Canada

A portion of Highway 22 was briefly closed east of Trail, B.C., after a small leak of sulphuric acid on Saturday — the third spill on a B.C. highways in six months. 

About 250 millilitres of the corrosive chemical leaked from a Trimac truck at the Waneta reload centre east of Trail around 5 p.m. PT, according to International Raw Materials (IRM), the company that distributes the acid. 

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Mark Sager, Hong Guo and Sam Waddington are all facing allegations from this past week

Three Metro Vancouver mayoral candidates are facing various allegations of professional misconduct as B.C. gears up for municipal elections across the province on Oct. 20. 

The Law Society of B.C. is investigating West Vancouver mayoral candidate Mark Sager for professional misconduct. The society's citation says Sager, a lawyer, has been accused of accepting a $100,000 gift from one of his clients. 

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