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CanadaNov 03, 2021

Conservative leader Erin O'Toole facing criticism from third-party supporters

Erin O'Toole insists the Conservative caucus is united behind his leadership.But can he be as confident about the party's grassroots? The reaction from a handful of third-party organizations, which represent swaths of the Conservative faithful, suggests the answer is likely a no."If they keep throwing their base under the bus, there's not going to be anyone on the bus," said Sheldon Clare, president and CEO of the National Firearms Association, adding that he remains a Conservative member for "right now."What path the Conservatives decide to tread next as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau enters h
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BCNov 03, 2021

B.C. reports 406 new COVID-19 cases and 5 deaths

B.C. is reporting 406 new cases of COVID-19, including 10 epi-linked cases, for a total of 206,690 cases in the province.There are 4,694 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 199,480 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 445 individuals are in hospital and 137 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.In the past 24 hours, five new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,186.The new deaths include:Interior Health: oneNorthern Health: fourThere have been two new health-care facility outbreaks at Royal Inla
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BCNov 03, 2021

Suspects arrested in attack over SkyTrain mask dispute

Metro Vancouver Transit Police have arrested two suspects who allegedly attacked a woman following a dispute over masks onboard a SkyTrain.As was reported by Transit Police, on September 20, 2021, a woman was onboard a SkyTrain travelling through Burnaby when she noticed that a man and a woman were sitting close to her, not wearing masks. The woman asked them if they had masks to wear, to which they replied with "What’s it to you?" The female suspect then allegedly struck the woman without provocation and with so much force that she fell to the ground. Both suspects then allegedly hit the vi
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BCNov 03, 2021

VPD investigation leads to charges in decades-old sex assault

Vancouver Police believe they’ve solved a decades-old child sexual assault, after evidence from the crime scene was linked to a suspect more than 30 years later."Crimes against children can cause life-long trauma and stress that may never fully go away," says Constable Tania Visintin. "Even when a case goes cold, we never give up hope that we will one-day find the missing clue that helps bring closure and accountability."In the early hours of February 16, 1989, a teenaged girl was pulled into a car and sexually assaulted near East 16th Avenue and Main Street. VPD detectives investigated the
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BCNov 02, 2021

Home sales across Metro Vancouver see 11% rise although property listings skidded to the lowest level in three years

Hopeful homebuyers in Metro Vancouver vied for a dwindling number of properties in October and the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says that means prices continued to climb. The board's October housing market report says although sales across the Lower Mainland slipped about five per cent compared with the same period last year, they jumped 11 per cent since September and remain 22 per cent above the 10-year sales average for the month. That's despite a plunge in property listings which the board says have skidded to their lowest level in three years. Fierce competition for few homes i
EnglishNov 02, 2021

Eight more airports to get internation flights by month end

Edmonton-based budget carrier Flair Airlines is welcoming Ottawa's decision to allow international air traffic to return to eight more airports at the end of the month. The airline says it's eager to offer flights to those wanting toenjoy some sun this fall and winter. Airports in Regina and Saskatoon are among those in mid-size communities that will join 10 others already handling international flights, including Winnipeg, Edmonton and Calgary.Transport Canada says it's able to ease a ban imposed in February thanks to higher COVID-19 vaccination levels and strict vaccine travel requirements t
AlbertaNov 02, 2021

Alberta politician angry after COVID-19 protesters leave gallows,

An Alberta member of the legislature says she is outraged after COVID-19 protesters came to her house on the weekend and hung up a noose.Tracy Allard calls the threats and intimidation inexcusable and says her private life and her family are out of bounds to protesters.Allard made the comments on her Facebook page where she described what happened at her home in Grande Prairie, Alberta on Sunday.She says it began with a small group of protesters that soon grew to 30, prompting police to be called.Allard says the protesters left behind a crude wooden gallows, with a noose, and the words ``No to
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CanadaNov 02, 2021

PM says talks may offer solution to raising then lowering flag to honour war dead

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is confident that a ``solution'' can be reached to allow Canada to honour its war dead on Remembrance Day by lowering the flag to half-mast. Speaking at a news conference from climate talks in Glasgow, the prime minister says the government is working closely with Indigenous groups to find ways to raise then lower the flag to half-mast on Nov. 11. The flag has been flying at half-mast at federal buildings since late May, after the location of what are believed to be hundreds of unmarked graves at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. Trudeau has s
EnglishNov 02, 2021

Calgary pastor and brother appealing sanctions for COVID-19 civil

A Calgary pastor and his brother are appealing sanctions they received for violating Alberta's COVID-19 rules. Justice Adam Germain issued the sanctions for civil contempt last month for Pastor Artur Pawlowski and his brother Dawid Pawlowski,which included stiff fines, periods of probation and paying Alberta Health Services costs.The two men, as part of their probation, were also ordered to include in any public speeches that criticize COVID-19 measures a reference to the fact their views are contradicted by the majority of scientific opinion.In their appeal, the two argue that the punishments

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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
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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
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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
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WorldJul 07, 2025

Former Russian transport minister found dead hours after being fired

Russian’s transport minister was found dead Monday, hours after being dismissed by President Vladimir Putin, in what officials said was an apparent suicide. Roman Starovoyt, who served as Russia’s transport minister since May 2024, was fired in a presidential decree earlier in the day. His dismissal came after a weekend of travel chaos when airports grounded hundreds of flights during the busy vacation season due to the threat of attacks from Kyiv.
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BCJul 07, 2025

Received about half a dozen death threats during eight years in office: Bowinn Ma

Bowinn Ma says she won't be intimidated from continuing her work and serving the community even after an explosive went off outside her constituency office last week. The provincial infrastructure minister says in her eight years as a member of the legislature, she can recall receiving about half a dozen death threats. Ma says that actually makes her relatively fortunate, adding she knows other elected officials who have been the subject of many more such threats. Police are investigating after an explosive blasted open the front door of Ma's North Vancouver constituency office.