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Surrey RCMP reports spike in 'sextortion' scams

Surrey RCMP say they have received multiple reports recently of sextortion attempts.Police say most reports were from people who received an email claiming their computer had been hacked and video had been taken of them performing an explicit act.The Mounties say people were told the material would be made public if a fee was not paid using Bitcoin but there is no proof any videos were actually taken.They say fraudsters often cite a current or former password as proof of the hack but people should ignore such emails because the information was likely obtained in a previous data breach. ...

Search for missing B.C. woman prompts homicide fears

Police are releasing more details about a British Columbia woman they fear may be the victim of a homicide. Metro Vancouver's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says 45 year old April Parisian was last heard from on March 28 and was declared missing earlier this month.The resident of the Fraser Canyon community of Spuzzum owned a red, 1998 Chevrolet pickup with a camper and may have been with her boyfriend, Paris Margesson, and her brown pug dog. On April 16, police appealed for help and received a tip just hours later that the camper was in the Abbotsford area.Officers tried to speak to a...

Trudeau announces $9B aid for students struggling due to pandemic

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is unveiling a $9 billion emergency program aimed at students. It includes a Canada Emergency Student Benefit worth at least $1250 a month from May to August. The benefit can be accessed by those in ...

COVID-19 cases rise past 38,000 in Canada

There are 38,422 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. Quebec: 20,126 confirmed (including 1,041 deaths, 4,048 resolved) Ontario: 11,735 confirmed (including 622 deaths, 5,806 resolved) Alberta: 3,095 confirmed (including 61...

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Nova Scotia: 22 victims confirmed dead in mass shooting

A Halifax area man impersonating an RCMP officer killed 22 people, including a 17 year old, with bodies found in five Nova Scotia communities. RCMP confirm the murders began in Portapique. They say when police arrived they discov...

Chicken processing plant in Vancouver closed after 28 employees tested positive foir COVID-19

A chicken processing plant in Vancouver has been closed due to an out break of COVID-19. Vancouver Coastal Health says 28 employees at the United Poultry Company plant have tested positive for the virus. It says the plant was shu...

One more death and 25 new COVID-19 cases in B.C.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry is reporting 25 new cases of COVID-19 in BC. She says that increases total cases to 17-hundred and 24. Henry says another resident at a long-term care home in Vancouver Coastal Health ha...

Federal government hopes to process 90% of applications for wage subsidies by May 5

The federal government says it hopes to process 90 per cent of applications for wage subsidies from employers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic by May 5. Jean-Yves Duclos, the vice-chair of the cabinet committee on COVID-19, offe...

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Dr. Theresa Tam and her provincial counterparts considering ways to ease restrictions around COVID-19

Canada's chief medical officer Dr. Theresa Tam says she and her provincial counterparts are considering ways to ease restrictions around COVID-19. But she says the fight against the pandemic remains a ``marathon'' and there are l...