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Legal Aid BC says ex-worker who cheered Kirk's death left organization before killing
VANCOUVER - Legal Aid BC says a former employee seen celebrating the death of American conservative activist Charlie Kirk in an online video had left the organization before this week's shooting. It s...
Sep 12, 2025

Montreal teen terror case pushed back again as defence awaits evidence
MONTRAL - The case against a 17-year-old Montreal boy who allegedly intended to carry out an attack on behalf of the Islamic State has been postponed once again. Defence Lawyer Tiago Murias asked for ...
Sep 12, 2025

Missouri Senate passes Trump-backed plan that could help Republicans win an additional US House seat
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri Republicans handed President Donald Trump a political victory Friday, giving final legislative approval to a redistricting plan that could help Republicans win an a...
Sep 12, 2025

Boat capsizes in Congo, killing at least 86, most of them students
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - A motorized boat capsized in northwestern Congo's Equateur Province, killing at least 86 people, state media reported Friday. The state news agency reported that the accident oc...
Sep 12, 2025

Logging firm wins injunction to halt Walbran Valley blockade on Vancouver Island
VANCOUVER - A forestry company has won an injunction to halt a blockade against old-growth logging in the Walbran Valley on Vancouver Island. Tsawak-qin Forestry Inc., which is co-owned by Western For...
Sep 12, 2025

Ottawa pitched extending refugee sponsor pause to late 2028 to fix backlog: records
OTTAWA - The Immigration Department suggested extending a freeze on most private refugee sponsorship applications by three more years to clear backlogs in the system, according to documents obtained b...
Sep 12, 2025

Mountie injured in crash while responding to Manitoba mass stabbing hopes for healing
WINNIPEG - A Mountie seriously injured in a highway crash while responding to a mass stabbing on a Manitoba First Nation says the tragedy will stay with her forever. Cpl. Brianne Bartmanovich, a membe...
Sep 12, 2025

CFIA says ostrich farm report backing stay of cull improperly seeks scientific ruling
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says material submitted by a British Columbia ostrich farm to support another stay of an avian flu cull order for its flock is improper, because it asks th...
Sep 12, 2025

FSIN audit questions over $34 million in expenses
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nation (FSIN) is being asked to explain expenses totalling $34,251,566.The findings of an audit, conducted by Indigenous Services Canada, were shown to the execu...
Sep 12, 2025

Internal government documents reveal grim housing climate in Canada
OTTAWA - As Ottawa gears up to launch a new agency to build homes faster, internal government documents describe how dire the housing situation has become in Canada. Briefing materials prepared for in...
Sep 12, 2025