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FeaturedJun 15, 2020

Trans Mountain pipeline restarts after light crude spills in Abbotsford

Trans Mountain says oil is flowing again through its pipeline after as much 190,000 litres of light crude spilled from a pumping facility in Abbotsford, B.C. A statement from the Crown-owned company says the pipeline was restarted Sunday afternoon. The line was shut down early Saturday when an alarm was triggered at the Sumas pump station. An investigation continues but Trans Mountain linked the cause to a fitting on a 2.5 centimetre pipe, and says the oil was contained, recovered and slated for disposal. A statement posted late Sunday by the Environment Ministry says Trans Mountain's is co-o
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CanadaJun 13, 2020

Air travellers will soon need to have their temperatures checked before boarding planes in Canada

Air travellers will soon need to have their temperatures checked before they're allowed to board planes in Canada, or to fly here. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledges there is no scientific evidence that temperature checks will detect cases of COVID-19. But he says the measure is being adopted to encourage people who are sick to stay home. Transport Minister Marc Garneau says the system will take time to set up with in-bound flights to Canada impacted first.
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CanadaJun 12, 2020

CSIS knowledge of multi-hour delay in Meng's arrest 'troubling': Lawyers

Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou allege Canada's national spy agency was in on a plan for border officers to detain the Huawei executive for hours before her arrest and was mindful of the case's political implications. Meng is wanted on fraud charges in the United States, but she and Huawei have both denied the allegations and say the extradition case should be thrown out. Lawyers for Meng argue her charter rights were violated when she was held and questioned by border officials who seized her electronics and passwords, which were shared with the RCMP before she was notified of her arrest on Dec. 1
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BCJun 12, 2020

Businessman David Sidoo loses Order of B.C. following wire fraud guilty plea

David Sidoo's membership in the Order of British Columbia was terminated on Friday, June 12, 2020. The Provincial Symbols and Honours Act governs nominations, appointments, resignations and terminations in the Order of B.C., the province's highest honour. According to the act, the chancellor of the Order may terminate a person's membership on the recommendationof the advisory council and with the approval of the executive council. This process is initiated when a member of the Order is convicted of a criminal offence or when their conduct undermines the credibility and integrity of the Orde
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BCJun 12, 2020

Gang related weapons seizure in Kamloops, one man charged

One man has been charged in what Kamloops RCMP describe as a gang-related weapons seizure at a storage locker in a warehouse in that city. Police say three semi-automatic rifles, one bolt-action rifle, a lever-action rifle, a shotgun, air-soft pistols, crossbows, nunchucks and possible explosives were seized in the Wednesday raid. A 43 year old man and 23 year old woman arrived at the warehouse while the bust was underway and police say the two were searched and weapons and drugs, including cocaine, fentanyl and crack, were seized. The man now faces drug and weapons charges while police sa
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BCJun 12, 2020

Premier says defunding police 'simplistic' but B.C. will review

British Columbia's premier says calls for defunding police are a simplistic approach to a complex problem. John Horgan says police are increasingly burdened with a range of challenges in areas including homelessness, mental health and addiction which need more funding. He says it's inappropriate to expect law enforcement to take on those issues as they deal with public safety concerns. Horgan says he envisions expanding the capacity for communities to ensure they're not asking police for more than they're capable of delivering. He says defunding issues arising from George Floyd's police-involv
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CanadaJun 12, 2020

Scheer wants Champagne, Trudeau to explain minister's two Chinese mortgages

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer wants Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne to explain how his holding two mortgages with a Chinese bank doesn't compromise his ability to deal with the People's Republic. Scheer wants Champagne to appear before the special House of Commons committee on Canada-China relations and he says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to justify the cabinet appointment there too. Scheer says Champagne is Canada's top diplomat and China's communist leaders can use the $1.2 million he owes on two London properties to the Bank of China as leverage at a time of
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CanadaJun 12, 2020

New video shows RCMP tackling, punching Alberta chief during arrest

New video has emerged of the violent arrest of a prominent chief of a northern Alberta First Nation. The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation says the RCMP dash-camera video was released publicly as part of a court application to get criminal charges against Chief Allan Adam stayed. The 12-minute video, posted by several media outlets, shows an officer approaching Adam's truck outside a casino in Fort McMurray, Alta., early in the morning of March 10. The RCMP have said Adam's truck had expired plates and the video shows Adam getting in and out of the vehicle, aggressively removing his coat and us
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CanadaJun 12, 2020

405 COVID-19 cases and 34 deaths reported in Canada

There are 97,530 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. Quebec: 53,485 confirmed (including 5,105 deaths, 20,299 resolved) Ontario: 31,544 confirmed (including 2,487 deaths, 25,855 resolved) Alberta: 7,316 confirmed (including 149 deaths, 6,788 resolved) British Columbia: 2,694 confirmed (including 167 deaths, 2,344 resolved) Nova Scotia: 1,061 confirmed (including 62 deaths, 994 resolved) Saskatchewan: 660 confirmed (including 13 deaths, 626 resolved) Manitoba: 289 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 286 resolved), 11 presumptive Newfoundland and Labrador: 261 confirmed (including 3 d

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One of the top RCMP officers in British Columbia has been charged with multiple counts of assault while off-duty, leading to the appointment of a special prosecutor. The BC Prosecution Service says Assistant Commissioner David Teboul, who is the RCMP's Pacific Region commander, is accused of assault and assault by choking against one person, and a single count of assault against a second person. A news release from the prosecution service says Teboul was charged in provincial court on Thursday, as a result of alleged offences in Abbotsford on July 2. It says his first appearance in court is sc
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Workers, communities affected by tariffs will benefit from expanded supports in B.C.

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Pierre Poilievre targets Mark Carney's Mexico trip

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