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Bail hearing in July for Montreal mom charged with abandoning three-year-old daughter
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD — The mother who allegedly abandoned her three-year-old daughter in rural Ontario for four days is scheduled to have a bail hearing early next month. Lawyers in Quebec court set hearing dates of July 3 and July 4 for the 34-year-old Montreal woman who faces one count of unlawful abandonment of a child. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Searchers recover second body after rockfall near Banff National Park hiking trail
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
LAKE LOUISE — Rescue teams searching for victims in a rockfall along a hiking trail in Banff National Park have found a second body. Parks Canada and RCMP say the person was found this morning and officials are notifying family. A 70-year-old woman from Calgary was first found dead at the site of Thursday’s rock ... Read More »
1 responseCP NewsAlert: Searchers recover second body after rockfall at Banff National Park
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
LAKE LOUISE — RCMP and Parks Canada say the body of a second person killed by a rockfall in Banff National Park has been recovered. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservatives set January dates for convention, review of Poilievre’s leadership
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — Members of the Conservative party will hold a national convention in late January, where they’ll vote on Pierre Poilievre’s leadership. The party’s national council has scheduled the convention for Jan. 29 and 31 in Calgary. Poilievre, who lost his seat in the House of Commons in the April election, will face a secret ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Searchers using infrared scan area where hikers caught in deadly Banff rockfall
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
LAKE LOUISE — Rescuers in Alberta, including aircraft with infrared technology, were to resume their search Friday after a massive rockfall killed one and injured three in Banff National Park. Parks Canada and the RCMP, in a joint statement, said they were working with Canada Task Force 2, a national disaster response team that employs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brampton mayor ‘cautiously optimistic’ about Bishnoi gang terrorist designation
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown says he’s “cautiously optimistic” about the chances of India’s Lawrence Bishnoi gang being designated as a terrorist group after meeting with the public safety minister Wednesday night. Brown says that he and Peel region police officials met with Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree in Ottawa to discuss the “scourge” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Search to continue for hikers after rockfall at Banff National Park
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
LAKE LOUISE — Rescuers in Alberta are set to resume their search today after a massive rockfall that killed one and injured three in Banff National Park. Video posted online appears to show a large shelf of stone crashing down a mountainside at Bow Glacier Falls, about 200 kilometres northwest of Calgary. The slide kicked ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Search to continue for hikers after Banff rockfall
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Search to continue for hikers after Banff rockfall Rescuers in Alberta are set to resume their search today for anyone else caught up in a massive rockfall that killed one and injured three in a remote section of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Search to continue for missing hikers after rockfall at Banff National Park
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
LAKE LOUISE — Rescuers in Alberta are set to resume their search today for anyone else caught up in a massive rockfall that killed one and injured three in a remote section of Banff National Park. Video posted online reportedly shows a large shelf of stone crashing down a mountainside at Bow Glacier Falls, about ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Parliament set to rise today, with MPs to vote on controversial major projects bill
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s major projects and internal trade bill will be voted on today before the House of Commons rises until September. A closure motion the government passed to limit debate says the House won’t adjourn today until debate wraps up on Bill C-5 and it clears the chamber. The Liberal government’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘We cannot waste any time’: Anand promises ‘action’ and reform in foreign affairs
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — Faced with escalating conflict in the Middle East, a collapsing global trade system and a department struggling to reform itself, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says she relishes the job of helping Canada navigate a turbulent world. In a wide-ranging interview Thursday with The Canadian Press, Anand said her experiences in both politics ... Read More »
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