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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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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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CanadaJun 12, 2020

Many Canadian film and TV productions held up by lack of COVID-19 insurance

Reduced crowd scenes. Fewer people on set. COVID-19 testing. Handwashing stations. Canadian film and TV producers are grappling with some of those health and safety protocols as provinces including BC, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec ease pandemic restrictions that shut down the industry in mid-March. But despite such measures, many independent producers can't set a date to roll cameras yet because of a key issue: insurance. The Canadian Media Producers Association says on a go-forward basis, insurance companies that service the film and TV industry are excluding any coverage for COVID-19 fro
CanadaJun 11, 2020

Family and friends say goodbye to Regis Korchinski-Paquet at her funeral

Family and friends said goodbye to Regis Korchinski-Paquet at her funeral today. Her family says the 29 year old Toronto woman was an avid gymnast as a child and loved dancing, music and singing. She fell to her death from a balcony on May 27th while police were in her home. Her family has questioned the role of officers in her death.
CanadaJun 11, 2020

RCMP investigating deaths of two children and mother in Saskatchewan as a murder-suicide

RCMP are investigating the deaths of two children and their mother in west-central Saskatchewan as a murder-suicide. Police say Mounties responded to a house fire call on June 4 in a residential neighbourhood in North Battleford. First responders found the body of Tammy Fiddler, who was 39, outside the home. Witnesses say she had been removed from the home by her common-law partner just before police arrived. Firefighters found the bodies of 7 year old Tessa and 11 year old Wesley Bryant inside. RCMP say experts have examined the fire, forensic autopsies are complete and Mounties have co
CanadaJun 11, 2020

Two teens dead, one missing after drowning in southern Alberta river: RCMP

RCMP in southern Alberta say two teenage girls have died and one is missing after they went swimming and canoeing with seven other people in a river. Cpl. Tammy Keibel, a spokeswoman with the Alberta RCMP, says the two victims are 16 and 17 years old. She could not give the exact age of the missing girl, but says she is about the same age as the other two. Police say officers responded to a call of a drowning on Wednesday night on the St. Mary River in the area of Spring Coulee, about halfway between Lethbridge, Alta., and the United States border. They say the three girls had trouble try

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CanadaJan 16, 2026

PQ leader calls for renewed sovereignty debate following Legault resignation

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Crown seeks 16-year prison term for Calgary man convicted of ISIS involvement

Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to impose a 16-year prison sentence on a Calgary man convicted of participating in the activities of the Islamic State group after travelling to Syria more than a decade ago. Jamal Borhot, now 35, was found guilty in December of three counts related to involvement with a listed terrorist organization. The court heard Borhot travelled to Syria in 2013 and knowingly assisted ISIS while the group was carrying out widespread violence across the region. During sentencing submissions, the Crown said Borhot was not a passive supporter. Prosecutors told the court
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IndiaJan 16, 2026

Four prominent Punjab leaders join BJP ahead of 2027 Assembly elections

Political activity in Punjab has intensified as parties begin positioning themselves ahead of the 2027 state Assembly elections. In this context, the Bharatiya Janata Party has taken another step to strengthen its organisational base in the state. On Friday, former Congress Member of Parliament Jagmeet Brar formally joined the BJP in the presence of Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Saini. He was joined by Omkar Sidhu, former officer on special duty to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader Charanjit Brar, and Jagmeet Brar’s brother Ripjeet Singh Brar. BJP leaders
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WorldJan 16, 2026

South Korean court sentences former president Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison

A South Korean court has sentenced former president Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison in connection with criminal charges linked to his controversial declaration of martial law in late 2024. The ruling, delivered Friday by the Seoul Central District Court, marks the first verdict among eight separate criminal trials Yoon is facing related to the decree and other alleged misconduct. The court convicted Yoon on charges including defying authorities during attempts to detain him and fabricating official documents. Prosecutors had argued that Yoon obstructed law enforcement and abused presiden
BCJan 16, 2026

Abbotsford hotel death under investigation by IHIT

Abbotsford police have turned over an investigation into a death at a local hotel to the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team. Police say officers were called to a report of suspicious circumstances at a hotel along Marshall Road near Clearbrook Road. When patrol members arrived, they located a deceased person inside one of the hotel rooms. Investigators believe the incident was isolated to that room and say there is no ongoing risk to the public. Police have also stated there is no connection between this case and recent extortion related incidents reported elsewhere in the Fraser Valley. O