CanadaJul 08, 2025
Two pilots found dead after small planes collide over southern Manitoba
Mounties say both pilots have been found dead after two small, single-engine planes collided in the skies over southern Manitoba.
They say the crash happened about 8:45 a.m. in the Rural Municipality of Hanover near Steinbach, southeast of Winnipeg.
The pilots were pronounced dead on the scene, and there were no passengers.Further details were not released.The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has been notified.RCMP are set to hold a press conference later today.
CanadaJul 08, 2025
Few Canadians are familiar with possible NDP leadership contenders: poll
A new poll suggests most Canadians are unfamiliar with nine possible NDP leadership contenders.
A majority of respondents to the Research Co. poll said they "don't know who the person is" when asked about possible candidates like current NDP MPs Leah Gazan, Gord Johns, Jenny Kwan and Heather McPherson.
The same goes for other high-profile New Democrats like former House leader Ruth Ellen Brosseau, former Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart and filmmaker Avi Lewis.
Brosseau got the most positive response in the poll, with 18 per cent of respondents saying they have a favourable view of her, while K
BCJul 08, 2025
IIO seeks witnesses to arrest and death of Burnaby, B.C., man
The Independent Investigations Office of BC says it is looking for witnesses to the arrest and death of a man in Burnaby, B.C., last week.
It says in a news release that Burnaby RCMP officers reported they were called to the 7000 block of Hillview Street shortly after 4:30 p.m. last Friday.
The IIO says callers reported concerns about a man "creating a disturbance and possibly suffering a mental health issue."
The IIO says police found the man outside his home but as officers went to take him into custody, the man went into medical distress.
It says officers provided medical aid and he was tak
CanadaJul 08, 2025
Four charged in alleged violent extremist plot to take over Quebec City
The RCMP says four people, including active members of the Canadian Armed Forces, are facing charges after allegedly plotting to "forcibly take possession" of land in the Quebec City area.
Police describe the case as "ideologically motivated violent extremism."
AlbertaJul 08, 2025
Emergency doctor challenges Alberta premier to come on shift and see patients waiting in hallways
The head of emergency medicine for Alberta's doctors association is challenging Premier Danielle Smith -- shadow him on a shift and come see the frustration of patients who are jammed for hours in hallways.
Dr. Warren Thirsk says Smith should come to see the moral injury that doctors face, looking into the eyes of those who need help but have to wait a long time to get it.
Thirsk's comments come in wake of a new survey measuring patients' experiences in the health-care system released late last week by the Alberta Medical Association.
Thirsk says he's seeing a trend of increasing
WorldJul 08, 2025
5 Israeli soldiers killed overnight in northern Gaza, military says
Five Israeli soldiers were killed overnight in northern Gaza, the Israeli military said Tuesday.
The military said two other soldiers were seriously wounded.
Israeli media said the infantry soldiers were on patrol when explosive devices were detonated against them. Media said militants also opened fire on the reinforcements sent to evacuate the dead and wounded.
The deaths came roughly two weeks after Israel reported once of its deadliest days in months in Gaza, when seven soldiers were killed when a Palestinian attacker attached a bomb to their armored vehicle.
BCJul 07, 2025
All criminal trials in four B.C. courts to be rescheduled during FIFA World Cup
The chief justice of the British Columbia Supreme Court says all criminal trials that were to take place in Vancouver, Abbotsford, Chilliwack and New Westminster during the FIFA World Cup next year will have to be rescheduled.
Chief Justice Ron Skolrood says in a notice posted Monday that the tournament is expected to have "very significant impacts" on court operations at the affected Supreme Court locations.
The notice says neither jury nor judge-only criminal trials will take place at the four locations from June 12 to July 8, 2026, and that no civil jury trials will take place either.
It sa
BCJul 07, 2025
Police looking for vehicle involved in pedestrian hit-and-run
Prince George RCMP is currently on the scene of a pedestrian hit-and-run that occurred near the intersection of North Ospika Boulevard and McRae Avenue today, July 7, 2025, at approximately 9:00 a.m.
The victims were two cyclists who were on the side of the road, both of whom have been transported to hospital with serious injuries. Police officers have since located the suspect vehicle, identified as a newer model, black Dodge Ram 1500, and have one man in custody in relation to this investigation.
Investigators currently have a large section of Ospika Boulevard blocked off in both directi
WorldJul 07, 2025
Australian woman Erin Patterson is convicted of 3 murders for poisoning her in-laws with mushrooms
Australian woman Erin Patterson was Monday found guilty of murdering three of her estranged husband’s relatives by deliberately serving them poisonous mushrooms for lunch.
The jury in the Supreme Court trial in Victoria state returned a verdict after six days of deliberations, following anine-week trialthat gripped Australia. Patterson faces life in prison and will be sentenced at a later date.
Three of Patterson’s four lunch guests her parents-in-law Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson died in the hospital after the 2023 meal at her home in Leongatha, at which sh