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‘Homicide in slow motion’: Police urged to tackle stalking amid rise of tracking tech

By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2023

VANCOUVER – Stephanie Forster did everything right. She obtained a restraining order, changed her phone number and moved three times in six months. She once found an Apple AirTag in her car so she asked police to search the vehicle for other trackers. But none of it helped, her sister and a women’s advocate say. ... Read More »

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No winning ticket sold for Friday’s $16 million Lotto Max jackpot

By The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023

There was no winning ticket sold in Friday’s Lotto Max $16 million draw. The jackpot for the next draw on Jan. 24 will be an estimated $21 million... Read More »

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Canada to facilitate Cameroon peace process: Foreign Affairs Minister Joly

By The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023

OTTAWA – The federal government says Canada will guide a peace process aimed at resolving the ongoing crisis in Cameroon where years of fighting and strife have displaced nearly 800,000 people. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says there is an agreement by groups in the west-central African country to enter a process to reach a ... Read More »

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Four Canadian men held in Syrian camps entitled to repatriation by Ottawa: judge

By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023

OTTAWA – A judge says four Canadian men being held in Syrian camps are entitled to the federal government’s help to return home. In a ruling Friday, Federal Court Justice Henry Brown effectively directed Ottawa to request repatriation of the men as soon as reasonably possible and provide them with passports or emergency travel documents. ... Read More »

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Canada to help facilitate Cameroon peace process: Foreign Affairs Minister Joly

By The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023

OTTAWA – The federal government says Canada will help guide a peace process aimed at resolving the ongoing crisis in Cameroon where years of fighting and strife have displaced nearly 800,000 people. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says there is an agreement by groups in the west-central African country to enter a process to reach ... Read More »

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Companies facing charges related to worker’s death in Nunavut

By The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023

IQALUIT, Nunavut – Four companies are facing charges after a worker died on a winter road in Nunavut last year. Sabina Gold and Silver Corporation, Matrix Aviation Solutions Inc., Matrix Kitikmeot Ltd., and Gallant Restorations Incorporated are facing 10 charges under the territory’s Safety Act and Mine Health and Safety Act. That includes charges of ... Read More »

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Judge orders government to repatriate four Canadian men held in Syrian camps

By The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023

OTTAWA – A judge has ordered the Liberal government to help bring home four Canadian men being held in Syrian camps. In a ruling today, Federal Court Justice Henry Brown has directed Ottawa to request repatriation of the men as soon as reasonably possible and provide them with passports or emergency travel documents. Brown says ... Read More »

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Canadian Press NewsAlert: Judge orders Canada to repatriate four men held in Syria

By The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023

OTTAWA – A federal judge has ordered the Liberal government to help bring home four Canadian men being held in Syrian camps. More coming... Read More »

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Smith’s office mum on investigating whether staffer contacted Alberta prosecutors

By Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023

EDMONTON – Premier Danielle Smith’s office says it would be wrong if a staffer contacted prosecutors about cases involving the Coutts, Alta., border crossing blockade, but hasn’t committed to investigating whether that happened. The office made the comment in response to a CBC News report citing unnamed sources that said a staffer in Smith’s office ... Read More »

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B.C. bank robbers’ ‘primary objective’ was to shoot and kill officers: police

By Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023

SAANICH, B.C. – Twin brothers who died in a hail of gunfire outside a Victoria-area bank had been planning their attack for years, with a goal to kill as many officers as possible, police said Friday. An investigation by the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit says 22-year-old Isaac Auchterlonie and his twin, Mathew, showed ... Read More »

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Elizabeth May looks to grow the Green Party as she returns to leadership, with help

By David Fraser, The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023

OTTAWA – The Green Party’s Elizabeth May is keeping her attention on climate action and on internal growth after disappointing results during her brief hiatus as party leader. May is now “job-sharing” the role with Jonathan Pedneault after pitching a co-leadership plan to party members during the leadership race this fall. That will eventually require ... Read More »

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