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Vancouver police raid drug activists’ office over trafficking, two arrested

By The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2023

Vancouver police have executed search warrants at the offices of the Drug User Liberation Front, an activist group that says it runs a “compassion club” for distributing drugs. Police arrested two people and say the group has publicly admitted to trafficking heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamines. Vancouver Coastal Health’s website says the Drug User Liberation Front ... Read More »

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CP NewsAlert: Vancouver police raid drug activists’ office, two arrested

By The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2023

Vancouver police have executed search warrants at the offices of the Drug User Liberation Front, an activist group that says it runs a “compassion club” for distributing drugs. Police arrested two people and say the group has publicly admitted trafficking heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamines. More coming... Read More »

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Manitoba premier to meet with women’s families to talk about landfill search

By The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2023

WINNIPEG – Manitoba’s recently elected premier is set to meet with the families of two slain First Nations women whose remains are believed to be in a Winnipeg-area landfill. Wab Kinew is expected to meet with the families of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran in what he calls a first step in resetting the relationship ... Read More »

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Canadian researcher released from Algerian prison after sentence reduced on appeal

By The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2023

MONTREAL – A Canadian researcher whose criminal conviction in Algeria was criticized by human rights groups has been released from prison after a court reduced his sentence. Raouf Farrah’s lawyer, Kouceila Zerguine, says an appeals court in the eastern Algerian city of Constantine reduced his client’s prison sentence from two years to eight months, and ... Read More »

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Sheila North announces candidacy for national chief of Assembly of First Nations

By The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2023

OTTAWA – Sheila North, a former grand chief of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, has announced her bid to become the next national chief of the Assembly of First Nations. North is an advocate for missing and murdered Indigenous women, a former journalist and a member of Bunibonibee Cree Nation. North says she has the right qualifications, ... Read More »

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Feds install temporary impact review process pending new law prompted by top court

By The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2023

OTTAWA – Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada will limit some of its work while the federal government develops new legislation to respond to a recent Supreme Court of Canada opinion. The court ruled earlier this month that a law passed four years ago, which set up a new environmental ... Read More »

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Homicide probe after 19-year-old Quebec City woman killed, second teen injured

By The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2023

Quebec City police say a 19-year-old woman was killed in her home early this morning while a 16-year-old boy was seriously injured. Police say doctors fear for the life of the injured teen, who was listed in critical condition. Officers were led to the home in the city’s Limoilou district after arresting another 16-year-old for ... Read More »

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Seventh Canadian killed in Israel-Hamas hostilities, as groups urge more Gaza aid

By The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2023

OTTAWA – Global Affairs Canada says it is providing support to the family of a seventh Canadian killed during ongoing hostilities between Israel and Hamas. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly’s office says Ottawa learned on Wednesday of another Canadian killed in the region, and her department relayed the update in a Thursday morning press release. ... Read More »

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Canada Border Services Agency issues alert about man wanted for Maine mass shooting

By The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2023

The Canada Border Services Agency has issued an “armed and dangerous” alert to its officers stationed along the Canada-U.S. border, warning them to be on the lookout for the man suspected of fatally shooting at least 18 people in southern Maine. The shootings were reported Wednesday night in Lewiston, about 260 kilometres southwest of the ... Read More »

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CP NewsAlert: Global Affairs says 7th Canadian killed in Israel-Hamas hostilities

By The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2023

OTTAWA – Global Affairs Canada says it is providing support to the family of a seventh Canadian killed during ongoing hostilities between Israel and Hamas. More coming... Read More »

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Sault Ste. Marie shooter was previously charged with assaulting cop, court docs show

By The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2023

SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – Court documents show a man who killed four people ““ including three children ““ before turning a gun on himself was charged with assaulting a police officer four years ago. Family have identified the gunman behind the shooting rampage in the northern Ontario city of Sault Ste. Marie this week ... Read More »

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