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Familiar faces and angry voters: Will B.C. elect an Independent MLA?
By Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press on October 13th, 2024
Vicki Huntington says two things are critical to be elected as an Independent member of the legislature in British Columbia – trusted name recognition and an angry constituency. She would know. In 2009, Huntington became the first Independent MLA elected to the B.C. legislature in 60 years and went on to become the first ever ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No place for violence in B.C. politics as police investigate bomb threat, says Eby
By The Canadian Press on October 12th, 2024
LANGLEY, B.C. – Violence should have no place in British Columbia politics, said New Democrat Leader David Eby as police investigated a bomb threat at a party campaign office on Vancouver Island. Eby said Saturday an NDP campaign office in Campbell River was temporarily evacuated Friday after receiving a bomb threat. Eby, who was campaigning ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bill Vigars, campaign manager for Terry Fox Marathon of Hope, dies at 78
By The Canadian Press on October 12th, 2024
WHITE ROCK, B.C. – Bill Vigars, who led the promotion of Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope in 1980, has died at the age of 78. His wife, Sherry MacDonald, confirmed the news in an interview, saying Vigars died of congestive heart failure on Thursday surrounded by loved ones at a hospital in White Rock, B.C. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eby says no place for violence in politics as RCMP probe Campbell River bomb threat
By The Canadian Press on October 12th, 2024
LANGLEY, B.C. – New Democrat Leader David Eby says violence should have no place in politics after a party campaign office in Campbell River was evacuated following a bomb threat. Eby, who was campaigning Friday in the Vancouver Island city, says today he was not in the campaign office when the threat was received. He ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bullets fired, window smashed at Jewish school in Toronto’s north end: police
By Sharif Hassan, The Canadian Press on October 12th, 2024
TORONTO – A Jewish school for elementary girls was struck by gunshots for the second time in six months, Toronto police said Saturday as they announced an investigation. Toronto Police Service said officers responded to a call about a smashed window at Bais Chaya Mushka in the city’s north end at around 4 a.m. Saturday. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bullet fired, window smashed at Jewish school in Toronto’s north end: police
By The Canadian Press on October 12th, 2024
TORONTO – Police say they are investigating after a bullet was fired at a Jewish girls’ school in Toronto’s north end. Toronto Police Service says the shooting targeted Bais Chaya Mushka elementary school at around 4 a.m. Saturday. The same school was the target of another shooting in May, and police say a key part ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2 men charged with second-degree murder, arson after Old Montreal fire killed 2
By The Canadian Press on October 12th, 2024
MONTREAL – Two men have been charged with second-degree murder and arson after a fire erupted in an Old Montreal building, killing a mother and daughter from France. Justin Fortier-Trahan, 20, and Juventino Hernandez Pelaez, 18, were charged in the deaths of Léonor Geraudie, 43, and her seven-year-old daughter Vérane Reynaud Geraudie, who were in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trade minister says she is ‘disappointed by report of caucus revolt to oust Trudeau
By Mia Rabson and Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on October 11th, 2024
OTTAWA – Trade Minister Mary Ng says she has full confidence in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as word began to spread late Friday about a growing revolt against his leadership within the Liberal caucus. Ng is travelling back to Canada with Trudeau from Laos, where they were attending a summit of southeast Asian countries. CBC ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vet tranquillizer increases overdose deaths in Yukon, health minister says
By The Canadian Press on October 11th, 2024
WHITEHORSE – The Yukon government says its coroner’s service is investigating six suspected toxic drug deaths between Sept. 23 and Oct. 4. A statement from the health minister says four of the deaths are confirmed as related to toxic drugs, bringing the total number of drug overdoses in the territory this year to 12. It ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mercury found in water near Yukon mine disaster, Yukon government says
By Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press on October 11th, 2024
WHITEHORSE – The Yukon government says mercury levels that “exceeded the water quality objective” were found in a creek near the site where a mine’s ore containment facility failed, causing a torrent of cyanide-contaminated rock to escape in June. A statement from the government says high levels of cyanide and dissolved metals continue to be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Four-metre-long Great White Shark washes up on B.C. beach
By The Canadian Press on October 11th, 2024
A four-metre-long Great White Shark has washed up on a British Columbia beach. The Fisheries Department says their scientists confirmed the species by analyzing its tooth shape and the shape of its tail fin. The department says in a statement the male shark, which was found on a Haida Gwaii beach, had been feeding on ... Read More »
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