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Ontario riding flips to Liberals after validation process
By Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2025
OTTAWA — Ontario’s Milton East—Halton Hills South riding has flipped to the Liberals after a vote validation process. Elections Canada’s validated results indicate that Liberal candidate Kristina Tesser Derksen received 32,130 votes, while Conservative candidate Parm Gill received 32,101 votes — a difference of 29 votes. Preliminary results showed that Gill had won the riding ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Ontario riding flips to Liberals after validation process
By Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2025
OTTAWA — Ontario’s Milton East—Halton Hills South riding has flipped to the Liberals after a vote validation process. Elections Canada’s validated results indicate that Liberal candidate Kristina Tesser Derksen received 32,130 votes, while Conservative candidate Parm Gill received 32,101 votes. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge orders psychiatric tests to see if Vancouver festival suspect is fit for trial
By Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2025
A judge has ordered that mental health professionals assess whether the suspect in last weekend’s Vancouver street festival attack that killed 11 people is fit for trial. Thirty-year-old Adam Kai-Ji Lo, who is facing eight charges of second-degree murder, has appeared in Vancouver provincial court on a day of mourning in British Columbia for those ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!U.S. lays charges alleging human smuggling across Canadian border
By Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2025
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice says four Mexican nationals have been charged with allegedly running a human smuggling operation across the Canadian border. A news release says the four men charged thousands of dollars to bring people from Mexico to Canada, then across the international border into northern New York. It says that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Judge orders psychiatric tests to see if festival suspect fit for trial
By Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2025
A judge has ordered that mental health professionals assess whether the suspect in last weekend’s Vancouver street festival attack that killed 11 people is fit for trial. More coming. Darryl Greer and Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vancouver festival attack suspect faces court on day of mourning
By Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2025
VICTORIA — The suspect in last weekend’s Vancouver festival attack that killed 11 people has appeared in court on a day of provincial mourning for its victims. Adam Kai-Ji Lo, 30, who is facing eight charges of second-degree murder, appeared by video in Vancouver Provincial Court, wearing red prison fatigues and sitting on a blue ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mark Carney says he has priorities for his new government — here are 5 of them
By Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney laid out his priorities at his first postelection press conference on Friday, four days after his party won a minority mandate in the April 28 election. Here’s a quick look at the items topping his agenda. — Building up Canadian resilience Carney said he will head into his first ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wildfire evacuees in Fort St. John, B.C., allowed to return home: city
By Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2025
The City of Fort St. John, B.C., says people evacuated due to a wildfire on the outskirts of the community have been allowed to return home. An update posted to the city’s Facebook page at 8:45 a.m. says the fire in the Fish Creek Community Forest was moving northeast, away from the city. The fire ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Environment Canada lays 200 Fisheries Act charges against ArcelorMittal
By Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2025
OTTAWA — Environment and Climate Change Canada has laid 200 charges against mining company ArcelorMittal Canada for alleged violations of the Fisheries Act. In a news release, the government says the charges stem from alleged illegal dumping by the company into fish-bearing waterways in Quebec between 2014 and 2022. The dumping is alleged to have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney’s spring to-do list includes Trump and trade barriers
By Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday held his first news conference since his Liberals won a minority government mandate in Monday’s election. He now has a long list of tasks to complete in the coming weeks. Here are some of the items he’ll have to address: Meeting with Trump Carney confirmed Friday that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Complainant begins testimony at hockey players’ sexual assault trial
By Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2025
LONDON — A woman is telling the sexual assault trial of five hockey players she was drunk and not fully aware of her surroundings as she navigated a “chaotic” dance floor at the bar where she first encountered some of the accused. The woman, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, says she had ... Read More »
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