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Who ruined Hobo Hot Springs? Ministry investigates as mystery roils Harrison, B.C.
By Nono Shen, The Canadian Press on November 7th, 2024
Stories passed down from elders tell how First Nations from afar would paddle their canoes to bathe in the hot springs on the territory of the Sts’ailes First Nation. They believed the water contained medicine, said Sts’ailes Grand Chief William Charlie. “Our people have been using it for tens of thousands of years,” he said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. court allows police to apply to dispose of evidence from Robert Pickton’s farm
By Darryl Greer and Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press on November 6th, 2024
VANCOUVER – A B.C. Supreme Court judge says it has jurisdiction to order the disposal of thousands of pieces of evidence seized from serial killer Robert Pickton’s pig farm decades ago, whether it was used in his murder trial or not. A ruling issued online Wednesday said the RCMP can apply to dispose of some ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. court allows police to apply to dispose of evidence at serial killer’s property
By The Canadian Press on November 6th, 2024
VANCOUVER – The B.C. Supreme Court says it has jurisdiction to order the disposal of thousands of pieces of evidence seized from Robert Pickton’s pig farm decades ago, whether it was used in his murder trial or not. The court says in a ruling issued online today that the RCMP can apply to dispose of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A look at potential fresh faces around Premier David Eby’s next B.C. cabinet table
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on November 6th, 2024
British Columbia Premier David Eby’s new cabinet will be sworn in on Nov. 18, and it will have to feature a significant number of new ministers after last month’s election saw several incumbents defeated while others didn’t run. Eby will also have to figure out how the cabinet will represent rural regions, given that the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Press NewsAlert: Ottawa orders TikTok’s Canadian arm to be dissolved
By The Canadian Press on November 6th, 2024
OTTAWA – The government says it’s ordering the dissolution of TikTok Technology Canada, the Canadian arm of the app’s owner ByteDance, after a national security review. It says the move will not block Canadians’ access to the TikTok app. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ontario man with indeterminate prison sentence dies at 47 of ‘natural causes’ in B.C.
By The Canadian Press on November 6th, 2024
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – The Correctional Service of Canada says Angel Jones, who was serving an indeterminate sentence in a British Columbia prison for biting a woman’s nose off, has died of natural causes at the age of 47. Jones was declared a dangerous offender by an Ontario court in 2007 and jailed indefinitely for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok survives confidence vote after effort to oust him
By Nick Murray, The Canadian Press on November 6th, 2024
OTTAWA – P.J. Akeeagok is still the premier of Nunavut, after he survived a tight confidence vote in the legislature today. In Nunavut’s non-party political system, MLAs elect the territorial cabinet and also have the power to remove them. The motion to strip Akeeagok of his premiership and remove him from cabinet was defeated 10-8. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Should never have ended like that’: Inuk man killed by police in Quebec’s Far North
By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press on November 6th, 2024
MONTREAL – A remote northern Quebec community is demanding justice after a man was shot and killed and his twin brother seriously injured by police responding to a drunk driving call. Joshua Papigatuk was killed and his twin, Garnet, is recovering in a Montreal hospital following an altercation with the Nunavik Police Service early Monday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No talks scheduled in standoff between employers, union in B.C. port lockout
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on November 6th, 2024
VANCOUVER – British Columbia port employers say they may be “required to reassess” their position on a current offer to more than 700 unionized workers as a lockout shuts down most shipping on the West Coast. The BC Maritime Employers Association says there has been no engagement with International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec ‘ready to use’ notwithstanding clause to force doctors to practise in province
By Joe Bongiorno, The Canadian Press on November 6th, 2024
MONTREAL – Quebec Premier François Legault says his government is prepared to use the notwithstanding clause to force doctors trained in Quebec to begin their careers in the province’s public system. The premier says his government is looking at requiring medical graduates from Quebec universities to reimburse the government the cost of their education unless ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Let’s be calm’: Canada’s cabinet ministers reflect on Donald Trump’s election win
By David Baxter and Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on November 6th, 2024
OTTAWA – Canadian cabinet ministers are offering reassurances and urging calm after learning former president Donald Trump will be heading back to the White House after a campaign in which he promised punishing tariffs and mass deportations. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the world is an even more complicated place than it was the first ... Read More »
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