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Wildfire triggers evacuations, state of local emergency near Chetwynd, B.C.
By The Canadian Press on April 25th, 2024
CHETWYND, B.C. – An out-of-control wildfire in northeastern British Columbia has triggered the province’s first evacuation of this year’s fire season. The Peace River Regional District declared a state of local emergency and issued an evacuation order for an area near Chetwynd, B.C., last night. The 50-hectare Wildmare Creek fire has also prompted an evacuation ... Read More »
1 responseSentencing hearing for former Saskatchewan Mountie who shot lover in park
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on April 25th, 2024
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – A sentencing hearing has started for a former Saskatchewan Mountie who shot and killed his lover. Bernie Herman, who is 55, was convicted in January of manslaughter in the death of 26-year-old Braden Herman. The two men are not related. Braden Herman’s naked body was found in 2021 in a park ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Keep Sarnia plastic plant shut until First Nation says it’s safe: environment groups
By The Canadian Press on April 25th, 2024
OTTAWA – International environmental advocates are calling for a petrochemical plant in southern Ontario to remain closed in light of reports about a benzene leak that continues to affect a neighbouring First Nation community. The letter, signed by more than 100 organizations around the world, calls on Canada’s environment minister to take immediate steps to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court to examine mandatory minimum sentences for child pornography offences
By The Canadian Press on April 25th, 2024
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada will examine the constitutionality of mandatory minimum sentences for child pornography offences. The top court’s decision to review the matter flows from Quebec court rulings concerning the sentencing of two men. The Quebec Court of Appeal ruled last June the mandatory minimum sentence of one year in prison ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec police say 40 ‘high risk’ sex offenders arrested in provincewide operation
By The Canadian Press on April 25th, 2024
MONTREAL – Quebec provincial police say they’ve arrested 40 sex offenders in an operation involving multiple police forces across the province. The operation targeted people considered a high risk to reoffend. Police looked for offenders who had violated court-imposed conditions and those subject to arrest warrants. They say they found “numerous” people who had violated ... Read More »
1 responseQuebec family reimbursed $10,000 for being shipped wrong body after death in Cuba
By The Canadian Press on April 25th, 2024
MONTREAL – A Montreal-area family that was sent the wrong body after a loved one’s death in Cuba has received a $10,000 reimbursement and an apology from the Caribbean country. Miriam Jarjour says her family was refunded the money paid to repatriate her father’s remains but still doesn’t know what happened to his body. Laval, ... Read More »
1 responseN.L. minister seeks Criminal Code changes he says will protect domestic abuse victims
By The Canadian Press on April 25th, 2024
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Newfoundland and Labrador’s Justice Minister has written to his federal counterpart to ask for changes to the Criminal Code relating to bail and detention in cases of intimate partner violence. John Hogan wrote the letter to Arif Virani last month, about a week after a St. John’s, N.L., woman was found ... Read More »
1 responseTory MP for Oshawa joins ranks of federal politicians who won’t run in next election
By The Canadian Press on April 25th, 2024
OTTAWA – Conservative member of Parliament Colin Carrie, who represents Oshawa, Ont., says he will not run in the next election. Carrie was first elected in 2004 and re-elected six times. He says it’s been an honour to serve as an MP but it’s time to clear a path for someone new to represent the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Are doctors’ retirement savings doomed?
By The Canadian Press on April 25th, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Are doctors’ retirement savings doomed? The Canadian Medical Association says the Liberals’ proposed changes to capital gains taxation will put doctors’ retirement savings in jeopardy. The federal budget presented last week ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Saskatchewan Mountie who shot lover in park to be sentenced for manslaughter
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on April 25th, 2024
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – A former Saskatchewan Mountie who shot and killed his lover is to be sentenced today for manslaughter. Bernie Herman was convicted in January for the death of 26-year-old Braden Herman. The two men are not related. Braden Herman’s naked body was found in 2021 in a park on the outskirts of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jury selection begins for Winnipeg trial of man accused of killing four women
By The Canadian Press on April 25th, 2024
WINNIPEG – Jury selection is set to start today for the trial of a Winnipeg man accused of killing four women. Jeremy Skibicki has pleaded not guilty to four counts of first-degree murder. The partial remains of Rebecca Contois were found in a garbage bin and at a city-run landfill in the spring of 2022. ... Read More »
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