DODGE CENTER, Minn.—Authorities in Minnesota say an 11-year-old boy is in custody after stealing a cement truck from a contractor and leading officers on a chase.
Sheriff’s officials say the chase started about 3 p.m. Sunday in Dodge Center when the boy drove the truck onto Highway 14 toward Byron.
A State Patrol helicopter tracked the truck by air.
HAVANA—Brushing past profound differences, President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro sat down today at Havana’s Palace of the Revolution for a historic meeting, offering critical clues about whether the sharp U.S. U-turn in policy will be fully reciprocated.
OTTAWA—The head of the United Nation’s refugee agency says he’d like to see Canada’s private sponsorship program exported around the world.
Filippo Grandi said while it is important for governments to show leadership by resettlement programs, having private citizens also engaged encourages a feeling of solidarity for the world’s most vulnerable.
OTTAWA—More than a dozen senators who were ordered to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars back to the Senate in questionable expense claims have had their bill reduced by a special arbitrator.
Former Supreme Court justice Ian Binnie has ruled that 14 senators who owed $322,611 properly billed the Senate for travel and hospitality expenses half the time.
TORONTO—A three-month-old baby in the back seat of a stolen car was found safe and sound last night, about four hours after the theft.
Police received a tip from a member of the public about an infant in a car spotted in a parking lot in the city’s northwest, said Toronto Police Cst. Craig Brister.
MONTREAL—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was one of many Canadians who joined millions around the world Saturday night in turning off their lights for “Earth Hour.”
Government buildings and monuments across the country also went dim from 8:30-9:30 p.m. local time, including Toronto’s CN tower, the cross on Montreal’s Mount Royal, and Edmonton’s High Level bridge.
TORONTO—Toronto police say they have arrested a man in his 20s after a transit bus was hijacked by a man possibly jonesing for Tim Hortons.
Investigators said the suspect boarded the bus just before midnight yesterday in York Region, north of Toronto.
He then forced the driver at knifepoint to bypass several stops before eventually demanding to be dropped off at a Tim Hortons.
OTTAWA—Finance minister Bill Morneau is facing increased pressure from aboriginal advocates to move beyond symbolism in his maiden budget and spell out how the federal government intends to reform its fiscal relationship with First Nations—an overhaul that could cost billions.
WINNIPEG—The Winnipeg Foundation, which raises money from the private sector for community projects, has donated half-a-million dollars to help Syrian refugees adjust to life in Manitoba.
Federal Immigration Minister John McCallum made the announcement yesterday at Welcome Place in Winnipeg.
OTTAWA—The prime minister has chosen seven new senators to fill vacancies in Manitoba, Quebec, and Ontario—the first appointments in three years.
