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In the news today: Grizzly attacks B.C. elementary class, many hurt
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Pupils flee as grizzly attacks elementary class in B.C., injuring 11, some critically A grizzly bear has attacked a group of elementary school students and teachers in the B.C. central coast community of Bella Coola, leaving two people ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How crypto raiders tortured B.C. family with waterboarding, sex assault, in $2M heist
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
PORT COQUITLAM — When a woman answered a knock at the door of her home in Port Moody, B.C., in the spring of 2024, she was met by two men in Canada Post uniforms who said they had a package to deliver. What unfolded over the next 13 hours was a horrific ordeal for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec man accused of killing his two children granted third postponement
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
LAVAL — The trial for a Quebec father accused of killing his two children in their home north of Montreal in 2022 has been postponed for a third time. Kamaljit Arora is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of his 13-year-old daughter and his 11-year-old son, and charged in the attempted murder of another ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pharmacare advisory committee report set to be made public
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal government is set to release a report today by the advisory committee tasked with determining how to set up a national pharmacare program. The committee was set up last fall, after the Pharmacare Act became law, and was given a year to report back to the health minister. The pharmacare law ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney wraps United Arab Emirates visit with pledge of $70B to be invested in Canada
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
ABU DHABI — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa is working on a $1 billion project aimed at expanding critical minerals processing capacity in Canada, while securing the equivalent of $70 million in investment from the United Arab Emirates. The announcements come as Carney concluded a visit to Abu Dhabi, which focused heavily on trade ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney’s office says United Arab Emirates will invest $70 billion in Canada
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates plans to invest $50 billion USD in Canada, the equivalent of $70 billion, according to the office of Prime Minister Mark Carney. Carney’s office says the deal is part of a bilateral investment framework agreement, and did not indicate what timeline under which the dollars would flow. His ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney says $1B critical-mineral processing project coming, heads to South Africa G20
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
ABU DHABI — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is working on a project aimed at expanding critical minerals processing capacity in Canada, which he says will be valued at more than $1 billion. Carney told business leaders in Abu Dhabi that the agreement is still being finalized, and aims to create jobs in Canada. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pupils flee as grizzly attacks elementary class in B.C., injuring 11, some critically
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
A grizzly bear has attacked a group of elementary school students and teachers in the B.C. central coast community of Bella Coola, leaving two people critically injured and two others seriously hurt. B.C. Emergency Health Services said seven more people were treated at the scene of the attack in the community about 700 kilometres northwest ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Grizzly attack hurts 11, some critically, including students, in Bella Coola, B.C.
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
BELLA COOLA — A grizzly bear attack on elementary school students in the small B.C. central coast community of Bella Coola has critically injured two people, with two others seriously injured and seven more people treated at the scene. B.C. Emergency Health Services says it received a call about an animal attack just before 2 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Grizzly attack hurts 11, some critically, in Bella Coola, B.C.
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
BELLA COOLA — A grizzly bear attack on school students in the small B.C. central coast community of Bella Coola has critically injured two people, with two others seriously injured and seven more people treated at the scene. B.C. Emergency Health Services says it received a call about an animal attack just before 2 p.m. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Grizzly attacks several B.C. students, injuries ‘very serious,’ RCMP say
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
BELLA COOLA — RCMP say a grizzly bear has attacked several students on British Columbia’s central coast, inflicting “very serious” injuries. North District RCMP Cpl. Madonna Saunderson says the attack happened on Thursday afternoon, but she didn’t know the age or gender of the students. B.C.’s Conservation Officer Service says the attack happened in the ... Read More »
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