CanadaJan 30, 2026
Signs of slowdown emerge as Canada’s economy faces possible GDP decline in final quarter
Canada’s economy is showing renewed signs of strain, with new data suggesting the country’s gross domestic product may have contracted in the fourth and final quarter of 2025. Economists point to ongoing trade pressures, particularly from U.S. tariffs, as a key factor weighing on growth in a trade-dependent economy.
According to Statistics Canada, economic activity stalled completely in November, marking zero growth for the month. This followed a 0.3 per cent decline in October, making it the second consecutive month without any measurable improvement in overall economic output.
Analysts s
AlbertaJan 30, 2026
RCMP believe infant also dead after woman found in St. Albert apartment
RCMP say they believe the infant child of a woman found dead in a St. Albert apartment north of Edmonton has also died, as a homicide investigation continues.
Mounties were called to an apartment in the city on Friday, where officers discovered the remains of 23-year-old Ayla Egotik-Learn. Police say Egotik-Learn was originally from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, highlighting the broader interprovincial impact of the case.
Her common-law partner, Christopher William Beasley, has been charged with second-degree murder. He is also facing a charge of causing an indignity to human remains in relation to
WorldJan 29, 2026
Man charged after liquid thrown at U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar during Minneapolis event
U.S. federal prosecutors have laid charges against a Minnesota man accused of throwing a liquid on Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar during a public event in Minneapolis earlier this week, an incident authorities are treating as an assault on a sitting lawmaker.
Court documents filed by the U.S. Justice Department say Anthony Kazmierczak was arrested following the incident and is charged with forcibly assaulting, opposing, impeding and intimidating a member of Congress while she was performing official duties.
According to a sworn affidavit, investigators later determined the substance spray
BCJan 29, 2026
Train-pedestrian fatality under investigation in Langley
Police in Langley are investigating after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a train Thursday morning in the Metro Vancouver region.
According to the RCMP, the collision occurred shortly before 8 a.m. near the intersection of Glover Road and Billy Brown Road, an area that includes rail lines used for both freight and passenger traffic. Emergency crews responded quickly and attempted life-saving measures, but the individual was pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities have not released the identity of the victim or details about how the incident occurred. Investigators remained in the area
BCJan 29, 2026
Kamloops RCMP mark fourth anniversary of unsolved 2022 rural homicide
The BC RCMP Southeast District Major Crime Unit is marking the fourth anniversary of the homicide of 18-year-old Jagraj Dhinsa, whose death in rural Kamloops remains unsolved.
Dhinsa was found deceased in a parking lot along Chilcotin Road in January 2022. Police have not released further details about the circumstances surrounding his death, but confirm the case continues to be actively investigated by the Southeast District Major Crime Unit.
Staff Sergeant Jason Smart, unit commander of the SED MCU, said the investigation remains a priority for police and the justice system. He described the
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