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Union for grain terminal workers in Metro Vancouver says strike to start Tuesday
By The Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2024
BURNABY, B.C. – The union representing grain workers at terminals in Metro Vancouver says it has served the employer with a 72-hour strike notice. The Grain Workers Union Local 333 says in a notice posted to Facebook that it served the notice at 7 a.m. Saturday, with job action to start Tuesday. It says the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard enters not-guilty plea at Ontario sexual assault trial
By The Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2024
HAILEYBURY, Ont. – Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault in a northeastern Ontario court as his trial gets underway. The former Hedley frontman, dressed in a dark suit, stood up to enter his not-guilty plea today. Jury selection has begun for the trial that’s taking place in Haileybury, a community ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Parents of 28-year-old man killed by Montreal police in 2017 want case reopened
By The Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2024
MONTREAL – The family of a Quebec man killed by police in 2017 is calling on the province’s justice minister to order an independent investigation after the Crown declined to charge the officers involved. Koray Kevin Celik’s parents issued their request today at a news conference, a day before a Montreal police ethics hearing for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Girl, 6, missing near Burns Lake, B.C. is safe
By The Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Girl, 6, missing near Burns Lake, B.C. is safe A 6-year-old girl who had been missing from her community in north-central British Columbia since Thursday has been found safe. Resources from across the province were enlisted in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau to meet with Haiti’s acting prime minister in New York
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2024
NEW YORK – Justin Trudeau will turn his focus to the ongoing crises in Haiti as he speaks with some world leaders Monday ahead of the 78th meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. The prime minister will meet with the Caribbean country’s acting Prime Minister Garry Conille before delivering remarks at a high-level meeting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Early days of B.C. campaign sees NDP, Conservatives trade barbs over housing, drugs
By The Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2024
VANCOUVER – Drug policy and housing shortages are emerging as the top issues early in British Columbia’s election campaign. New Democrat Leader David Eby and B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad spent much of the campaign’s first weekend traversing Metro Vancouver, from Richmond to North Vancouver to Surrey to Langley, signaling the importance of winning ridings ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Court to hear appeal arguments over challenge to Saskatchewan’s pronoun law
By Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2024
REGINA – Saskatchewan’s Appeal Court is set to hear arguments over the next two days about a provincial law that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns at school. A judge ruled earlier this year a challenge of the law could continue, even though the government invoked the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Crime, disorder take centre stage in B.C. election, but statistics tell complex story
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2024
David Screech doesn’t mince words when asked about street disorder and crime around his business in downtown Victoria. He described vehicle break-ins, people defecating on or near his store property, and someone pulling a knife on an employee in the store’s parking lot. Screech, a former mayor of the Victoria-area community of View Royal, has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A look at recent B.C. crime and public safety incidents ahead of fall election
By The Canadian Press, The Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2024
Crime and street disorder have become a key political issue in British Columbia amid a series of violent stranger attacks and other public safety incidents. Here are some of events that have made the issue prominent with the public. Sept. 10, 2023: Three people are stabbed at a community festival in Vancouver’s Chinatown. Blair Donnelly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Missing 6-year-old girl missing near Burns Lake, B.C., since Thursday found safe
By The Canadian Press on September 22nd, 2024
BURNS LAKE, B.C. – A 6-year-old girl who had been missing from her community in north-central British Columbia since Thursday has been found safe. Resources from across the province were enlisted in the search to find the child who lives in a small community not far from Burns Lake. The girl, who is on the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Missing 6-year-old B.C. girl found safe near Burns Lake
By The Canadian Press on September 22nd, 2024
BURNS LAKE, B.C. – A 6-year-old girl who had been missing from her community in north-central British Columbia since Thursday has been found safe. Resources from across the province were enlisted in the search to find the child who lives in a small community not far from Burns Lake. RCMP say she was found on ... Read More »
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