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B.C.’s new fossil emblem an 80-million-year-old marine reptile called elasmosaur
By The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2023
VICTORIA – British Columbia has officially designated a large, fierce-looking marine reptile that swam in waters off Vancouver Island 80 million years ago as the province’s official fossil emblem. The government adopted the long-necked, sharp-toothed 12-metre elasmosaur as the fossil emblem on Thursday, adding to the list of provincial symbols. The designation follows a five-year ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Manitoba premier apologizes, meets with families about searching landfill for remains
By Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2023
WINNIPEG – Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew apologized Thursday to the families of two slain First Nations women whose remains are believed to be in a Winnipeg-area landfill for what he called being reduced to a “political prop” by the former government during the recent provincial election. Kinew met with the families of Morgan Harris and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberal bill updating sex-offender registry in response to court decision becomes law
By The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2023
OTTAWA – A Liberal bill that adds victims’ input to the process for publication ban decisions and changes how the national sexual offender registry works has received royal assent. The new law requires judges to ask prosecutors if they have sought a victim’s input when seeking a publication ban, and requires victims’ preferences about receiving ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Smith says Alberta’s CPP exit campaign to continue despite questions over key number
By Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2023
EDMONTON – Premier Danielle Smith says Alberta will continue its $7.5-million pension-exit advertising and survey campaign, despite acknowledging the key dollar figure is disputed and likely headed to court. Smith says her government stands by its assertion that Alberta deserves $334 billion if it leaves the Canada Pension Plan – a figure that represents more ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. man sentenced to 18 months in jail for drug death of 14-year-old Carson Crimeni
By Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2023
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – The behaviour of youth who filmed and shared videos of a boy dying from a drug overdose was like a scene from a modern-day “Lord of the Flies,” a British Columbia Supreme Court judge said before sentencing the dealer in the case. Justice Kathleen Ker handed the man who sold the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel-Hamas: Trudeau briefs parties, seventh person with Canada ties confirmed dead
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2023
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sat down behind closed doors with senior members of opposition parties on Thursday to discuss Canada’s approach to the latest conflict between Israel and the armed militant group Hamas. “My greatest preoccupation is here at home, where people are grieving, people are angry, people are hurt, people are worried ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. man sentenced to 18 months in jail for death of 14-year-old Carson Crimeni
By Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2023
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – The behaviour of youth who filmed and shared videos of a distressed boy dying from a drug overdose was like a scene from a modern-day “Lord of the Flies,” a British Columbia Supreme Court judge said before sentencing the dealer in the case. Justice Kathleen Ker handed the man who sold ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!U.S. man sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex exploitation of 3 B.C. children
By The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2023
SURREY, B.C. – An Oregon man has been sentenced to 20 years in a U.S. federal prison for sexually exploiting three British Columbia children. RCMP say 37-year-old Kevin McCarty of Happy Valley, Ore., used social media to stalk the children online, then coerced them into making and sharing sexually explicit photos and videos of themselves. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AFN chief warns lawyers may ‘take advantage’ of child-welfare settlement recipients
By The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2023
OTTAWA – The interim national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is urging those eligible to receive compensation from a landmark class-action settlement to be careful that lawyers do not try to take advantage of them. Interim national chief Joanna Bernard says she’s heard about lawyers reaching out to eligible claimants to represent them ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Peter Nygard says he doesn’t recall meeting complainants in sex assault trial
By Sonja Puzic, The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2023
TORONTO – Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard testified Thursday that he does not remember meeting two of the five women who have accused him of sexual assault, and repeatedly said he would never have forced himself on anyone. Nygard, who is accused of using his position in the fashion industry to lure women and girls, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal justice minister orders review of Quebec man’s 2002 sex assault conviction
By The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal justice minister has ordered the Quebec Court of Appeal to review the conviction of a man found guilty of sexual assault more than two decades ago. Justice Minister Arif Virani says in a statement there is “a reasonable basis to conclude that a miscarriage of justice likely occurred,” based on new ... Read More »
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