Ottawa police say a Montreal man has been charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing of a woman on Thursday in front of two of her children. Fsha Tekhle, 36, was charged today for the killing of Brkti Berhe, 36, at a park near Uplands Drive in Ottawa's south end, in what police called a femicide. Berhe was a married mother of four and police say Tekhle had a domestic relationship with one of her family members. Witnesses to the stabbing tried to provide aid to Berhe and her young children, and gave police a detailed description of the suspect and his vehicle. Authorities believe Tekhle w

Coastal British Columbia will see strong winds overnight with gusts that could reach speeds of between 90 and 110 kilometres per hour. Warnings from Environment Canada span the Greater Victoria area, the southern Gulf Islands, eastern Vancouver Island, southern parts of Metro Vancouver and Haida Gwaii. The weather office says most areas will see winds gusting up to 90 kilometres per hour before conditions are expected to ease Saturday morning, while winds over Haida Gwaii could peak at 110 kilometres per hour. The warnings come a week after an atmospheric river weather system drenched B.C.'s c

Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was on Friday attacked during a rally in the national capital, the AAP alleged and claimed that the attack was carried out by the BJP through its goons. The party also blamed the police and said that Delhi Police did not stop the BJP goons. "If anything happens to Arvind Kejriwal, the entire responsibility will be on the BJP. We are not going to be afraid—the Aam Aadmi Party will remain steadfast on its mission," he said. Taking to X, Saurabh Bhardwaj also stated that If anything happens to Kejriwal, BJP will be directly responsible for that. "Wh

A Philippine provincial police chief said Friday that 33 people were killed mostly in landslides set off by Tropical Storm Trami in a province south of Manila. The deaths caused by landslides and flash floods in Batangas province brings to 65 the overall death toll from Trami, which blew away Friday from the northwestern Philippines, Batangas police chief Col. Jacinto Malinao Jr. said. Eleven other villagers remain missing Malinao Jr. told The Associated Press by telephone from the lakeside town of Talisay, where he stood beside a villager whose wife and child were buried in the deep mound of

If Canadians could vote in the U.S. election, a majority would choose to send Kamala Harris to the White House. In a new survey from polling firm Leger, 64 per cent of Canadian respondents said if they could cast a ballot, they’d put their support behind vice-president Harris while 21 per cent would support former president Donald Trump. Fifteen per cent weren't sure what they would do. Those who intend to vote Conservative in the next Canadian election were split on where their hypothetical ballot would land. Forty-five per cent would back Trump while 42 per cent said they’d vote for Harr

AnIsraeli airstrikeon a compound housing journalists in southeast Lebanon has killed three media staffers, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said Friday. The Beirut-based pan-Arab Al-Mayadeen TV said two of its staffers were among the journalists killed early Friday. Al-Manar TV of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said its camera operator Wissam Qassim was killed in the airstrike on the Hasbaya region, that has been spared much of the fighting along the border so far. Al-Mayadeen said camera operator Ghassan Najar and broadcast technician Mohammed Rida died. Several journalists have been k

Voting officials say recounts in two ridings that could determine the outcome of British Columbia's election won't start until Sunday afternoon.Elections BC says results of the Surrey City Centre recount will be posted on Sunday when it is complete, with the results from the Juan De Fuca - Malhat recount to be posted on Monday. The election agency also says in a statement that screening of uncounted absentee and mail-in ballots has identified 65,000 ballots province-wide must also be tallied in a process running from Saturday until Monday, up from the previous estimate of 49,000.

After the statement of Jathedar Singh Sahib Giani Raghbir Singh of Sri Akal Takht Sahib, Raja Waring said that he bowed his head and apologized to Sri Akal Takht Sahib. Waring said that he cannot speak wrongly about Shri Akal Takht Sahib and Jathedar Sahib even out of forgetfulness. This comes after Sri Akal Takht Sahib Jathedar Gaini Raghbir Singh took notice of Raja Warring and ordered to apologise immediately.

Illicit drug deaths are down slightly in British Columbia from the same period last year, but the coroners service says females are dying at a much higher rate. The service says in a statement that 26 per cent of the 1,749 toxicity deaths so far this year were women or girls, and the rate of death among females is up 60 per cent from four years ago. There were 187 overdose deaths in B.C. in August and 183 in September. The service says the nine-month total is an eight per cent decrease from the same period last year, although it still represents about six people a day dying from unregulated dr