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Supreme Court upholds murder convictions of man who represented himself at trial
By The Canadian Press on July 28th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the murder convictions of a man who represented himself at trial but complained later the proceedings were tainted by a perception of unfairness. In a unanimous ruling today, the top court says no miscarriage of justice arose in Emanuel Kahsai’s trial. Five years ago a jury ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Statistics Canada to release latest GDP numbers
By The Canadian Press on July 28th, 2023
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Statistics Canada to release GDP figures for May Statistics Canada is set to release its latest reading on how the economy fared in May, as well as a preliminary glimpse for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal’s new, for-profit light-rail system: national model or cautionary tale?
By Thomas MacDonald, The Canadian Press on July 28th, 2023
Montreal’s new light-rail train network stands out among major transit projects in Canada: it opened within a relatively short time frame and government didn’t get in the way. Eight years after its conception, the first branch of what will become a 67-kilometre electric rail system – called the Réseau express métropolitain, or REM – is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal police find suspect drowned after mother, daughter found dead in home
By The Canadian Press on July 27th, 2023
Montreal police say they’ve found the body of a man sought in connection with a double homicide early Thursday after the bodies of a mother and daughter were found dead in a home. The bodies of the 56-year-old mother and her 12-year-old daughter were found inside a property in a residential area of the southwest ... Read More »
1 responseFour homes in Northwest Territories lost in wildfire, road closed: fire agency
By The Canadian Press on July 27th, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – An out-of-control wildfire in the Northwest Territories has destroyed four homes in a community about 100 kilometres northwest of Yellowknife. Wildfire information officer Mike Westwick says the fire has reached the community of Behchoko in Rae. The territory’s wildfire agency had initially said five homes were lost but has since revised the total ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Five homes in Northwest Territories lost in wildfire, road closed: fire agency
By The Canadian Press on July 27th, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – An out-of-control wildfire in the Northwest Territories has destroyed five homes in a community about 100 kilometres northwest of Yellowknife. Mike Westwick, who is the fire information officer for the territory, says the fire has reached the community of Behchoko in Rae. He says three homes were lost Wednesday, while two more burned ... Read More »
1 responseCorrective to July 24 story on Pat King trial
By The Canadian Press on July 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – In a story published on Monday, July 24, The Canadian Press erroneously reported that Pat King’s lawyer is named Natasha Calvino. In fact, her last name is spelled Calvinho... Read More »
1 responseB.C. police share photos of vehicles possibly being used in alleged abduction of kids
By The Canadian Press on July 27th, 2023
SURREY, B.C. – The mother of two British Columbia children who sparked an Amber Alert last week may be driving a distinctive van that police say has its steering wheel on the right-hand side. Mounties in Surrey, B.C., say they continue to investigate leads and tips in their search for eight-year-old Aurora Bolton and her ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Victims of Nova Scotia flooding include 6-year-old girl and member of local rock band
By Marlo Glass, The Canadian Press on July 27th, 2023
HALIFAX – A musician in a local heavy metal band and a six-year-old girl who loved dressing up like a princess have been identified as two of the victims who died during a torrential rainstorm last weekend in rural Nova Scotia. Nicholas Anthony Holland, 52, of Windsor, N.S., was the bassist in Hogtooth and father ... Read More »
1 responseRain allows ‘slight reset’ in B.C. wildfire fight but drought persists
By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on July 27th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Recent rainfall has allowed for a “slight reset” of the wildfire fight in northern British Columbia but “doesn’t erase all the challenges” of this year’s historic fire season, Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma said Thursday. “While the rain did give our hardworking firefighters a chance to take a deep breath, the wildfire and ... Read More »
1 responseWilliams Lake, B.C., Mountie charged three years after car crash with suspect
By The Canadian Press on July 27th, 2023
VICTORIA – The BC Prosecution Service says it has approved several charges against an RCMP officer, three years after a suspect was seriously injured in a crash with a police cruiser. The prosecution service says the Mountie faces charges of assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm, criminal negligence and dangerous driving. Prosecutors say ... Read More »
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