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Parliamentary report on Emergencies Act decision is 18 months past due — and counting
By Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2024
OTTAWA – For a committee struck to review an emergency, the approach to reporting back to Canadians has been less than urgent. The erstwhile group of senators and MPs studying the federal government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act over the “Freedom Convoy” was supposed to present its findings in December. December of 2022, that is. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Princess Anne takes part in keys-to-the-ship ceremony for Arctic navy vessel in B.C.
By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on May 3rd, 2024
VANCOUVER – The first Arctic patrol vessel for Canada’s Pacific fleet has officially been commissioned in a ceremony featuring Princess Anne, the sister of King Charles. She attended the event Friday in North Vancouver in her role as commodore-in-chief for the Canadian Fleet Pacific. The ceremony was limited to one media photographer and one video ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man charged with second-degree murder in White Rock, B.C., stabbing: RCMP
By The Canadian Press on May 3rd, 2024
WHITE ROCK, B.C. – Mounties say a man has been charged with second-degree murder in a fatal stabbing that shook the community of White Rock, B.C., last month. A statement from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says 27-year-old Dimitri Hyacinth from nearby Surrey is accused of killing Kulwinder Singh Sohi on April 23, two days ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three Indian nationals charged with killing B.C. Sikh activist, Hardeep Singh Nijjar
By The Canadian Press on May 3rd, 2024
SURREY, B.C. – Three Indian nationals have been charged with the murder of B.C. Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in a killing last year that threw Ottawa’s relationship with New Delhi into disarray. Police say they are investigating if the Indian government was involved, an allegation raised by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the House ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A timeline about the killing of B.C. Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar
By The Canadian Press, The Canadian Press on May 3rd, 2024
Police in British Columbia say they have charged three Indian nationals with the killing of Sikh activist and gurdwara leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C., last year. Here is a timeline related to the killing, which triggered a diplomatic dispute between Canada and India. 2023 June 18 – Hardeep Singh Nijjar is shot dead ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police say 3 Indian nationals charged in the killing of B.C. Sikh activist, Nijjar
By The Canadian Press on May 3rd, 2024
SURREY, B.C. – Three Indian nationals have been charged with the murder of B.C. Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in a killing last year that threw Ottawa’s relationship with New Delhi into disarray. Police say they are investigating if the Indian government was involved, an allegation raised by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the House ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Foreign interference may have ‘impacted’ 2021 result in one riding, inquiry finds
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on May 3rd, 2024
OTTAWA – Foreign meddling attempts didn’t change who won the last two federal elections in Canada, but may have changed the result in one riding in 2021, a public inquiry concluded Friday. A preliminary report by commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue said the extent of the impact of foreign interference is unknown, though the number of races ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fisheries Department warns boaters against disturbing orphan B.C. killer whale calf
By The Canadian Press on May 3rd, 2024
ZEBALLOS, B.C. – The Fisheries Department says its monitoring and patrolling ocean waters off northwest Vancouver Island to ensure boat traffic doesn’t interfere with an orphan killer whale calf’s ability to reunite with her extended family. The Fisheries Department says in a statement it will be monitoring the location of the young female orca as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police say 3 men arrested, charged in the killing of B.C. Sikh activist, Nijjar
By The Canadian Press on May 3rd, 2024
SURREY, B.C. – Three men have been arrested and charged with the murder of B.C. Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Integrated Homicide Investigation Team Supt. Mandeep Mooker says Karan Brar, Karanpreet Singh and Kamalpreet Singh, all men in their 20s, were arrested today in Edmonton. Mooker says all three are Indian nationals and have been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: B.C. police say 3 men charged in the killing of Sikh activist Nijjar
By The Canadian Press on May 3rd, 2024
SURREY, B.C. – Three men have been arrested and charged with the murder of B.C. Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. RCMP Assistant Commissioner David Teboul says in addition to the murder case, there are separate investigations looking into possible connections to the Government of India. Nijjar was shot and killed last June as he left ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada, Manitoba to develop Red Dress Alert for missing Indigenous women and girls
By Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press on May 3rd, 2024
OTTAWA – Canada and Manitoba are partnering to launch an alert system that would inform the public when an Indigenous woman or girl goes missing, they announced Friday in Winnipeg, ahead of a national day to mark the crisis. The long-awaited Red Dress Alert system is a bid to prevent deaths and increase safe reunions ... Read More »
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