A Canadian man made an initial court appearance on Friday on charges that he traveled to New Jersey for the purpose of engaging in sexual conduct with a minor.
A Lakewood man, who claimed to have murdered his parents and then fled up Route 9 into Howell where police pursued him, has been arrested in Canada after fleeing the United States and crashing into the northern border.
He still insists no decision has been made about seeking the Republican nomination for president, but New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, for the second time in three months, is leaving the Garden State to visit a foreign country.
Gov. Chris Christie is scheduled to travel to Canada in early December. According to a release sent out by his office Monday, the official purpose of the trip is to bolster economic and business ties with our neighbor to the north. Those convinced that the governor is planning a 2016 presidential run also suspect Christie may have an ulterior motive for the trade mission.
Emergency crews are battling a massive fire after a Canadian National tanker train carrying oil and gas derailed west of Edmonton, Alberta overnight. No injuries have been reported so far.
Flooding has devastated much of southern Alberta, killing three people and prompting authorities to evacuate the western Canadian city of Calgary's entire downtown -- an estimated 75,000 people.