A Calgary teacher has been charged after a sexually motivated offence at a school in late May.Police say administrators from Chinook Winds Adventist Academy reported that a teacher had engaged in an inappropriate sexual act while allegedly watching students through a window.Detectives conducted an investigation, which included speaking to several witnesses and analyzing evidence.Police say they arrested a man on Tuesday.Nathanial Arthur Gordon, who is 41, has been charged with one count of voyeurism and is scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 28.Police say it's believed it was a sexually moti

The director of provincial operations for the B.C. Wildfire Service says the next 24 to 48 hours could be the most challenging for crews battling the wildfires.Cliff Chapman says that an incoming cold front, after hitting a high-pressure system, produces significant, sustained winds of 30 to 40 kilometers per hour.Chapman says gusts of up to 60 km/h can be expected, and the cold front is likely to produce lightning, which could spark new fires.Chapman urged that everyone follow evacuation orders if they are issued.

In the case of the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijhar, the police have also included a third suspect and seeking help from the general public to trace him.Timothy Pierotti, a spokesman for the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, told reporters on Wednesday that on the day of murder, a suspect was seen waiting in a car near 121st Street and 68th Avenue, and was ready to drive away.Police believe that this suspect helped two other suspects flee the scene.According to police, the vehicle driven by the suspect is a silver colored 2008 Toyota Camry.The team has released an image of the suspect vehi

A new survey says more children aged 12 and older in Canada have been treated for drug overdoses.The Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program says that serious and life-threatening overdoses have been reported with sedatives and opioids.The report states that drug overdose is a public health emergency.According to the report, fatal overdoses are the leading cause of death among children and adolescents aged 10 to 18 in Western Canada.This problem exists across the country in ten states where paediatric specialists are treating children who are victims of overdose.

The Chinese government has removed Canada from its list of approved international travel destinations for tour groups.The decision could be detrimental to Canada's travel industry's post-pandemic recovery.The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on August 10 that 78 countries have been added to the list of approved destinations for group tours and package travel.Travel agents in China use this list when promoting overseas travel and booking travel for Chinese nationals.On the question of excluding Canada from this list, the public affairs office of the Chinese Embassy in Ottawa said that recentl

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet will meet in Prince Edward Island next week.During this meeting, the agenda for the parliamentary session of the fall season will be decided.This will be the first cabinet meeting after the major reshuffle of the Prime Minister's cabinet in July.In the cabinet reshuffle, seven MPs were dropped and seven new faces joined the cabinet.The ministries of several cabinet members were also changed.A statement from the Prime Minister's Office said that the Cabinet meeting will focus on economic issues, health care and climate change.

Members of the military now have the option to bypass the Canadian Armed Forces grievance process and taking complaints of sexual misconduct, harassment or discrimination to a third party.The military announced today that the independent Canadian Human Rights Commission will hear new and existing complaints.It is worth mentioning that former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour recommended the change in her May 2022 report on sexual misconduct and toxic culture in the Armed Forces.Defence Minister Bill Blair says the government will also stop filing objections to human-rights complaints on the

There was no significant difference in home sales in Canada in July as compared to June.According to the Canadian Real Estate Association, an increase of 8.7% though has been recorded in the sale of houses compared to the previous July.And this is the biggest year-on-year jump in the last two years.Home prices also increased by 6.3% compared to a year ago and the average price of a home was recorded at $668,000.

Inflation has started to rise again in Canada.According to a report released by Statistics Canada on Tuesday, inflation rose to 3.3 per cent in July, down from 2.8 per cent in June for the first time since March 2021.According to StatCan, higher gas prices contributed to the increase in inflation.Meanwhile, food prices at grocery stores rose to 8.5 percent, but food prices rose at a moderate pace in July compared to the 9.1 percent jump seen in June.Economists had already predicted that the inflation rate for the month of July may see a jump in the inflation rate.BMO and CIBC had forecast infl