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Alberta junior hockey team says 3 players dead in vehicle crash
By Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2026
STAVELY — The Southern Alberta Mustangs junior hockey team says three players have been killed in a vehicle crash while heading to practice. The team says in a Facebook post that the crash happened Monday. No other details were provided about the crash. The Mustangs are based in Stavely, Alta., about an hour’s drive south ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Alberta junior hockey team says 3 players dead in vehicle crash
By Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2026
STAVELY — The Southern Alberta Mustangs junior hockey team says three players have been killed in a vehicle crash while heading to practice. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!She went missing in Canada in 1985. She may have been a Florida serial murder victim
By Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2026
It was in January of 1985 when the mixed skeletal remains of two people were discovered in a wooded area of Malabar, Fla., and while one woman was identified through dental records, the identity of the other person remained a mystery for 41 years. Police now say the mystery bones belonged to Jeanette Marcotte, who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Global Affairs confirms a Canadian has died in Japan
By Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2026
OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada says the department is aware of the death of a Canadian citizen in Japan. Japanese media have identified the victim as 39-year-old Ashley Kay Bernice. Reports say she died on Sunday after falling into a waterfall basin while snowboarding off course at a ski resort in Japan. John Babcock, a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former minister Baird says he wasn’t consulted about Epstein’s invite to 2014 seminar
By Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2026
OTTAWA — The office of former foreign affairs minister John Baird says neither he nor the Canadian government were consulted on a 2014 seminar invitation list that included convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Baird’s name appears in documents related to Epstein recently released by the U.S. Justice Department, including work-related guest lists and a document ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rizqy says partisan use of legislature funds led to chief of staff firing
By Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2026
QUÉBEC — Marwah Rizqy is breaking her silence about what prompted her to fire her chief of staff, leading to her expulsion from the Quebec Liberal party caucus last year. In a statement of defence in a civil lawsuit brought by Geneviève Hinse, Rizqy claims Hinse tried to circumvent the rules of the national assembly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former PM Harper says he did not sign Alberta separation petition
By Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2026
OTTAWA — Former prime minister Stephen Harper says he did not sign a petition seeking to force a referendum on Alberta leaving Canada. Speaking at an event today in Ottawa, Harper said that in this moment of revived nationalism around the world, there is no reason why Canadians should not feel deep pride in their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three foreign nationals arrested by extortion patrol are charged in B.C. shooting
By Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2026
SURREY — Police in Surrey, B.C., say three men arrested on Sunday by officers on an anti-extortion patrol are all foreign nationals and have been charged over gunfire at a home. Harjot Singh, Taranveer Singh and Dayajeet Singh Billing have been charged with one count each of discharging a firearm, and all have been remanded ... Read More »
1 responseCanadian woman’s remains found in 1985 linked to suspected serial killer in Florida
By Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2026
TITUSVILLE — A sheriff’s office in Florida says the remains of a woman identified by DNA as a Canadian who went missing in the 1980s were found with those of a second woman, who was thought to have fallen victim to a serial killer. DNA firm Othram, which worked with Florida law enforcement, says it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Canadian woman’s remains linked to suspected serial killer in Florida
By Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2026
TITUSVILLE — A sheriff’s office in Florida says the remains of a woman identified by DNA as a Canadian who went missing in the 1980s were found mixed with those of a second woman, who was thought to have fallen victim to a serial killer. DNA firm Othram, which works with Florida law enforcement, says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fire chief says cause of fire that sank three yachts will likely never be found
By Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2026
VICTORIA — A marina fire in Sidney, B.C. has sunk three yachts worth millions, and the community’s fire chief says investigators may never find the cause. Brett Mikkelsen says there is no evidence that the fire is suspicious, but the damage to the vessels, which now sit under about seven metres of water, make it ... Read More »
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