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Montreal aid groups seek more money to help care for rise in asylum seekers
By The Canadian Press on January 24th, 2023
MONTREAL – A coalition of Montreal community groups says its members are overwhelmed by the growing number of asylum seekers arriving in the city and need more resources to help them. Refugee aid groups say that the easing of border restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a massive influx of would-be refugees ... Read More »
1 responseAvalanche death toll climbs to five as two more die in British Columbia’s backcountry
By Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press on January 24th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Two more people have been killed in an avalanche in British Columbia, lifting the deadly season’s toll to five, as forecasters warn of large and dangerous slides occurring without the usual signs of danger. RCMP said the two people who died Monday near Mount McCrae southeast of Revelstoke were with a small group ... Read More »
1 responseFour 13-yr-old boys arrested in alleged attack on Toronto transit workers
By The Canadian Press on January 24th, 2023
Toronto police say they’ve charged four 13-year-old boys after two transit workers were allegedly swarmed and attacked on a city bus. Police say they got a call around 3:30 p.m. Monday regarding an alleged assault in the east end. They say there was an altercation between a group of boys aboard a Toronto Transit Commission ... Read More »
1 responseWoman injured after stabbing on Toronto streetcar in latest violence on transit
By John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press on January 24th, 2023
TORONTO – A woman riding a Toronto streetcar was stabbed in the head on Tuesday in the latest case of violence on city transit as police said they were working to address safety issues in the system. Officers were called around 2 p.m. to a streetcar just south of a busy section of the city’s ... Read More »
1 response‘The toll on families is tremendous:’ N.W.T. sees increase in opioid-related deaths
By The Canadian Press on January 24th, 2023
HAY RIVER, N.W.T. – Health officials in the Northwest Territories say they’re responding to an increase in opioid toxicity deaths. Chief Coroner Garth Eggenberger says there were six such deaths in the territory last year, all in the town of Hay River. He says in each case, the person was using drugs alone and did ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly says Cameroon peace talks ‘messy,’ but should continue
By The Canadian Press on January 24th, 2023
OTTAWA – Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly offered no explanation today for why Cameroon claims it never sought Canada’s help in peace talks. Ottawa announced last Friday that it has been leading discussions between the government of Cameroon and separatist groups, whose decades-long conflict has violently escalated in recent years. But the Cameroon government said on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!VPD Const. Nicole Chan pleaded for ‘justice’ in victim statement before suicide
By The Canadian Press on January 24th, 2023
BURNABY, B.C. – In the weeks before Vancouver police Const. Nicole Chan died by suicide, she detailed her anguish that a senior officer had “taken advantage” of her in an “imbalance of power” while she was severely depressed. “If I brought this incident upon myself, I would be accountable for everything that happened. But, I ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A timeline of the avalanche hazard in B.C., where five people are dead
By The Canadian Press on January 24th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Five people have been killed in British Columbia avalanches this month. Forecasters have compared this season’s snowpack with the conditions of 2003, one of the worst years on record for fatalities. Here is a timeline of avalanche events this season: Jan. 5: Avalanche Canada warns of a touchy snowpack, with various weak layers ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woman injured after stabbing on Toronto streetcar, arrest made
By The Canadian Press on January 24th, 2023
Toronto police say a woman is in hospital after she was stabbed multiple times on a city streetcar. They say a female suspect was arrested at the scene. Toronto police say officers were called to Spadina Avenue and Sussex Avenue at 2 p.m. after a reported stabbing on a streetcar. They say the woman who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Person injured after stabbing on Toronto streetcar, arrest made
By The Canadian Press on January 24th, 2023
Toronto police say one person has been taken to hospital after being stabbed multiple times on a city streetcar and a suspect has been arrested at the scene. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two killed, two hurt in latest deadly avalanche in B.C.’s backcountry
By The Canadian Press on January 24th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Two people are dead and two more are hurt in separate avalanches in British Columbia’s backcountry. Heli-skiing operator CMH Nomads says two guests and a guide were caught in an avalanche near Revelstoke on Monday. CMH president Rob Rohn said in a statement that two of the three people were fully buried by ... Read More »
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