For hours, Nathaniel Veltman paces back and forth in his tiny jail cell at London, Ont., police headquarters, sometimes sitting or laying down, following his arrest on June 6, 2021. This and other video footage were shown to jurors at his murder-terror trial in Ontario Superior Court in Windsor, in …
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Sask. premier ready to use notwithstanding clause to protect new school pronoun and name rule
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is ready to use the notwithstanding clause to protect a new rule requiring parental permission for transgender and non-binary students under 16 to use different names or pronouns at school. He says it is ones of the tools the province is considering to protect the policy. …
Read More »Edmontonians rally to support loved ones devastated by earthquake in Morocco
Edmonton's Moroccan community is mobilizing to send donations and share information as nearly 3,000 people have died following a 6.8 magnitude earthquake on Friday. A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck the country's Atlas Mountains Friday When Lahsen El Falsi heard his family near Marrakech was safe, it was a relief like …
Read More »Crews battle fire at metal recycling plant on Saint John waterfront
Crews are battling a fire that began early Thursday morning at a metal recycling plant along the Saint John Harbour. Smoke from fire in tall pile of compressed cars leads to closure of 3 schools across the harbour Many Saint John residents were asked to take shelter from the smoke …
Read More »Saint John asks residents to stay inside as fire at metal recycling plant rages on
Crews are battling a fire that began early Thursday morning at a metal recycling plant along the Saint John Harbour. Smoke from fire in tall pile of compressed cars leads to closure of 3 schools across the harbour Many Saint John residents were asked to take shelter from the smoke …
Read More »Officers have filed scores of scathing reports about ‘unfit’ conditions at HMP. We obtained them
Internal hazard reports generated by staff at Her Majesty's Penitentiary and obtained by CBC News through access to information shed light on working conditions inside Newfoundland and Labrador's largest prison. Internal hazard reports generated by HMP staff give insight on working conditions inside N.L. prison Last July, a staff member …
Read More »N.W.T. store shelves filling up again after wildfires disrupted supply chain
The evacuation of Yellowknife last month disrupted the normal supply chain for groceries to reach other N.W.T. communities. Things are starting to get back to normal. 'It really did create some chaos with our supply chain,' says manager of Délı̨nę Co-op store When Yellowknife's evacuation order went out last month, …
Read More »If Trudeau wants to fix housing, London is a good place to start
Set against the need for 3.5 million new homes, Wednesday's announcement in London, Ont., might not seem like much. But it's a start. And the Liberals desperately need to show that they are at least starting to solve the problem. The Liberals try to dig themselves out of a political …
Read More »Sikh student attacked on bus home from school in Kelowna, B.C., RCMP say
A Sikh student was attacked with pepper spray after an altercation on a B.C. Transit bus while he was on his way home from school in Kelowna on Monday. 2nd assault on Sikh student in Okanagan city within the last few months A Sikh student was attacked with pepper spray …
Read More »Federal Court hears arguments at deportation hearing for truck driver in Humboldt Broncos crash
A federal judge has reserved his decision in the deportation case of the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash. Judge reserves decision on Jaskirat Singh Sidhu's fate A federal judge has reserved his decision in the deportation case of the truck driver who caused the deadly …
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