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Accused B.C. cop killer wants to be found mentally fit for trial, lawyer tells court
By Canadian Press on March 30th, 2026
VANCOUVER — The lawyer for the man accused of killing of RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang in a Burnaby, B.C., park in 2022 says he wants to be found mentally fit for trial. Jongwon Ham, who appeared at the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on Monday wearing a black shirt and grey suit, is charged with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Independent MLA won’t resign while facing charges labelled intimate partner violence
By Canadian Press on March 30th, 2026
VICTORIA — Independent British Columbia legislator Hon Chan says he is not resigning after his assault charges came to light and he was kicked out of the Conservative caucus. Chan says on Monday while briefly talking with reporters outside the floor of legislature that everybody is “actually innocent until proven guilty” when asked whether he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. youth charged over alleged school shooting threats in chats with U.S. teen
By Canadian Press on March 30th, 2026
SOOKE — Police on Vancouver Island say a youth who lives in Sooke, B.C., has been charged after allegedly making threats about a school shooting in online chats with a 15-year-old in the United States. RCMP say the investigation was spurred after police in Louisville, Ky., made contact earlier this month about a 15-year-old there ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pro-Palestinian group listed as terrorist entity dissolved in Canada
By Canadian Press on March 30th, 2026
OTTAWA — The Canadian government says a pro-Palestinian group added to the country’s list of terrorist entities in 2024 has been dissolved. The federal corporation database with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada says the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network was “dissolved for non-compliance” on Friday. The group had been registered in British Columbia under ... Read More »
1 responseCP NewsAlert: B.C. youth charged over alleged school shooting threats
By Canadian Press on March 30th, 2026
SOOKE — RCMP say a British Columbia youth has been charged with conveying threats after allegedly having “concerning” online conversations with a 15-year-old in the United States accused of making shooting threats against a school there. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney begins process of finding judge to fill coming Supreme Court of Canada opening
By Canadian Press on March 30th, 2026
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has started the process to fill the Supreme Court of Canada vacancy that will open up when Justice Sheilah Martin retires on May 30. The Montreal-born Martin trained in civil and common law before moving to Alberta to pursue work as an educator, lawyer and judge. She was named ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada not worried U.S.-Mexico trade talks will upend trilateral deal, LeBlanc says
By Canadian Press on March 30th, 2026
OTTAWA — Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says he isn’t worried Mexico will sign a trade agreement with the Americans that excludes Canada. LeBlanc says the Mexicans are also committed to a trilateral deal as the countries work to renew the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade. Mexico and the U.S. have started formal talks ahead of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Feds, Ontario pool $8.8B for housing infrastructure to cut development fees
By Canadian Press on March 30th, 2026
OTTAWA — The federal and Ontario governments said Monday they will together invest billions of dollars in local infrastructure spending to help cities cut costly development fees and get more homes built. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Doug Ford joined Mayor Olivia Chow in Toronto to unveil a plan for the province and federal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Accused cop killer wants to be found mentally fit for trial, his lawyer tells hearing
By Canadian Press on March 30th, 2026
VANCOUVER — The lawyer for the man accused of killing of RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang in 2022 says he wants to be found mentally fit for trial. Jongwon Ham, who appeared at the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on Monday wearing a black shirt and grey suit, is charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Metro fruit and vegetable distribution centre employees on strike in Quebec
By Canadian Press on March 30th, 2026
Workers at Metro’s head office and the Laval, Que., fruit and vegetable distribution centre went on strike Monday morning. The strike includes about 550 warehouse workers and drivers at the Mérite 1 warehouse in the Rivière-des-Prairies neighbourhood of Montreal. The union claims they supply around 1,000 Metro stores across Quebec, though management says it’s closer ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Air Canada CEO to step down later this year after backlash over lack of French
By Canadian Press on March 30th, 2026
MONTREAL — Air Canada chief executive Michael Rousseau will leave the company later this year after coming under fire last week for his failure to deliver a video condolence message in French following a plane crash that killed two Air Canada Express pilots. Rousseau has told the board he will step down before October, the ... Read More »
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