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Court docs link Olympian’s alleged drug trafficking ring to Ontario homicide
By The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2024
TORONTO – New details are emerging that link a suspected transnational drug trafficking ring allegedly run by a wanted Olympian to an April homicide in Ontario. An affidavit filed by a Toronto police officer assigned to the fugitive squad says evidence collected from the cellphone of a suspected ring member shows how the group orchestrated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Frozen waffles from Whole Foods join Canadian recall list over listeria concerns
By The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2024
OTTAWA – Whole Foods Market is joining the growing list of brands whose frozen waffles have been recalled in Canada this week because of possible listeria contamination. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the newest recall spans the Amazon-owned grocer’s organic homestyle and blueberry waffles sold under the 365 Whole Foods Market label. The agency ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Final count begins in razor-thin provincial election in British Columbia
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2024
VICTORIA – British Columbians are awaiting the final tally of last week’s razor-thin provincial election, with several ridings that could determine the next government still hanging in the balance. Election BC says counting of the more than 66,000 mail-in ballots gets underway today and is expected to be completed by late Sunday. Meanwhile, the elections ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hundreds of votes to count in tightest British Columbia election races
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2024
Elections BC says several hundred ballots remain uncounted in the tightest undecided races after the province’s nail-biting vote last weekend. The NDP is ahead of the B.C. Conservatives by fewer than 100 votes in the two closest races, so the numbers released by Elections BC give room for the lead to switch, increasing the chance ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Hundreds of votes to count in tightest B.C. election races
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2024
Elections BC says several hundred votes remain uncounted in the tightest undecided races after the province’s nail-biting election last weekend. The NDP is ahead of the B.C. Conservatives by fewer than 100 votes in the two closest races, so the numbers released by Elections BC give room for the lead to switch, increasing the chance ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Journalist says claims that he is a Russian agent are ‘fabricated’
By Rosa Saba, The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2024
OTTAWA – A veteran Ottawa journalist is firing back against what he says are “entirely false” claims by a former Conservative cabinet minister that he acted as a Russian agent. David Pugliese, a reporter with the Ottawa Citizen, said in a statement posted to X Friday that the claims Chris Alexander made at a House ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Poland arrests people in alleged plot to send explosives to Canada
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2024
OTTAWA – Polish authorities say four people have been charged in an alleged plan to send explosives via courier service to Canada and the United States. The RCMP says it is aware of the arrests, but declined further comment to preserve the integrity of the investigation. The Polish group’s alleged activities apparently involved sending camouflaged ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How has climate change shifted the odds of extreme cold? A new tool seeks the answer
By Jordan Omstead, The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2024
Federal environment officials will be able to quickly analyze how climate change is shifting the odds of extreme cold temperatures starting this winter, officials said Friday, broadening the application of a system rolled out over the summer to study heat waves. The results will show the extent to which human-caused climate change affected the likelihood ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. port employers, foremen’s union return to negotiation table with mediator
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2024
VANCOUVER – Employers and the union representing foremen at British Columbia’s ports will return to the negotiating table next week with a mediator in the latest push for a resolution in the labour dispute. The BC Maritime Employers Association says in a statement that it will meet Oct. 29 with the International Longshore and Warehouse ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New tool to study how climate change has shifted the odds of extreme cold weather
By Jordan Omstead, The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2024
The federal government will begin this winter to quickly analyze how climate change is shifting the odds of extreme cold temperatures, broadening the application of the system it rolled out over the summer to study heat waves. Officials with Environment and Climate Change Canada say the results will show how much less likely a given ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal man charged with first-degree murder in Ottawa femicide: police
By The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2024
Ottawa police say a Montreal man has been charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing of a woman on Thursday in front of two of her children. Fsha Tekhle, 36, was charged today for the killing of Brkti Berhe, 36, at a park near Uplands Drive in Ottawa’s south end, in what police called a ... Read More »
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