Missing teen found 'safe and sound': Montreal police
The Montreal Police logo is seen on a police car in Montreal on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
A Montreal teenager who was reported missing on Saturday has been found "safe and sound," police say.
Police said a member of the public found the 18-year-old male shortly before 5 p.m.
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Ottawa
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Ontario government spending $1B to refurbish 8 hydro generating stations in eastern Ontario
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Ontario appoints supervisor to oversee hospital in Renfrew, Ont.
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Dead crow sculpture that ruffled some feathers to remain along Ottawa pathway until 2025
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Atlantic
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6 people injured in N.S. highway collision
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N.S. couple wins $500K from Atlantic Lottery ticket
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N.L.
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Northern Ontario
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Victim was lured to residence by former partner, ‘ambushed and assaulted,’ northern Ont. police say
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London
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Huron OPP lay drug trafficking charges in Exeter
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London police on the hunt for two suspects in break and enters in southeast London
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Kitchener
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Extended care registration will reopen in July for Waterloo Region schools
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Windsor
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Six commercial trucks set on fire, police seek suspects
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Funeral arrangements released for Walsh family found dead in Harrow
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Barrie
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Ramara man admits to stabbing mother 30x after eating cannabis brownies
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Orillia man charged with possessing child pornography after police search home
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Veteran Barrie police officers face legal battles amid allegations
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Vancouver
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Fatal crash partially closes Trans-Canada Highway in West Vancouver, delays ferry sailings
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Former NAIG president to be inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
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Vancouver Island
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'Significant flood' damages city hall in Langford, B.C.
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Winnipeg
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Sentencing underway for Manitoba doctor who sexually assaulted patients
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People living in Winnipeg home that exploded are alive: police
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Calgary
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Calgary woman freed from sex trafficking, man charged by ALERT
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Edmonton
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Holland leaves Oilers; CEO searching for new GM before starting negotiations with Draisaitl
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3 charged in Alta. auto theft ring connected to organized crime
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Picture released of person who stabbed security guard
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Regina
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Mayor claims progress being made on REAL, board replacement months away
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Regina drivers to face mandatory alcohol screening in July
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Volunteers needed for missing person search in Moose Jaw: police
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Saskatoon
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WATCH LIVE: Saskatoon residents spar in special hearing over housing accelerator fund
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Nutrien says no one was injured in fire at Vanscoy, Sask. potash mine
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