Assiniboine runs aground

Man in hospital after driving into a 8-metre sink hole on Salmon River Road, route 116.

From MyNews contributor Tyler Blight: My fiancee Julie got the honour of carrying the Olympic torch in Truro, N.S., Nov. 19 2009.

Durham Police are treating the discovery of a woman's body found in Whitby as a suspicious death. Whitby is approximately 50 km east of Toronto. Read story on ctvtoronto.ca

MyNews user Gordon McLeish shot this video of a tractor trailer fire and explosion in Pointe Claire, Que. The driver was okay after the fire, but shocked by what happen. He was able to swerve and avoid danger to other drivers. Read story.

CN Tower casts a shadow on a low cloud layer, Saturday, Nov 14, 2009 at Front Street West and York Street.

A train crashes into a truck at Oreada Road just past West Drive, in Brampton, Ont.

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the empty retirement home in Wetaskiwin, Alta. Wetaskiwin is approximately 70 km south of Edmonton.

View of the damage from the weekend's Niagara-on-the-Lake fire that affected four businesses and homes on Queen Street.

A fire burnt the hotel, store and a cabin to the ground.

Fire crews respond to a two alarm fire in the 100 block of Martindale Dr. N.E., in Calgary on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009.

CN Tower casts a shadow on a low cloud layer, Saturday, Nov 14, 2009 at Front Street West and York Street.

From MyNews contributor Bill Donaldson: Why remember them? They asked us to! Private Fredrick William Stokes was my Great Grandfather he sent this folded scrap of paper to my grandmother shortly before leaving for France from England it arrived with some returned to sender letters of hers as he had been KIA. What is happening to a father that makes him ask his daughter not to forget him ...

Frederick William Stokes #654708 - Born on May 31, 1875 in Goderich Township, Huron County, to Mr. & Mrs. Sanford Stokes. On enlistment he gave his occupation as "mechanic" and his current address as Goderich where he lived with his wife Agnes. He enlisted at the age of 40 on March 25, 1916 at Goderich with the 161st Huron Battalion and arrived in England on November 11, 1916 aboard the SS Lapland. After landing in England the 161st was posted to Witley and he was transferred to the 1st Battalion of the Canadian Infantry, Western Ontario Regiment. He was killed in action at the age of 42 on September 27, 1918 on the Cambrai Road near Haynecourt. Private Stokes is buried in grave I.A.23 at the Ontario Cemetery in Sains-les-Marquoin.

Blasts at a north Toronto propane facility blew out neighbourhood windows, forced the evacuation of frightened residents and has shut down part of Canada's busiest highway. Marc Vincent filmed this video at 3:55 a.m. ET and sent it to CTV. Read Article

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the empty retirement home in Wetaskiwin, Alta. Wetaskiwin is approximately 70 km south of Edmonton.