SURREY, B.C. - RCMP say a man was injured after he was struck by a freight train in Surrey, B.C., on Sunday afternoon.
Police say the 58-year-old Surrey man was trying to get his dogs off the train tracks as the train was approaching.
They say the man was hit by the train, which was travelling at a low speed as it was attempting to stop.
The man sustained non-life threatening injuries and he was taken to hospital.
The dogs were not injured.
Inhaling smoke from a wildfire can be equal to smoking a couple of packs of cigarettes a day depending on its thickness, says a researcher studying wildfires in Western Canada.
Audrey Parker died with medical assistance on Nov. 1, two years after she had been diagnosed with terminal breast cancer.
OTTAWA — Sept. 30 might become a new statutory holiday commemorating victims of residential schools.
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A child protection hearing in Winnipeg today was adjourned for a week at a request by the man's lawyer.
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