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Police credit forensic science for arrest in 2014 killing of woman near Montreal

By The Canadian Press on May 15th, 2024

LONGUEUIL, Que. – A man is facing a first-degree murder charge in the killing of a young woman nearly a decade after she was found dead on Montreal’s South Shore. Jenique Dalcourt, 23, was struck and killed with an iron bar as she walked along a bike path in Longueuil, Que., on Oct. 21, 2014. ... Read More »

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Innu Nation grand chief slams NunatuKavut Community Council at identity summit

By The Canadian Press on May 15th, 2024

OTTAWA – Innu Nation Grand Chief Simon Pokue spoke to other Indigenous leaders at a meeting in Winnipeg today about what he calls Indigenous identity fraud by the NunatuKavut Community Council. The council, which represents some 6,000 people in south and central Labrador, claims to be Inuit. At a summit on Indigenous identity, Pokue says ... Read More »

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Ottawa to acquire Quebec Bridge from CN, will spend $1 billion on span over 25 years

By The Canadian Press on May 15th, 2024

QUEBEC – The federal government says it has reached a deal with Canadian National Railway Company to acquire the historic Quebec Bridge. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters in Quebec City that Ottawa will spend $1 billion over the next 25 years to repair, repaint and maintain the bridge, extending the span’s life for “decades.” ... Read More »

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In the news today: Wildfires rage in Western Canada, Manitoba murder trial continues

By The Canadian Press on May 15th, 2024

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Wildfires force thousands of Canadians to flee Thousands of people in Western Canada remain displaced from their homes as wildfires threaten their communities, triggering evacuation orders and alerts. In British Columbia, ... Read More »

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Growing wildfires across Western Canada are forcing thousands from their homes

By The Canadian Press on May 15th, 2024

Thousands of people in Western Canada remain displaced from their homes as wildfires threaten their communities, triggering evacuation orders and alerts. In British Columbia, a widening area around the northeastern community of Fort Nelson is under evacuation, with the Parker Lake wildfire burning close by and the larger Patry Creek wildfire raging to the northwest. ... Read More »

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Winnipeg murder trial expected to hear from neighbours of admitted serial killer

By The Canadian Press on May 15th, 2024

WINNIPEG – Three people who lived in the same apartment building where Jeremy Skibicki killed four women are expected to testify in a Winnipeg courtroom today. Skibicki told police he strangled or drowned the women in his home and then disposed of their bodies in garbage bins. He has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder ... Read More »

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Wildfire forces out thousands of residents in parts of Fort McMurray, Alta.

By The Canadian Press on May 14th, 2024

FORT MCMURRAY, ALBERTA – Thousands of residents in four neighbourhoods in the southern end of Fort McMurray were ordered out Tuesday as a wildfire threatened the Alberta city, bringing back memories of a devastating fire eight years earlier. The Rural Municipality of Wood Buffalo directed residents in Beacon Hill, Abasand, Prairie Creek and Grayling Terrace ... Read More »

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Fort Nelson evacuees wait it out as incoming weather holds key to B.C. firefight

By Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press on May 14th, 2024

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – As a fast-growing wildfire bore down on Fort Nelson, B.C., Ariel Keating, her girlfriend, their dog Louie and their cat Macaroni joined a sluggish convoy of evacuees heading south on Sunday. Keating said the scene got “a little hectic” at the gas station, as arguments broke out among evacuees, but ... Read More »

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Indigenous fraud summit passes resolution against Ontario Métis group

By Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press on May 14th, 2024

OTTAWA – Indigenous leaders at a summit on what they call Indigenous identify fraud have passed a resolution specifically targeting the Métis Nation of Ontario. The resolution calls on Canada to cease all negotiations with the provincial organization, and for Ontario to retract the identification of six new communities the province recognized in 2017. It ... Read More »

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B.C. First Nation surveys school site as it hosts meeting on unmarked graves

By The Canadian Press on May 14th, 2024

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – A First Nations community in B.C.’s northern Interior that is hosting a gathering of Indigenous groups involved in the search for unmarked graves says it’s conducting a geophysical survey for such sites on the grounds of a former residential school. The Nadleh Whut’en Indian Band, whose territory is about 900 kilometres ... Read More »

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Whitehorse bans online voting for local elections over risk of foreign interference

By The Canadian Press on May 14th, 2024

WHITEHORSE – There will be no internet voting for Whitehorse council this year, after a concern of foreign interference prompted a 6-to-1 vote to remove the idea from the city’s proposed election bylaw. Whitehorse Coun. Ted Laking proposed the change on Monday and says he’s relieved to see the motion passed, because it will protect ... Read More »

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