Sep 12, 2025 5:22 PM - The Canadian Press
Nepal's president appoints former chief justice as interim premier and first woman leader
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Nepal's president has appointed former Supreme Court Chief Justice Sushila Karki as interim prime minister, the first woman to head the South Asian country's government, following massive protests that collapsed the previous administration.
Karki, a popular figure when serving as the court's only female chief justice in 2016 and 2017, was to be sworn in later Friday. The appointment was announced by President Ram Chandra Poudel's spokesman Kiran Pokhrel.
Street demonstrations starting Monday in Kathmandu over a social media ban turned violent, with protesters attacking government buildings and police opening fire. The violence prompted the resignation of the previous prime minister.
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AlbertaSep 12, 2025
Boy, 14, charged after report of student with gun at Alberta high school
A 14-year-old boy is facing weapons charges after police were called to a high school near Edmonton for a report of a student with a gun. RCMP say a teacher called 911 on Thursday afternoon, after a student was seen with a gun in a classroom at a high school in Sherwood Park, a suburb community east of Edmonton.
They say a suspect was taken into custody and Mounties recovered what they think is an imitation gun. No injuries were reported.
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CanadaSep 12, 2025
High-speed rail construction could begin in four years, LeBlanc says
Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says the government's new major projects office will work to get construction underway on the Alto high-speed rail line within four years.
He says the work would determine the final route for the planned high-speed rail project between Toronto and Quebec City.
Former prime minister Justin Trudeau announced in February that the government had awarded a $3.9-billion, six-year contract to a consortium to design the project.
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CanadaSep 12, 2025
G7 finance ministers meet to discuss increasing pressure on Russia
Canada hosted a virtual meeting of G7 finance ministers today to discuss further measures to increase the pressure on Russia.
John Fragos, press secretary for the minister of finance and national revenue, says the group also talked about ways to limit Russia's "war machinery."
Fragos says the G7 is united in its opposition to Russia’s "illegal and unjustified" war on Ukraine.
He also says Canada is deeply concerned by Russia’s escalation of the conflict in the wake of Wednesday's Russian drone incursion into Polish airspace.
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AlbertaSep 12, 2025
Mounties recover bodies of two missing boaters from lake in Rocky Mountains
Alberta RCMP have recovered the bodies of two boaters who disappeared last month after a canoe capsized on a lake in the Rocky Mountains. Mounties have identified them as a 33-year-old woman from Banff, Alta., and a 34-year-old man from Canmore, Alta.
Four people were in the canoe when it overturned on Upper Kananaskis Lake, an area tucked behind several mountain tops near the Alberta-B.C. boundary.
RCMP have said bystanders in boats and on paddleboards pulled a 30-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman from the water but the two others were unaccounted for.
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BCSep 12, 2025
400 new affordable homes coming to Metro Vancouver
People living in Metro Vancouver will soon have access to more affordable housing with 400 new rental homes opening and breaking ground in Coquitlam, North Vancouver and Vancouver.
“We’re taking meaningful action to deliver homes for people throughout Metro Vancouver that give people a place to build their futures,” said Christine Boyle, Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs. “These latest 400 affordable homes will bring added stability and opportunity, helping even more people find a place to call home in the communities they love."
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