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Suspect in stabbings of mother and child in Edmonton dies in hospital
By The Canadian Press on May 11th, 2023
EDMONTON – Police say the suspect in the stabbing deaths of a mother and child outside a school in Edmonton last week has died in hospital. The man was shot by police Friday after a 35-year-old woman and her 11-year-old child were stabbed outside Crawford Plains School in the southeastern part of the city. Police ... Read More »
1 responseCP NewsAlert: Suspect in stabbings of mother, child in Edmonton dies
By The Canadian Press on May 11th, 2023
EDMONTON – Police say the suspect in the stabbing deaths of a mother and child in southeast Edmonton last week has died in hospital. More coming... Read More »
1 responseNDP leaves spring sitting at legislature facing turmoil in public housing management
By The Canadian Press on May 11th, 2023
VICTORIA – The New Democrat government in British Columbia started the spring legislative session promising more affordable homes for vulnerable people, but it ends the sitting amid turmoil over its public housing agency. An Ernst and Young audit found mismanagement and risk to public dollars at the Crown corporation BC Housing, and has the government ... Read More »
1 responseCanada to sanction Moldova groups aiding Russia, send judges to boost integrity
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on May 11th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada has set the stage with Moldova to start sanctioning people and companies based in that Eastern European country who are helping Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with Moldovan President Maia Sandu in Ottawa just weeks after her cabinet said that “hybrid warfare generated by Russia” is trying ... Read More »
1 responseCritics frustrated by slow progress a year after report on military sexual misconduct
By Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press on May 11th, 2023
OTTAWA – One year after receiving 48 recommendations aimed at stamping out sexual misconduct in the military, defence officials gave an update on their progress Thursday that has left critics frustrated with the pace of change. “It’s starting to be a little bit too little, too late,” said Charlotte Duval-Lantoine of the Canadian Global Affairs ... Read More »
1 responseCoyote killed after attack on two-year-old child in Port Coquitlam, B.C., park
By The Canadian Press on May 11th, 2023
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. – A coyote has attacked a two-year-old child in the Metro Vancouver community of Port Coquitlam, resulting in the toddler being sent to hospital with minor injuries. The B.C. Conservation Officer Service says on Twitter that the attack happened Wednesday after 8 p.m. at Lions Park near the town centre. The service ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!OPP officer dead, two injured, man charged with first-degree murder
By Laura Osman in Bourget, Ont., and Jordan Omstead in Toronto, The Canadian Press on May 11th, 2023
An Ontario Provincial Police officer who died early Thursday was “ambushed and shot” along with two others when they arrived at a home east of Ottawa, the force said, as local residents expressed shock at the violence in their typically quiet community. Sgt. Eric Mueller ““ who the OPP described as an exemplary officer ““ ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘System of sexual exploitation’: Alleged victim of Quebec businessman sues for $8M
By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press on May 11th, 2023
MONTREAL – An alleged victim of a prominent Quebec businessman accused of sexually exploiting minors and young adults has filed a lawsuit claiming he victimized her for nearly 20 years and first recruited her for sex when she was under 18. Montreal-based law firm CaLex filed an $8-million lawsuit Wednesday naming Robert Miller, the company ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cattle seized from Quebec farm that was home to herd that went on the run for months
By The Canadian Press on May 11th, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec’s agriculture department says it has seized 38 cattle from the central Quebec farm that was home to a group of fugitive cows that escaped last summer and went on the run for months. Yohan Dallaire Boily, a spokesman for the agriculture department, says the cattle were seized from Ferme Clément Lapointe et ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man charged with first-degree murder in death of OPP officer
By The Canadian Press on May 11th, 2023
Court documents show that Alain Bellefeuille has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of an Ontario Provincial Police officer shot at a home in Bourget, Ont., today. The documents show Bellefeuille has also been charged with two counts of attempted murder. Ontario Provincial Police have said Sgt. Eric Mueller and two other officers ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Man charged with first-degree murder in death of OPP officer
By The Canadian Press on May 11th, 2023
Court documents show that Alain Bellefeuille has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of OPP Sgt. Eric Mueller, who died after responding to a disturbance at a home in Bourget, Ont., this morning. More coming... Read More »
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