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Quebec police probe threats after school says nonbinary teacher prefers Mx. pronoun
By The Canadian Press on August 31st, 2023
QUEBEC – Police are investigating after a letter to parents about a nonbinary teacher’s honorific was shared widely online, resulting in threats and disparaging comments. The school that hired the teacher issued a letter to parents this week saying that the part-time instructor will use the Mx. honorific (pronounced Miks) because they are gender neutral. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. extending state of emergency by two weeks amid wildfire battle
By The Canadian Press on August 31st, 2023
VANCOUVER – Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma says British Columbia is extending a state of emergency over the ongoing wildfires that have devastated parts of the province. Ma says the two-week extension is needed in case additional extraordinary orders under the Emergency Act are needed to respond to the fires. She says the past couple ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: B.C. extending state of emergency amid wildfire battle
By The Canadian Press on August 31st, 2023
VANCOUVER – Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma says British Columbia is extending a state of emergency over the ongoing wildfires that have devastated parts of the province. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man in mass stabbing at B.C. library gets life sentence with no parole for 15 years
By The Canadian Press on August 31st, 2023
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – A man who killed a woman and wounded six other people in a mass stabbing at a library in North Vancouver, B.C., has received a life sentence with no chance of parole for 15 years. Yannick Bandaogo, 30, pleaded guilty on May 29 to one count of second-degree murder and six ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Man in mass stabbing at B.C. library gets life, no parole for 15 years
By The Canadian Press on August 31st, 2023
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – A man who killed a woman and wounded six other people in a mass stabbing at a library in North Vancouver, B.C., has received a life sentence with no chance of parole for 15 years. Yannick Bandaogo, 30, pleaded guilty on May 29 to one count of second-degree murder and six ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Delegation to Syrian prison camps calls on Ottawa to swiftly help Canadian detainees
By The Canadian Press on August 31st, 2023
OTTAWA – A civil society delegation that visited Syrian prison camps is calling on Ottawa to give immediate consular assistance to Canadian detainees and to swiftly repatriate all citizens wishing to return to Canada. The four-person delegation says it held meetings with officials and saw several Canadian men, women and children, as well as non-Canadian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. officer who assaulted UBC nursing student receives conditional discharge
By The Canadian Press on August 31st, 2023
KELOWNA, B.C. – The BC Prosecution Service has confirmed a Mountie who pleaded guilty to assaulting a University of British Columbia student during a wellness check in Kelowna has received a conditional discharge and was placed on probation for two years. It says Const. Lacy Browning must also complete 160 hours of community service over ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal public health says drug overdoses on the rise in the city
By The Canadian Press on August 31st, 2023
Montreal’s public health authority says the city saw a record number of non-fatal overdoses in the last year. New data published this morning shows there were 708 emergency interventions in overdose cases at supervised drug-use facilities between August 2022 and July 2023. Officials also tallied 547 cases in which first responders administered naloxone, a drug ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pierre Trudeau spy unit reflects secrecy of Ottawa toward Quebec sovereignty
By Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press on August 31st, 2023
MONTREAL – New revelations about a secret anti-sovereigntist spy unit in the office of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau are a sign of how much remains unknown about the federal government’s response to the Quebec independence movement. According to a recently published paper, the Prime Minister’s Office in the 1970s created the spy group to ... Read More »
1 responseRain across B.C. Interior aids wildfire fight in Okanagan, Shuswap and Fraser Canyon
By The Canadian Press on August 31st, 2023
Widespread rain in the forecast today throughout much of British Columbia’s southern Interior is expected to aid firefighters pushing back against a number of major wildfires in the region. The Columbia Shuswap Regional District says while cooler weather brought winds that may increase fire behaviour at the Bush Creek East blaze near Chase, the rain ... Read More »
1 responseRecord number of suspected overdose deaths in Montreal in the last year
By The Canadian Press on August 31st, 2023
MONTREAL – The director of a Montreal supervised drug-consumption site says the city saw a record number of drug-related deaths in the last year. CACTUS Montréal executive director Jean-François Mary made the comments in reaction to new data released today by the city’s public health authority. The authority says there were 175 suspected overdose deaths ... Read More »
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