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B.C. winner of record $80M lottery jackpot quits job, vows to give back to community
By Canadian Press on May 15th, 2025
VANCOUVER — The winner of what the B.C. Lottery Corp. says is the biggest jackpot ever awarded to a single person in Canada says the $80 million prize is “life-changing.” Justin Simporios from Surrey, B.C., says his priority is to give back to the community, pay off his sister’s medical school debt and help his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Most jurors selected in murder trial for Quebec man in truck attack that killed three
By Canadian Press on May 15th, 2025
RIMOUSKI — Jury selection began on Thursday at the opening of a high-profile murder trial in eastern Quebec involving a man charged with killing three people with a truck. Forty-year-old Steeve Gagnon faces five charges, including three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder involving nine victims. It took the court half ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nunavut election result not validated as ballot box held up in cargo by blizzard
By Canadian Press on May 15th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal election result in Nunavut still has not been validated by Elections Canada, because one final ballot box has been delayed by a blizzard. NDP incumbent Lori Idlout won the unofficial result by 77 votes over Liberal candidate Kilikvak Kabloona. Elections Canada has a validation process to confirm the unofficial count completed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prosecutors seek prison for men guilty of human smuggling in Manitoba border deaths
By Canadian Press on May 15th, 2025
FERGUS FALLS — U.S. attorneys have filed sentencing submissions for two men convicted after a family froze to death while trying to walk across the Canada-U.S. border in Manitoba. A Minnesota jury found Steve Shand and Harshkumar Patel guilty of human-smuggling charges after the parents and two children from India were found in the snow ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!DEA threat assessment points to fentanyl ‘super laboratories’ in Canada
By Canadian Press on May 15th, 2025
WASHINGTON — The United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s latest threat assessment says fentanyl “super laboratories” in Canada are a growing source of concern. U.S. President Donald Trump has used cross-border traffic in the deadly drug to justify hitting imports of Canadian goods with tariffs. The annual report says that while the estimated volume of fentanyl ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Partner of Quebec man who received MAID after bedsores says hospital ignored her
By Canadian Press on May 15th, 2025
MONTREAL — The partner of a man who received a medically assisted death after developing a severe bedsore in a Quebec hospital says medical staff didn’t listen to her. Sylvie Brosseau spoke outside the Montreal courtroom where a coroner is holding hearings into the death of her partner Normand Meunier. Brosseau says Meunier loved the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Almost half of Canadians say Carney ‘stood up’ for country in Trump meeting: poll
By Canadian Press on May 15th, 2025
OTTAWA — A new poll suggests nearly half of Canadians think Prime Minister Mark Carney “stood up” for Canada in his recent face-to-face meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. The Leger poll says 48 per cent of poll respondents think Carney “clearly stood up for Canada’s interests” in his meeting with Trump, while another 24 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court won’t review school board’s decision to sanction trustee over remarks
By Canadian Press on May 15th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not review the Toronto Catholic District School Board’s decision to sanction a trustee over comments he made during a debate. At a November 2019 public meeting of trustees, the board considered a motion to add four new grounds for barring discriminatory practices: gender identity, gender expression, family ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eby says government can’t interfere in RCMP probe of leaked document
By Canadian Press on May 15th, 2025
Premier David Eby has rejected Opposition accusations that his government went after a whistleblower, while suggesting more effort should go into investigating problems in opioid prescriptions that they highlighted rather than the source of the leaks. Eby said B.C.’s director of police services acted independently and the government couldn’t interfere with their request for an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hockey players had group chat to discuss response to sex assault allegations: witness
By Canadian Press on May 15th, 2025
An Ontario court is hearing that members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team formed a group chat to discuss how to respond to a Hockey Canada investigation into allegations of sexual assault a week after an encounter with a woman in a London, Ont., hotel room. Tyler Steenbergen, who was on the team and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In Canada’s housing crisis, are modular homes a cheaper and faster solution?
By Canadian Press on May 15th, 2025
TORONTO — When a church in Toronto’s west end was converted into affordable housing nearly 15 years ago, the group behind the project was already thinking ahead. Andrea Adams, the executive director of the non-profit developer St. Clare’s, said she was “daydreaming” about what could be built on the yard next to the 20-unit building ... Read More »
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