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Montreal police arrest five in distraction theft probe targeting seniors, jewelry
By Canadian Press on May 24th, 2025
MONTREAL — Montreal police say they’ve arrested five people in a rash of recent distraction thefts in which seniors were targeted for their jewelry. The issue has risen in prominence in recent months, with police departments across the country — including Vancouver, Ottawa and Toronto — warning citizens about the practice earlier this year. Montreal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!King Charles to follow in mother’s footsteps in delivering throne speech
By Canadian Press on May 24th, 2025
OTTAWA — King Charles is set to open a new session of Parliament on Tuesday, seated in a throne that incorporates a piece of English walnut from Windsor Great Park, a preserve of his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth. The Royal Family connection is especially appropriate given that the Queen was the first sovereign to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Liberals promised a suite of crime measures. Here’s what they’re taking on
By Canadian Press on May 24th, 2025
OTTAWA — After an election which saw the Conservatives campaign heavily on crime while the Liberals promised stricter measures for offences like violent car thefts, the new minority Liberal government has a stack of new crime policies to implement. Lisa Kerr, an associate professor at the Queen’s University law school, said the proposals are “all, ... Read More »
1 responseFewer international students adding to university budget challenges
By Canadian Press on May 24th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canadian universities are being forced to tighten their financial belts as they struggle with plummeting enrolment from international students who pay higher tuitions. Universities Canada says “inadequate” provincial operating grants are also a factor in ongoing budget challenges for post-secondary institutions. President Gabriel Miller says tuition and fees from international student enrolment had ... Read More »
1 responseRobert F. Kennedy Jr. asks CFIA to reconsider ostrich cull at B.C. farm
By Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has written a letter to the president of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency asking that ostriches at a B.C. farm be spared from a planned cull. Kennedy, the U.S. secretary for health and human services, posted a letter on social media dated Friday and addressed to Paul MacKinnon, saying there would ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mounties investigate ostrich death at B.C. farm facing cull order
By Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2025
RCMP say they are investigating the death of an ostrich at a farm in Edgewood, B.C., where protesters have gathered to prevent a cull of the birds ordered by federal authorities. Katie Pasitney, whose parents own the farm, posted a video on social media on Friday morning saying a large drone had flown over the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police arrest man for allegedly sending fentanyl from Vancouver to U.S.
By Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2025
SURREY — Police in British Columbia say a man has been arrested over an alleged cross-border trafficking operation in which fentanyl was sent from Vancouver to the United States. The province’s Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit says the investigation with the Canada Border Services Agency began in February, with suspicions that a man was importing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta judge grants bail for man convicted of 1987 murder after new trial ordered
By Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2025
EDMONTON — Decades after Roy Allan Sobotiak was sentenced to life for the killing of an Edmonton woman, the 61-year-old is set to walk out of prison. Alberta Court of King’s Bench Justice Eric Macklin granted bail Friday to Sobotiak, who was convicted in 1991 for the murder of Susan Kaminsky. His conviction was quashed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Police arrest man for allegedly sending fentanyl from Vancouver to U.S.
By Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2025
SURREY — Police in British Columbia say a man has been arrested over an alleged cross-border trafficking operation in which fentanyl was sent from Vancouver to the United States. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Panic and confusion’ for Canadians at Harvard after Trump bans foreign students
By Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2025
Harvard University student Thomas Mete was picking up his brother from high school in Ridgeway, Ont., when he got the news that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration was barring the Ivy League school from enrolling foreign students. “It was just complete shock,” said Mete, a Canadian heading into his fourth year at Harvard this fall. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Probation for ex-Mountie, convicted of obstruction after ‘sexting’ violence victim
By Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2025
KELOWNA — A former Okanagan RCMP officer who exchanged explicit messages with a victim of domestic violence has been given a conditional discharge and 12 months of probation for attempting to obstruct justice. Former Kelowna Mountie Sean Eckland pleaded guilty in the case that began when he and another officer responded to a serious domestic ... Read More »
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