Category Archives: Canada
Killer Ibrahim Ali to be moved from psychiatric hospital to detention centre: judge
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled that Ibrahim Ali should be removed from the forensic psychiatric hospital where he has been held throughout his first-degree murder trial. ...
Jan 26, 2024
Report details cost estimates, risks of proposed Manitoba landfill search for remains
WINNIPEG - The proposed search of a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two slain First Nations women could cost $90 million - about half the projected maximum in an earlier estimate - although ...
Jan 26, 2024
'It's a way of life': Northern commuters say charter flights like taking the bus
FORT SMITH, N.W.T. - Northerners jump on small charter planes like people in the South would into taxis or buses, says the co-owner of Aunty's Korner Store in Fort Smith, N.W.T., where residents have ...
Jan 26, 2024
B.C. inquest sees videos from inside burning Winters Hotel on day of fatal fire
BURNABY - A coroner's inquest into the deadly Winters Hotel fire in Vancouver has seen video footage of the blaze from inside the rooming facility, showing heavy smoke billowing from a unit, then flam...
Jan 26, 2024
Cap on student visas should help take pressure off soaring rents, Macklem says
OTTAWA - As the debate rages on about how to tackle rapidly rising housing costs, Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says the newly announced cap on international student enrolments should help ease...
Jan 26, 2024
Labrador Inuit leader feels hope after decades of neglect of region's housing
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The leader of the Nunatsiavut Inuit in Labrador says a meeting Thursday with the federal housing advocate and the provincial government was an important step after years of neglect ...
Jan 26, 2024
Quebec environmental group denied court injunction against Northvolt EV battery plant
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has refused to grant an injunction to halt tree cutting and other preparatory work at the site of a future electric vehicle facility east of Montreal. Justice ...
Jan 26, 2024
CP NewsAlert: B.C. to restrict cellphones in schools to protect kids from online harm
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia is moving to restrict the use of cellphones in schools as part of measures that Premier David Eby says will help protect young people from online threats. Eby says the ...
Jan 26, 2024
CP NewsAlert: Police announce arrest in 1988 murder of Charlottetown teacher
CHARLOTTETOWN - Police in Prince Edward Island say they have solved a 35-year-old homicide case involving a man who was strangled and stabbed in his home by someone who left a message saying, "I will ...
Jan 26, 2024
Supreme Court rules judge erred in granting stay in drug cases, orders new trial
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says several people arrested for drug-related offences must face a new trial because a judge improperly stayed the charges against them. Eight years ago, more than...
Jan 26, 2024
