The Toronto Transit Commission evacuated its Dupont subway station Thursday morning after a train broke down and filled with smoke.

Fire officials said a piece of metal fell off the bottom of a train and got lodged in the electrified third rail, creating sparks and smoke.

Police and firefighters responded to the station following reports of an explosion.

Toronto police confirmed that the incident was mechanical in nature.

Ten people were treated for smoke inhalation.

Subway service on the Spadina line was disrupted for about an hour while investigators determined the cause of the breakdown.

Man's body found after Quebec storm

Police are investigating the death of a man in Quebec's Mauricie Region, where a destructive storm caused flooding and landslides this week.

Heavy rains caused this section of road to collapse along the St-Maurice River near La Tuque, Que. (CBC)

N.S. politician calls 'jig' ad an attack on his culture

Nova Scotian Progressive Conservative Leader Rodney MacDonald, a well-known fiddler who became premier earlier this year, is calling a provincial election ad placed by the NDP an assault on Celtic culture.

Rodney MacDonald, above, criticized an ad that made fun of his background as a fiddler, but NDP Leader Darrell Dexter defended the ad as 'a little cheeky.' (Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press)

Pickup service offered in B.C. gun amnesty

The British Columbia government has launched a month-long campaign to get gun owners to turn in any unwanted weapons without fear of prosecution.

No more sludge shipments, Toronto told

Canada's largest city could have a lot of sludge on its hands this August.

Facts the focus of Agent Orange reports, investigator says

Two reports to be released Thursday on the spraying of Agent Orange and other chemical defoliants at a Canadian Forces base in New Brunswick should make clearer what actually happened, the man in charge of the fact-finding mission says.

(CBC)