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CanadaMay 20, 2025

King Charles III and Queen Camilla visit Canada House

King Charles and Queen Camilla visited Canada House today to mark 100 years of the Canadian High Commission in London, ahead of their visit next week. Their visit is being seen as a show of support for Canada amid threats from Trump. Charles and Camilla met with Canadian officials at Canada House in London, including Canadian High Commissioner Ralph Goodale. King Charles is also expected to meet with Trump in September. Before that, he will be in Ottawa on May 26 and 27 to attend the opening of Canada's new parliamentary session. On May 27, the King will set out the priorities of the new Mar
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CanadaMay 20, 2025

Canada's inflation rate slows to slowest since September

Canada's inflation rate has slowed to its slowest since September. According to Statistics Canada, inflation in April rose to 1.7 percent from a year earlier, down from 2.3 percent in March. The sharp decline in inflation last month was due to the consumer carbon tax that was abolished in early April, while core inflation, i.e. grocery inflation, did not see any relief. The Bank of Canada mainly looks at core inflation to raise or lower interest rates. According to the Statistics Department, grocery prices rose by 3.8 percent year-on-year in April. It is worth noting that these latest inf
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CanadaMay 20, 2025

Putin not serious about moving forward on peace: Zelensky

Amid US President Donald Trump's claim of an early ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of trying to stall its war in Ukraine. Zelensky said that Putin is not serious about moving forward on peace. It is noteworthy that Trump had said in a statement a day earlier after separate phone calls with the two leaders that Russia and Ukraine would soon start talks on a ceasefire. At the same time, Putin had said that he was ready to talk about a possible peace agreement in the future but did not respond to the demand for an early 30-day pause in the war. Mean
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CanadaMay 20, 2025

Canada Post workers poised to strike Friday

Canada Post received a strike notice Monday from the union representing more than 55,000 postal workers, with operations poised to shut down by the end of the week for the second time in six months. The union informed management that employees plan to hit the picket line starting Friday morning at midnight, the Crown corporation said. A work stoppage would affect millions of residents and businesses who typically receive more than two billion letters and roughly 300 million parcels a year via the service. No new items would be accepted until the strike ends, while those already in the system w
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CanadaMay 16, 2025

Ransom demanded from murdered Harjit Singh Dhadda, family reveals

Ransom was demanded from Punjabi businessman Harjit Singh Dhadda, who was shot dead in broad daylight in Mississauga on Wednesday. This has been revealed by his family. His daughter Gurleen Dhadda said that a ransom of $500,000 was demanded from her father but he refused. Gurleen said that her father said that he would not give a single penny. At the same time, Peel police did not confirm this claim but the victim's family says that they had reported the threats to the police and the police did not take it seriously. Gurleen said that my father was shot dead in broad daylight because our g
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CanadaMay 16, 2025

Canada Post report recommends phasing out daily door-to-door mail delivery

The Industrial Inquiry Commission report on the labour dispute at Canada Post recommends phasing out daily door-to-door letter mail delivery for individual addresses, while daily delivery to businesses should be maintained. It also says the moratoriums on rural post office closures and community mailbox conversions should be lifted.
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BCMay 16, 2025

Report says Lapu Lapu festival planning followed rules

A preliminary report by the City of Vancouver and police into last month's Lapu Lapu Day festival attack says authorities are considering safety enhancements for outdoor events in light of the attack. But the report says planning for the festival appears to have followed prescribed processes, and Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says all the right steps were taken. Heavy barriers were not in place at the festival where 11 people were killed when an SUV sped through a crowded street on April 26 and police have previously said only nine out of 3,200 events in the city involved such protection. The report
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CanadaMay 16, 2025

Jury dismissed in sexual assault trial of five hockey players

The sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team will now continue in London, Ontario with a judge alone after the jury was dismissed. It comes after a juror sent a note to the judge yesterday indicating some members of the panel felt two of the defence lawyerswere laughing at them as they came into court each day.Both lawyers denied doing anything of the like, but it still caused concerns about jury bias. Michael McLeod, Dillon Dube, Alex Formenton, Carter Hart and Callan Foote have pleaded not guilty to sexual assault in relation to an encounter tha
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CanadaMay 16, 2025

Alberta reports 14 new measles cases, bringing provincial total to over 400

Alberta has now seen more than 400 cases of measles within the last two months. The province confirmed 14 new cases Thursday, bringing the provincial total to 409 since the beginning of March. More than 300 of the total cases of the highly contagious disease have been found in children, with 127 cases confirmed in those under age five. The government says 35 people have been hospitalized. More than half of all cases have been in southern parts of Alberta, while just six cases have been confirmed in the Edmonton area. Measles symptoms include fever, coughing, runny nose, red eyes and a blot

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WorldAug 15, 2025

Trump arrives in Alaska, talks with Putin on Ukraine war

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are holding talks on the Ukraine war in Anchorage, Alaska's largest city. The meeting is taking place behind closed doors. Trump waited on the plane for about half an hour for Putin to arrive in Alaska. Putin is in the US after 10 years. He was welcomed by a red carpet at the airport. The two leaders were initially expected to meet privately, but now senior American and Russian officials have also joined them. Volodymyr Zelensky, who was not invited to the meeting, says Ukraine trusts the US but there is no indication that Russia
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BCAug 15, 2025

White Rock RCMP appeals to be safe around tracks and trains

White Rock RCMP is reminding the public that trains can move without warning, stay off the tracks, follow signals and use designated crossings. On the evening of August 13, around 7:15 p.m., White Rock RCMP responded to a train stopped blocking the crossing near the pier head. While the train was stationary, some pedestrians, including parents with children crawled under it or walked along the tracks instead of using the Balsam Street crossing. This is extremely dangerous. A stopped train can move without warning, and anyone underneath or on the tracks is at serious risk of injury or death. Po
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BCAug 15, 2025

Officials hope rain clear heavy smoke from wildfire near Port Alberni, B.C.

Officials on Vancouver Island are hoping rain in the forecast can help clear up the air quality muddied by an out-of-control wildfire. The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District says wildland firefighters have said the rain may improve air quality locally, but that it's hard to be certain. The west central region is under an air quality statement, along with parts of Vancouver Island's east coast and the Sunshine coast region on the B.C. mainland. The intense Mount Underwood wildfire has grown to more than 34 square kilometres, with fire behaviour that the BC Wildfire Service says is "unusual" fo
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BCAug 15, 2025

First Nation in B.C. says 41 more graves found by penetrating radar at school site

The shishalh First Nation says 41 ``additional unmarked graves'' have been found as a result of a search with ground-penetrating radar on the site of a former residential school. The nation on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast says a team has been scanning the area around the St. Augustine's Residential School site for the last 18 months, at locations identified through interviews with survivors. It says the discovery brings the number of suspected graves at the site to 81, after initial findings that were announced in 2023. First Nations communities have tended to use careful language when an
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CanadaAug 15, 2025

Air Canada, flight attendants in final day before strike deadline

The union representing Air Canada's flight attendants has formally rejected the airline's request to enter binding arbitration. Air Canada had requested federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu step in and direct the parties to enter binding arbitration.   Now the Air Canada component of CUPE says Hajdu should also deny Air Canada's request for intervention saying --quote-- "Air Canada appears to have anticipated government intervention and has opted to suspend meaningful discussions, contrary to its legal obligation to bargain in good faith.''   Air Canada's executive vice-president has sa