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Senior B.C. Mountie facing assault charges to plead not guilty: Lawyer
By Canadian Press on December 16th, 2025
ABBOTSFORD — The lawyer for a senior British Columbia RCMP officer says his client intends to plead not guilty to assault charges laid after an alleged off-duty altercation in Abbotsford in July. RCMP Assistant Commissioner David Teboul was charged in September with two counts of assault and one count of assault causing bodily harm by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Major conservation of B.C. forestry land totalling 45,000 hectares announced
By Canadian Press on December 16th, 2025
VANCOUVER — An environmental charity says it has reached an agreement with the federal and British Columbia governments as well as other private and public sector partners to conserve 45,000 hectares of timberland in the province. The Nature Conservancy of Canada says it is among the country’s largest private land conservation projects to date, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel blocks Canadian delegation — including MPs — from entering the West Bank
By Canadian Press on December 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — The National Council of Canadian Muslims says a delegation of Canadians that includes six members of Parliament was denied entry to the West Bank at the Israeli border Tuesday morning. Israel’s embassy in Canada says the group was denied entry because of links to Islamic Relief Worldwide, which is listed as a terror ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Penny Boudreau, convicted of 2008 murder of daughter in Nova Scotia, gets day parole
By Canadian Press on December 16th, 2025
HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia woman sentenced to life in prison for strangling her 12-year-old daughter is being granted day parole for six months. Penny Boudreau killed her daughter Karissa in 2008, claiming she ran away after an argument outside a Bridgewater, N.S. grocery store. The girl’s body was found two weeks later on the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wet weather continues as heavy rain, wind warnings issued in parts of B.C.
By Canadian Press on December 16th, 2025
VANCOUVER — Environment Canada has issued significant rainfall warnings for low-lying parts of southwestern British Columbia, just one day after heavy rain triggered more flood warnings and on top of last week’s major inundations in the Fraser Valley. The agency is forecasting up to 70 millimetres of rain in areas including Metro Vancouver and the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Buy Canadian’ policy comes into effect, changing rules for federal procurement
By Canadian Press on December 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal government’s ‘Buy Canadian’ policy takes effect today and Ottawa says it will fundamentally change the way it purchases goods and services. Announced earlier in the fall, the strategy is meant to ensure Canadian products and workers are prioritized in federal procurement decisions to help protect Canadian industries. It applies to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel blocks Canadian delegation – including MPs – from entering the West Bank
By Canadian Press on December 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — The National Council of Canadian Muslims says a delegation of Canadians that includes six members of Parliament was denied entry to the West Bank at the Israeli border today. A statement issued by the group says the delegation was barred from entry by Israeli authorities as “public safety threats.” The trip was sponsored ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Photo Gallery: The real people living Toronto’s homelessness crisis
By Canadian Press on December 16th, 2025
The Canadian Press spent several evenings in November and December visiting Sanctuary Ministries Toronto, a church in the downtown core that has provided a safe haven for the most marginalized and vulnerable for more than three decades, and spoke with a handful of people who visit frequently to hear their histories and understand what their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kids mailing letters to Santa will get a response after brief pause: Canada Post
By Canadian Press on December 16th, 2025
Canada Post says the millions of Canadians who write to Santa Claus with their wish lists will get a response this year. A month-long strike by more than 55,000 postal workers last year meant Old Saint Nick couldn’t respond to letters, but kids were assured he would read each one. Canada Post spokesman Phil Legault ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news: Meeting NATO targets, Rabbi mourned, Condo fire put out, Series on youth
By Canadian Press on December 16th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … McGuinty ‘confident’ Canada will hit NATO spending targets Defence Minister David McGuinty says he’s confident the federal government will hit its NATO defence spending commitment this year, and that Ottawa is moving quickly on the accounting. McGuinty, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McGuinty ‘confident’ Canada will hit NATO spending targets
By Canadian Press on December 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada is injecting tens of billions of dollars into defence as it looks to ramp up spending to levels not seen since the Cold War — both to meet its NATO commitments and to juice the domestic economy. But it remains to be seen whether National Defence — a department which the opposition ... Read More »
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