Canada

Three detainees have escaped from a jail in Quebec province by helicopter, police in eastern Canada say. The helicopter swooped down late on Saturday and is believed to have flown off with the prisoners to the west, possibly towards Montreal.

Manon Perreault, a New Democrat MP from Quebec, has been suspended from her party’s caucus after criminal charges were laid against her, the party confirmed in a statement today.

It’s more than a bright, sunshiny day for one lucky Ottawan. The winning ticket from the Friday Lotto Max draw — worth $32,685,302.80 — was bought by someone in the capital, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation announced Saturday morning.

Commuters who use Howard Ave. north of Hwy.3 will have to adjust their route over the next month. Parkway Infrastructure Constructors, the consortium building the Rt. Hon. Herb Gray Pkwy., says the closure starts at 7pm tonight, and is in addition to the closure of Howard Ave. south of Hwy.3. Traffic on Hwy.3 shouldn’t be affected

Un homme est mort et un autre est à l’hôpital après une double prise de vue dans une zone industrielle à Woodbridge. La fusillade s’est produite à environ 18h40 dans un café sur Woodstream Boulevard près de l’autoroute 7 et Martin Grove Road, à Vaughan.

Members of a notorious Scarborough street gang were behind a suspected human trafficking ring that forced young teen girls to work as sex slaves in the GTA and outside the province, Toronto Police alleged Friday.

The RCMP is seeking hotel bills for Mike Duffy after new court documents show the suspended senator and his wife stayed in hotels for several weeks in Charlottetown, P.E.I., during the winter. The Mounties say Duffy spent 35 nights in Charlottetown hotels between 2009 and 2012, rather than at what he has claimed as his primary residence in Cavendish, a …

The head of the Fraser Health Authority has resigned, weeks before a government-ordered review is due to be released. The health authority’s board of directors announced Friday that CEO Dr. Nigel Murray is returning to his birthplace, New Zealand, for family reasons and for a new job. No severance will be paid to Murray because he is quitting, the announcement …

Winnipeg police are looking for a man after the attempted abduction of a 10-year-old girl in Crestview. The incident happened Wednesday at around 4 p.m. while the victim was walking in the area of Lumsden Avenue and Kay Crescent.

The “gross disproportion” of aboriginal children in foster care across Canada is a national embarrassment that demands action, says the man who led an overhaul of B.C.’s child welfare system. In a speech Thursday, Ted Hughes, a former judge and deputy attorney general, called on Canada’s premiers to place the issue on the agenda at their meeting in Charlottetown in …

The woman accused of abducting a newborn baby from a maternity ward in Trois-Rivières was back in court Thursday morning and has been deemed fit to stand trial. Valérie Poulin Collins, 21, next court appearance will be on June 18.