Chinese mother of teenage girl found dead in B.C. tearfully testifies at murder trial
By The Canadian Press on August 23rd, 2023
VANCOUVER – The Chinese mother of a 13-year-old girl found dead in a Burnaby, B.C., park six years ago has taken the witness stand at the murder trial of her accused killer. The mother, who cannot be named under the terms of a publication ban on the girls’ identity, broke down in tears as she ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!LeBlanc to update Trudeau on government’s response to Emergencies Act report
By The Canadian Press on August 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says the prime minister will soon receive his report outlining the response to recommendations from a public inquiry into the use of the Emergencies Act. Justice Paul Rouleau concluded in February that the Liberal government met the threshold to invoke the Emergencies Act to help quell weeks-long “Freedom ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Chinese mother of teen found dead in B.C. tearfully testifies at trial
By The Canadian Press on August 23rd, 2023
VANCOUVER – The Chinese mother of a 13-year-old girl who was found dead in a Burnaby, B.C., park six years ago has taken the witness stand at the murder trial of her accused killer. The mother, who cannot be named under the terms of a publication ban against identifying the girl, broke down in tears ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fire evacuation defiance threatening fight and must end, B.C. minister says
By The Canadian Press on August 23rd, 2023
KELOWNA, B.C. – British Columbia’s emergency management minister says people who are defying wildfire evacuation orders are putting at risk the “unified strategy” for battling the destructive blazes. Bowinn Ma says the BC Wildfire Service has “opened a dialogue” to understand why some are defying the orders, but the directives carry legal weight and defiance ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Fire evacuation defiance threatening fight and must end, minister says
By The Canadian Press on August 23rd, 2023
KELOWNA, B.C. – British Columbia’s emergency management minister says people who are defying evacuation orders are putting at risk the “unified strategy” for battling the destructive blazes. Bowinn Ma says the BC Wildfire Service has “opened a dialogue” to understand why some are defying the orders, but the directives carry legal weight and defiance of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Astronomical costs’: N.W.T. politicians to discuss next steps in wildfire crisis
By The Canadian Press on August 23rd, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – Wildfires threatening communities in the Northwest Territories were kept at bay Wednesday as politicians continued grappling with “astronomical” costs of fighting the blazes and how to eventually get people home. The N.W.T. government said in its wildfire update that fires encroaching on the capital of Yellowknife, along with the communities of Hay River ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada sanctions Russian nuclear sector, assesses reports of Prigozhin death
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on August 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada is sanctioning more Russians accused of supporting the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, with a focus on banks, defence companies and the nuclear sector. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is announcing a dealings ban for four Russians and 29 entities, including a rifle company, a shipbuilder and atomic research institutions. The ban targets ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberals look to tackle international student rackets as part of housing crisis
By The Canadian Press on August 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Liberal cabinet ministers are suggesting the federal government is ready to tackle long-standing problems related to the international student program, including cases of fraud and exploitation by consultants and shady educational institutions. They are doing so as part of efforts to ease the housing crisis as the government faces enormous pressure to help ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Video captures ‘incredibly rare’ B.C. wildfire tornado over lake
By The Canadian Press on August 23rd, 2023
LILLOOET, B.C. – The BC Wildfire Service has shared a video showing what it calls an “incredibly rare” fire tornado, also known as a fire whirl, that was whipped up over Gun Lake in the Central Interior. It says the video, showing a giant vortex of gas and flame disappearing into the night sky, was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Heavy rain helps douse Okanagan wildfires, as destruction becomes clearer
By The Canadian Press on August 23rd, 2023
KELOWNA, B.C. – Firefighters in the Okanagan say heavy rain overnight has helped douse wildfires that forced the evacuation of thousands of people, as the cost of the devastating blazes becomes clearer. They say 174 properties have been partially or totally damaged by the fires that had been rampaging around Lake Okanagan since last Thursday. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hospital worker fired after Indigenous woman’s death should be reinstated: arbitrator
By The Canadian Press on August 23rd, 2023
An arbitration tribunal has ordered the reinstatement of an orderly who was fired after an Indigenous woman filmed Quebec hospital staff insulting her as she died. Arbitrator Serge Brault says that while Myriam Leblanc made inappropriate comments toward Joyce Echaquan, she was not responsible for the bulk of the poor treatment the woman received prior ... Read More »
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