CanadaJul 23, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney set to visit birthplace in N.W.T.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to stop today in the town where he was born as he travels across the Northwest Territories.
Carney also spent his early childhood in Fort Smith, located south of Yellowknife along the Alberta boundary, before he moved with his family to Edmonton.
He is scheduled to talk to locals in Fort Smith about affordability and food insecurity, and discuss wildfires with community leaders, before heading to Inuvik in the territory's northwest corner.
He is set to co-host the Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee on Thursday with Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanata
IndiaJul 23, 2025
Indian police arrest a suspected scammer running a fake embassy near New Delhi
Indian police have arrested a man accused of running a bogus embassy from a rented residential building near the capital, New Delhi, and recovered cars with fake diplomatic plates.
The suspect impersonated an ambassador and allegedly duped people for money by promising overseas employment, said senior police officer Sushil Ghule of Uttar Pradesh state’s special task force in northern India.
According to police, Harshvardhan Jain, 47, claimed to have acted as an adviser or ambassador to entities such as “Seborga” or “Westarctica.”Police recovered multiple doctored photographs showing
CanadaJul 22, 2025
Project ERASE: over 2,100 charges laid by peel police for high-risk Driving
Peel Regional Police have arrested more than 130 individuals for provincial and criminal offences related to street racing and other high-risk driving behaviours, as part of Project ERASE (Eliminating Racing Activities on Streets Everywhere).
Between May and June 2025, officers collaborating on this Joint Forces Operation targeted hotspot locations across the GTA, leading to the investigation of 684 vehicles and the seizure of nearly 100. More than 2,100 charges were laid, including 86 for stunt driving and 125 for unnecessary noise.
Examples of offences include:
On May 17, while conducting pr
AlbertaJul 22, 2025
Two Canadian soldiers stabbed during brawl in Alberta, RCMP investigating
Two Canadian soldiers posted to a base in eastern Alberta are expected to recover after a stabbing. RCMP say officers were called Friday to a disturbance at a home in Wainwright, west of the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary. They say a 23-year-old man has been charged with two counts of assault with a weapon, as well as possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
Armed Forces spokeswoman Lt.-Col. Lena Angell says three junior military members were involved in a brawl. She says the two injured were treated in hospital in Wainwright and one of them was later sent to Edmonton for mor
BCJul 22, 2025
Warrants issued for Nanaimo woman
Warrants have been issued for the arrest of 36-year Amie Kloss. Kloss recently failed to appear in Nanaimo Provincial Court for a scheduled court appearance. Therefore, warrants were issued for her arrest.
Kloss is before the courts from an incident stemming from March of 2025 where it is alleged, she was involved in a motor vehicle incident, fled from attending officers and allegedly drove a vehicle in a dangerous manner. Her whereabouts are currently unknown. Kloss is also wanted on unrelated warrants from Ladysmith and Oceanside RCMP.
Amie Kloss is Caucasian woman, 5 foot three inches t
CanadaJul 22, 2025
Quebec woman who joined ISIS pleads guilty to supporting terror group
A Quebec woman who travelled to Syria to join Islamic State and marry one of its fighters has pleaded guilty to one count of participating in the activities of a terrorist group.
The Crown and lawyers for Oumaima Chouay made joint submissions for the sentence that was delivered on Monday in Quebec court — one day in custody in addition to 110 days spent in pretrial detention, and three years of probation.
The Public Prosecution Service of Canada says experts who examined Chouay over the past 30 months concluded that her risk of recidivism and her dangerousness to society are very low.
Chouay
CanadaJul 22, 2025
Federal government considers raising deposit insurance limit to $150,000
The federal government is looking for feedback on changes to Canada's deposit insurance framework that could see the coverage limit raised to $150,000.
Right now, the Canada Deposit Insurance Corp. will guarantee Canadians' deposits up to $100,000 in the event of a bank failure as long as they're held with a member institution.
All large Canadian banks and many other financial institutions are a part of the CDIC framework, which covers most deposits and guaranteed investment certificates but not mutual funds, stocks, bonds or cryptocurrencies.
Finance Canada is asking Canadians and other stake
BCJul 22, 2025
Murder probe after boy, 15, stabbed to death on downtown Vancouver street
Police say a 15-year-old boy was stabbed to death near Vancouver's Robson Square over the weekend and the killing is being investigated as a murder.
No arrests have been made, and police say they are not releasing the name of the victim, who was from Surrey, B.C.
Police are asking anyone with information about the stabbing that investigators believe happened around 11:40 p.m. Saturday to come forward.
Officers believe there was a "violent altercation" near the Vancouver Law Courts at Smithe and Hornby Street.
A passerby called police who found the injured boy on Hornby Street, but despite the
CanadaJul 22, 2025
Poilievre calls for law to block long ballot protests ahead of Alberta byelection
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the long list of names lining up to flood the ballot in his upcoming federal byelection amounts to a "blatant abuse" of democracy — and he wants the government to do something about it.More than 100 candidates sponsored by the Longest Ballot Committee are registered to run against Poilievre in a byelection in the Alberta riding of Battle River—Crowfoot set for Aug. 18.The advocacy group also targeted Poilievre's former riding of Carleton in the spring election.The Conservative leader, who is seeking a path back to the House of Commons, says in a le