Canada

The body of a military search-and-rescue technician who died after being buried in deep snow during a training exercise on an Alberta mountain was recovered late Wednesday.

Former Mayor Rob Ford was kicked out of council on Wednesday after he called city staff liars and refused to retract his statement. The mayor was referring to the fact that city staff never included a $20,000 cost for a trip to send people to Milan for Expo 2015.

A construction worker was sent to hospital with burns on his arm and face after an explosion in Liberty Village on Monday night.

Parks Canada searchers were finally able access a mountainous avalanche site Monday where they believe Sgt. Mark Anthony Salesse was buried by snow last Thursday, but the recovery effort continues.

Banned from seeking re-election as a Conservative because she broke party rules, MP Eve Adams bolted the government’s benches Monday to join Justin Trudeau’s Liberals.

Officials with the City of Saint John say enough snow has been cleared in an area that a state of emergency can be lifted. The city issued an update Sunday to say the cleanup was nearly complete in the Southern Peninsula portion of Saint John.

Tim Horton’s is issuing an apology after quite the stir on social media for an man allegedly pouring a bucket of water underneath the sleeping bag of a sleeping homeless person and his dog in front of the restaurant Friday morning.

Windsor police have made an arrest in the murder of a pregnant woman, laying several charges that hint at the brutality of the crime. Police say they are continuing with the investigation into Cassandra Kaake’s death last December and are gathering additional information as a result of the arrest. Police say Matthew Brush, 26, of LaSalle, Ont., is facing six …

Joseph Pepin and Cara Duval, two patients who escaped from a mental-health facility in North Bay, Ont.,​ have been located after they were injured in a head-on crash in Saint-Simon-de-Rimouski, Que.​

A 47-year-old youth soccer coach from Surrey was arrested in Washington state Tuesday for allegedly pursuing a 12-year-old girl for sex, say U.S. officials.

Three Ottawa men were charged Tuesday by the RCMP Integrated National Security Enforcement Team with taking part in activities related to financial and ideological support of IS, the jihadist group that controls large regions in Iraq and Syria.