CanadaSep 24, 2025
Carney heading to the U.K. to talk trade with world leaders
Prime Minster Mark Carney is heading to the United Kingdom this week to discuss trade ties and other geopolitical issues with world leaders.
The Prime Minister's Office says Carney will be in London from Sept. 25 to 28.
He's set to meet with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the prime ministers of Iceland, Australia, Spain and Denmark.
His office says he'll also sit down with business leaders and institutional investors as part of a broader push to advance trade with international partners.
Carney and his ministers have worked since coming to office to deepen Canada's international ties —
CanadaSep 24, 2025
Surrey police seeking public assistance to locate Gurninder Singh
Surrey Police Service (SPS) is requesting the public's assistance in locating a 26-year-old missing man.
Gurninder Singh was last seen at 1:00 am on September 22, 2025, in the area of the Scott Road Skytrain Station and the Pattullo Bridge walking towards the bridge. He has not been seen or heard from since.
Gurninder is described as a 26-year-old South Asian male, 6’0” tall, 177 pounds, with a slim build, black hair, and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a light-coloured T-shirt, black pants, and a light-coloured head covering. Police and family are concerned for his well being, as
CanadaSep 24, 2025
Quebec government bans gender-neutral pronouns in official state documents
The Quebec government is banning the use of newly emerging gender-neutral words in all official communications.
French-language Minister Jean-François Roberge says Quebec’s official language must not be “distorted.”
The updated language policy applies to recently invented words including gender-neutral pronouns that are commonly used by transgender and non-binary people.
It also prohibits writing words in a way that aims to be more inclusive by neutralizing gender.
The government says public bodies have a duty to use exemplary French, and Roberge says the language must be easy for every
BCSep 24, 2025
B.C. Green Party votes in climate activist Emily Lowan as new leader
Emily Lowan, a 25-year-old climate activist, is the new leader of the British Columbia Green Party. Lowan won on the first ballot with 3,189 votes, ahead of second-place Jonathan Kerr with 1,908 votes, while Adam Bremner-Akins finished third with 128 votes.
She doesn't have a seat in the legislature but says she plans to run in the next ``viable'' byelection or in the next general election.
Lowan says the Greens will become a ``force of nature'' and promises that it will be a ``bold and critical'' opposition party.
She says her decisive mandate is a ``clear message'' that the party nee
BCSep 24, 2025
Public service workers' pickets expand to B.C. liquor stores
Striking public service workers in British Columbia have expanded their picket lines to 25 Liquor Distribution Branch retail stores in the latest escalation of job action.
The B.C. General Employees’ Union says more than 600 workers at the liquor stores have walked of the job across the province in an effort to push the government back to the negotiating table.
The union says the store locations were chosen because they are a "significant source of government revenue."
AlbertaSep 24, 2025
Interim report on Alberta health contract scandal not finished, won't be made public
Alberta's government says it has yet to receive an interim report on the investigation into allegations of corruption over health contracts but it should be finished in the coming days.
The government says former Manitoba judge Raymond Wyant had until today to submit it but still has interviews to finish.
It also says the interim report won't be made public. The report was initially expected in May, but the province extended the deadline because of the number of documents involved and interviews Wyant wanted to do.
The deadline for the final report was set for Oct. 15. The al
BCSep 24, 2025
Eighteen charges approved against 55-year-old man after residential break and enter series investigation
Burnaby RCMP’s Strike Force Unit investigated a series of residential break and enters that occurred between September 2023 and June 2024.
After an extensive investigation, on May 21, 2025, the BC Prosecution Service approved 18 charges against Shane Conrad Takakenew.
On August 27, 2025, Burnaby RCMP’s Strike Force Unit arrested Takakenew on 14 warrants.
Takakenew now faces the following charges:
7 counts of break and enter9 counts of possession of stolen property2 counts of breaching a release orderAs a result of the investigation, 34-year-old Burnaby resident Fabiola Diaz is also fac
BCSep 24, 2025
The Supreme Court of Canada grants stay on ostrich cull, farm's lawyer says
The Supreme Court of Canada has granted a last-minute stay over the destruction of a flock of ostriches until the court mulls an application for leave to appeal.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has been on the farm in northeastern B.C. for days preparing for the cull of nearly 400 birds.
The high court's document, supplied by the farm's lawyer Umar Sheikh, says the order stays the enforcement of the CFIA's ``stamping-out policy'' until the application for leave to appeal is dismissed or, if leave to appeal is granted, until the case is disposed of.
The news came on the farm
BCSep 24, 2025
Illicit drug operation disrupted; drugs and gun recovered
A coordinated investigation led by the RCMP Federal Policing – Pacific Region (FPPR) Integrated Border Enforcement Team (IBET) with the assistance of partner law enforcement agencies, has resulted in the dismantling of a clandestine drug lab and the seizure of illicit drugs and a firearm.
On September 17, 2025, IBET officers with assistance from the Island District Emergency Response Team (ERT), Victoria Police Department’s Strike Force Unit, Sooke RCMP and the FPPR Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement and Response (CLEAR) team executed a search warrant at a property in the 3800 area of T