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Evacuation orders lifted in B.C. and Alberta towns as wildfires recede
By The Canadian Press on June 15th, 2023
Tumbler Ridge resident Joline Couture feared the worst last week when she prepared to pack up and leave under an evacuation order as wildfires loomed outside the small community in British Columbia’s northeast. “It was absolutely terrifying,” Couture said. As a Canadian Ranger, Couture was also waiting on orders to go door to door to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Senate passes long-delayed bill aimed at unblocking Canadian aid in Afghanistan
By The Canadian Press on June 15th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Senate has passed a bill intended to unblock Canadian aid in Afghanistan without amendment. The Criminal Code changes allow development workers to apply for exemptions from terrorism laws, which currently criminalize paying taxes to the ruling Taliban because it is designated as a terrorist group. Amendments from the Conservatives and NDP in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP say 15 dead after bus carrying seniors collides with semi truck Manitoba
By The Canadian Press on June 15th, 2023
CARBERRY, Man. – RCMP say 15 people are dead after a bus carrying people from Dauphin, Man., many of them seniors, collided with a semi truck. Police say 10 people have also been sent to hospital. Assistant Commissioner Rob Hill, the commanding officer of Manitoba’s RCMP, says the crash happened at the intersection of Highways ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Evacuation ends in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., as resident recalls terror when fire loomed
By The Canadian Press on June 15th, 2023
Tumbler Ridge resident Joline Couture feared the worst last week as she prepared to pack up and leave under an evacuation order as wildfires loomed outside the small community in British Columbia’s northeast. “It was absolutely terrifying,” Couture said. As a Canadian Ranger, Couture was also waiting on orders to go door to door to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At least 10 dead, others to hospital in crash west of Winnipeg: source
By The Canadian Press on June 15th, 2023
WINNIPEG – A government source says at least 10 people are dead and others have been taken to hospital after a highway crash west of Winnipeg. Authorities have not confirmed numbers, but RCMP are set to hold a news conference later Thursday. “My heart breaks hearing the news of the tragic accident near Carberry,” Manitoba ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Vindication’: Appeal court reinstates justice of the peace who critiqued bail system
By The Canadian Press on June 15th, 2023
OTTAWA – Justice of the peace Julie Lauzon will return to the bench following an Ontario Court of Appeal ruling in her favour, which found the punishment she received for writing a 2016 column criticizing Canada’s bail system was unjust. A review council had previously recommended Lauzon be removed from the bench after the National ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Source says at least 10 dead, others to hospital in Manitoba crash
By The Canadian Press on June 15th, 2023
WINNIPEG – A government source says at least 10 people are dead and others have been taken to hospital following a highway crash west of Winnipeg. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Four found dead in Prince Rupert, B.C., home; police say deaths considered homicide
By The Canadian Press on June 15th, 2023
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. – There’s a large police presence at a home in the northwest British Columbia city of Prince Rupert where four people were found dead. A neighbour, who didn’t want to disclose her name, says officers appear to be gathering evidence inside and outside the house and a police investigation tent has been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!State of emergency to be lifted in Lytton, B.C., two years after fire destroyed town
By The Canadian Press on June 15th, 2023
LYTTON, B.C. – Almost two years after a wildfire ripped through Lytton, B.C., residents will soon be able to return to their properties. Council for the Village of Lytton has voted to allow the local state of emergency to expire on June 19. The emergency was declared June 30, 2021, after B.C.’s sweltering heat dome ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Reports of multiple deaths in crash on highway west of Winnipeg
By The Canadian Press on June 15th, 2023
WINNIPEG – Media reports say several people have died in a highway crash west of Winnipeg. The Winnipeg Free Press, CBC and CTV, citing unidentified sources, say there are multiple fatalities, but authorities have not confirmed a number. RCMP are calling the crash “very serious” and are asking people to avoid the area of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vancouver Police Board to receive department’s report on Myles Gray inquest
By The Canadian Press on June 15th, 2023
VANCOUVER – A report to the Vancouver Police Board says the department is committed to adopting both recommendations from a coroner’s inquest into the beating death of Myles Gray, but advocates say key concerns remain unaddressed. In a statement released by Pivot Legal Society, the policy director for the B.C. Civil Liberties Association says the ... Read More »
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