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B.C. pilot charged with hijacking and terrorism over Vancouver flight
By Canadian Press on July 16th, 2025
VANCOUVER — A man who allegedly seized a light aircraft in Victoria, setting off a security scare at Vancouver International Airport on Tuesday, has been charged with hijacking and terrorism. A spokeswoman for the Public Prosecution Service of Canada said Wednesday that a charge of hijacking had been filed in Richmond, B.C., constituting a “terrorist ... Read More »
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By Canadian Press on July 16th, 2025
VANCOUVER — A man who allegedly seized a light aircraft in Victoria, setting off a security scare at Vancouver International Airport on Tuesday, has been charged with hijacking and terrorism offences. A spokeswoman for the Public Prosecution Service of Canada provided a court file number that matches a case in B.C. Provincial Court involving a ... Read More »
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By Canadian Press on July 16th, 2025
VANCOUVER — A man who allegedly to have seized a light aircraft in Victoria, setting off a security scare at Vancouver International Airport on Tuesday, has been charged with hijacking and terrorism offences. A spokeswoman for the Public Prosecution Service of Canada provided a court file number that matches a case in B.C. Provincial Court ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Government, First Nations had been preparing to move problem bear, B.C. minister says
By Canadian Press on July 16th, 2025
A suitable bear trap had arrived on British Columbia’s Texada Island on Tuesday, meant to hold a grizzly that had caused a ruckus among the island’s residents. It came too late, B.C.’s minister of water, land and resource stewardship said on Wednesday. Tex, as the bear became known, was found dead by conservation officers, Randene ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First Nations leaders have low expectations for progress at meeting with Carney
By Canadian Press on July 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — Many First Nations leaders say their expectations are low for the meeting planned on Thursday with Prime Minister Mark Carney and are warning it should not be seen as the full and fair consultation required on major projects. The closed-door meeting was promised by Carney in June after chiefs said their rights were ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Norad says it scrambled F-15 fighter jets during alleged B.C. plane hijacking
By Canadian Press on July 16th, 2025
VANCOUVER — Norad says it scrambled F-15 fighter jets in response to the alleged hijacking of a small aircraft on Tuesday that disrupted operations at Vancouver International Airport. A spokeswoman for the North American Aerospace Defence Command says additional F-18 fighters were also being readied to respond, but the Cessna landed at YVR before those ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How Canada is responding to the U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs
By Canadian Press on July 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump introduced 25 per cent tariffs on all imports of steel and aluminum on March 12, and doubled the levies to 50 per cent in early June. The Canadian government has responded with a number of measures. Initial response The day after the U.S. tariffs came into effect, Canada imposed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Unionized Canada Post workers to vote on deal starting July 21
By Canadian Press on July 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — Unionized Canada Post workers will get a chance to vote directly on the employers’ offer for a new collective agreement starting on Monday. The Canadian Industrial Relations Board will run the vote between July 21 to August 1. Canada Post has been at an impasse with the union representing roughly 55,000 postal service ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Unionized Canada Post workers to vote on deal starting July 21
By Canadian Press on July 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — Unionized Canada Post workers will get a chance to vote directly on the employers’ offer for a new collective agreement starting on Monday. The process will be led by the Canada Industrial Relations Board and will run from July 21 to August 1. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Search continues for man who went missing in water near popular Montreal beach
By Canadian Press on July 16th, 2025
MONTREAL — Montreal police continued canvasing the St. Lawrence River on Wednesday for a man who was last seen struggling in the water outside the designated swimming area of a beach. Police divers resumed their search in the water off the southwestern borough of Verdun for a 32-year-old missing man who witnesses said was in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Air-traffic conversation suggests suspected B.C. hijacking was ‘some type of protest’
By Canadian Press on July 16th, 2025
VANCOUVER — A conversation involving a Vancouver International Airport air traffic controller suggests the alleged hijacking of a small aircraft that temporarily stopped landings on Tuesday may have been motivated by “some type of protest.” The unidentified controller in the air-traffic audio recording tells the pilot of a grounded aircraft that a Cessna is circling ... Read More »
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