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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 »
Be the first to comment!International fugitive returned to B.C. after being arrested in Middle East
By Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2025
An international fugitive and one of Canada’s most wanted is back behind bars following a Vancouver Police Department investigation that lasted three years, spanned 14 countries and ended in the Middle East. Cody Casey has been back in Canada since April 24 following his arrest by police in Oman on Oct. 5, 2024, and an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Marie-Claude Nichols returns to Quebec Liberals, supports Pablo Rodriguez for leader
By Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2025
MONTREAL — A Quebec legislature member who was kicked out of the Liberal caucus in 2022 has returned to the party and is supporting Pablo Rodriguez in the leadership race. Marie-Claude Nichols made the announcement today at the party’s headquarters in Montreal alongside Rodriguez, a former federal cabinet minister under Justin Trudeau. She was removed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CRA won’t renew contracts for more than 1,000 term workers, union says
By Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2025
OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency won’t renew contracts for more than 1,000 term workers across the country later this month, says the union representing them. The Union of Taxation Employees says the employees have been informed that their contracts won’t be renewed when they expire on May 16. Marc Brière, the union’s national president, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Day of mourning in B.C. as Vancouver festival attack suspect to appear in court
By Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2025
VICTORIA — Premier David Eby says it’s time for British Columbia to give back to the Filipino community on a day of remembrance and mourning for victims of the deadly attack on the Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver, and “take steps to ensure such an atrocity never happens again.” Eby issued a statement saying ... Read More »
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