin down an identity. It was well over a year ago, in February, 2013 when a family in Hinton found a human skull while cleaning out a relative’s garage. The homeowner had died years before so he wasn’t around to explain the skull.