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In The News for April 27 : More details on last year’s mass stabbing in Saskatchewan
By The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 27 … What we are watching in Canada … Mounties are scheduled to give an update today about what happened during a deadly mass ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court of Canada to release ruling tied to 2007 mass gang slaying in B.C.
By Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
VANCOUVER – The Supreme Court of Canada is set to rule Friday on an appeal by two men found guilty of first-degree murder in the gang executions of six people in Metro Vancouver more than 15 years ago. Lawyers for Cody Haevischer and Matthew Johnston argued last October before the high court that the men ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mounties to give update on deadly stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
MELFORT, Sask. – Mounties are scheduled to give an update today about what happened during a deadly mass stabbing in Saskatchewan last year. RCMP Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore previously committed to sharing a preliminary timeline of the rampage. Eleven people were killed and 18 were injured on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘You couldn’t get away from it’: 1953 Coronation was major topic at Canadian schools
By Jessica Smith, The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
Ahead of Queen Elizabeth’s coronation in 1953, Kenneth Munro’s Grade 2 class studied the history of the monarchy, staged a play about the Royal Family and all 700 students at his northern Ontario school listened live on radio as she took her oath. But with King Charles set to be formally crowned on May 6, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Minister didn’t authorize fake travel docs for Afghans, says he didn’t check email
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2023
OTTAWA – International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan says he did not know Sen. Marilou McPhedran was handing out unauthorized travel documents to hundreds of Afghans during the rise of the Taliban in 2021. McPhedran told Parliament’s immigration committee last week that Sajjan’s then-chief of staff had given her a template for a “visa facilitation letter” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two Quebec City men charged with first-degree murder in killing of homeless man
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2023
Quebec City police say two men have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a man found Saturday near a downtown swimming pool. Police say Nathan Fréchette, 18, and Zachary Jenkins Verret, 22, both of Quebec City, also face charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault and armed robbery. The victim was identified as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian military unlikely to conduct airlifts out of Sudan past this week: officials
By Dylan Robertson and Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2023
Ottawa is unlikely to evacuate citizens from Sudan after this week, officials say, despite no timeline for Canadian planes to actually start airlifting people. About 200 members of the Canadian Armed Forces are in the region, along with military planes and ships. But none of those assets have helped bring home roughly 150 Canadian citizens, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Humanitarian concerns’ cited at extradition appeal hearing for Peter Nygard
By Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2023
WINNIPEG – Lawyers for a former Canadian fashion mogul asked the Manitoba Court of Appeal to reconsider a United States extradition order, citing concerns over Peter Nygard’s health if he were to serve time south of the border. They were in a Winnipeg courtroom Wednesday to argue against three issues in the order, and are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberals changing sex offender registry in response to Supreme Court decision
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2023
OTTAWA – A new law introduced today will change the criteria that require sexual offenders to be automatically added to a national registry that keeps track of them. The change comes six months after the Supreme Court said it was unconstitutional to automatically add all people convicted of sexual crimes to the registry, and struck ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. coroner’s inquest hears updated toxicology results for Myles Gray
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2023
BURNABY, B.C. – A forensic toxicologist says an initial drug screening report suggested Myles Gray had a natural psychoactive compound in his system when he died, but followup testing showed the low concentration didn’t meet the threshold for detection. Aaron Shapiro told the British Columbia coroner’s inquest into Gray’s death that he reviewed the original ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saskatchewan man left brain-dead after altercation with police has died: family
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2023
SASKATOON – Relatives of an Indigenous man left brain-dead after an altercation with police in Prince Albert, Sask., say he has died. Boden Umpherville, who was 40, had been hospitalized since he was stopped by police on April 1 in the city north of Saskatoon. Family took him off life support last week and he ... Read More »
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