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Man given five months in U.S. jail for smuggling people across border from B.C.
By Canadian Press on April 24th, 2025
SEATTLE — The U.S. District Attorney’s office in Seattle says a 27-year-old man has been sentenced to five months in jail for helping smuggle eight Indian nationals across the border between British Columbia and Washington state. It says Rajat Rajat, an Indian citizen who lives in California, was indicted alongside three other people. The office ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec court overturns out-of-province tuition hike at English universities
By Canadian Press on April 24th, 2025
MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge has invalidated a university tuition hike for out-of-province students meant to reduce the number of English speakers in the province. A ruling out today says the Quebec government’s 2023 decision to increase out-of-province tuition by $3,000 — 33 per cent — was unreasonable and based on limited data. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court to review mandatory minimum sentence in prostitution case
By Canadian Press on April 24th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to examine the constitutionality of a mandatory minimum sentence for purchasing sexual services from someone under age 18. The decision comes in a case involving police publishing fictitious online escort service ads. An undercover police officer told a man at least four times that a female ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court of Canada agrees to weigh in on B.C. First Nations’ title dispute
By Canadian Press on April 24th, 2025
The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to weigh in on a dispute between First Nations that have overlapping land title claims in British Columbia. The overlapping claims involve the Gitanyow Nation, the Nisga’a Nation and the Tsetsaut Skii km Lax Ha Nation, and Canada’s high court on Thursday agreed to hear appeals of decisions ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Quebec court overturns out-of-province tuition hike
By Canadian Press on April 24th, 2025
MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge has invalidated the provincial government’s tuition hike for out-of-province students. The ruling also overturns a new requirement that 80 per cent of out-of-province undergraduate students at English-language universities reach an intermediate level of proficiency in French by the time they graduate. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guilty pleas to bylaw charges in case of E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares
By Canadian Press on April 24th, 2025
CALGARY — A commercial kitchen company in Calgary pleaded guilty Thursday to four bylaw offences after a massive E. coli outbreak at daycares led to hundreds of children falling ill. Fueling Minds Inc. was charged in relation to the eight-week outbreak that was declared in September 2023. There were at least 448 infections, and 39 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guilty pleas in case of E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares
By Canadian Press on April 24th, 2025
CALGARY — A commercial kitchen company in Calgary has pleaded guilty to four charges after a massive E. coli outbreak at daycares led to hundreds of children falling ill. Fueling Minds Inc. was charged in relation to the outbreak that started in September 2023. There were at least 448 infections, and 39 children and one ... Read More »
1 responseCanada caught up in China-U.S. trade war as Trump claims fentanyl continues to flow
By Canadian Press on April 24th, 2025
WASHINGTON — Pulling Canada into his trade war with China, U.S. President Donald Trump claims Chinese fentanyl continues to “pour” across both borders. Trump complained on social media today about Chinese airlines refusing to accept Boeing planes to protest his administration’s massive tariffs on China. In his post, he says that fentanyl continues to flow ... Read More »
1 responseCP NewsAlert: Guilty pleas in case of E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares
By Canadian Press on April 24th, 2025
CALGARY — A commercial kitchen company in Calgary has pleaded guilty to four charges after a massive E. coli outbreak at daycares led to hundreds of children falling ill. Fueling Minds Inc. was charged in relation to the outbreak that started in September 2023. There were least 448 infections, and 39 children and one adult ... Read More »
1 responseCourt hears legal arguments in former world junior hockey players’ sex assault case
By Canadian Press on April 24th, 2025
LONDON — A London, Ont., court is hearing legal arguments today in the sex assault trial of five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team. Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote have all pleaded not guilty to sexual assault. McLeod has also pleaded not guilty to an additional charge ... Read More »
1 responsePoilievre paints picture of gloomy future under Carney as election day draws closer
By Canadian Press on April 24th, 2025
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is predicting a gloomy future of more crime and higher inflation under a Liberal government led by Mark Carney. Poilievre began Thursday in Halifax, where he pitched a promise of change for Canadians struggling to afford life’s essentials. Federal leaders are making campaign stops across the country as election ... Read More »
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