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Pathologist in B.C. murder trial says he’s not certain where teenage girl was killed
By The Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2023
VANCOUVER – The forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy on the body of a 13-year-old girl found dead in a Burnaby, B.C., park says he can’t be certain she was killed there. Dr. Jason Morin told the British Columbia Supreme Court jury under cross-examination that the teen, who cannot be identified under the terms of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More than half of N.W.T. wildfires so far this season caused by humans: officials
By The Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2023
HAY RIVER, N.W.T. – Officials in the Northwest Territories say more than half of the wildfires in the territory this year were started by people. A total of 15 wildfires have burned 161 square kilometres across the territory so far this season, eight of which are suspected to have been caused by humans. Wildlife information ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec police identify killer in 1975 cold case murder of Sharron Prior
By The Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2023
LONGUEUIL, Que. – Montreal-area police say they have solved one of the highest-profile cold cases in Quebec history. Police in Longueuil, Que., said today that DNA evidence allows them to be 100 per cent certain that Franklin Maywood Romine murdered 16-year-old Sharron Prior in 1975. The body of Romine, who died in 1982 at the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Quebec police identify killer in 1975 murder of Sharron Prior
By The Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2023
LONGUEUIL, Que. – Montreal-area police say they have solved one of the highest-profile cold cases in Quebec history. Police in Longueuil, Que., said today that DNA evidence allows them to be 100 per cent certain that Franklin Maywood Romine murdered 16-year-old Sharron Prior in 1975. The body of Romine, who died in 1982 at the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!One arrested in Chilliwack, B.C., after RCMP respond to standoff, shots fired
By The Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2023
CHILLIWACK, B.C. – One man has been arrested as RCMP in Chilliwack, B.C., release details about what they called a “high-risk police incident” that prompted an order for some residents to shelter in place for several hours. An RCMP statement Monday night warned of the “high-risk” response at a property in the Fraser Valley city, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Five things we learned in David Johnston’s first report on foreign interference
By Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Special rapporteur David Johnston released his first report on foreign interference on Tuesday, which involved analyzing recent media reports on allegations by unnamed national security sources that China meddled in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections. The former governor general tapped by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to investigate the issue said he dug ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hamlet in Northwest Territories lifts local state of emergency as floodwaters recede
By The Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2023
FORT MCPHERSON, N.W.T. – A hamlet in the Northwest Territories’ Beaufort Delta region has lifted a local state of emergency as floodwaters from the Peel River recede. The Hamlet of Fort McPherson declared the emergency on May 16 after flooding cut off access to the community’s fresh water supply and airport. The hamlet lifted the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Watchdog to probe how military police handled case against Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin
By The Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – The military police watchdog is launching a probe into how investigators handled a historical sexual-assault allegation against a senior officer who was a central figure in Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout. A Quebec court acquitted Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin last December of one count of sexual assault, after the military police investigated the allegation from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Johnston advises against inquiry, but aims to hold hearings on foreign interference
By The Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Special rapporteur David Johnston said Tuesday that a formal inquiry into foreign interference is not needed, that public hearings should be held as part of his own mandate. Johnston said an inquiry could not be undertaken in public because of the sensitivity of the intelligence involved, and formal subpoena powers are not required ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police in Chilliwack cancel shelter-in-place alert for residents near Skowkale
By The Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2023
Police in Chilliwack, B.C., have issued an update, saying the call to shelter in place has been cancelled and the “active, ongoing, high-risk police incident” has been resolved. However, few other details are being shared at this time, pending a further news release later this morning. According to the initial statement from Chilliwack RCMP, which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In The News for May 23, 2023: Is a public inquiry into foreign interference coming?
By The Canadian Press on May 23rd, 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 Tuesday, May 23, 2023 … What we are watching in Canada … The man charged with recommending how best to deal with foreign interference in ... Read More »
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