Unpublished Newswire
A historical hangar at the former Edmonton municipal airport beside the NAIT main campus was on fire Monday night.
April 22, 2024 - 21:55 | Craig Ellingson | CTV News - Canada
A proposed class-action lawsuit filed by a residential-school survivor against a priest and entities associated with the Catholic Church will move forward after a Calgary judge struck down a motion to dismiss the case on Monday.Sphenia Jones, a 79-year-old elder of the Haida Nation in British Columbia who attended the Edmonton Indian Residential School in the 1950s, is the representative plaintiff in the proposed lawsuit. It names Rev. Marcin Mironiuk as a defendant. He is accused of making defamatory statements about residential-school survivors in 2021 and causing harm to their...
April 22, 2024 - 21:37 | Alanna Smith, Kristy Kirkup | The Globe and Mail
Residents in several communities in British Columbia and Alberta are bracing for possible evacuations after wildfires erupted over the weekend.The early onset of flames underlines an ominous year ahead, with both provinces grappling with severe drought conditions.
April 22, 2024 - 21:23 | Xiao Xu | The Globe and Mail
The Ontario Provincial Police will review how the Toronto force handled the case of Umar Zameer, who was acquitted of first-degree murder in the death of an officer after a jury trial in which the judge questioned the accuracy of police testimony.Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw requested the OPP review and acknowledged criticism of his comments over the weekend, when he said he and his officers “were hoping for a different outcome” in the case. Mr. Zameer ran over an officer after he and his family were approached in their car by plainclothes officers in an underground garage.
April 22, 2024 - 21:07 | Sean Fine, Oliver Moore | The Globe and Mail
Indigenous leaders in Northern Ontario are calling on the province’s policing watchdog to use his new powers and disband the Thunder Bay Police Service, saying the troubled force is beyond repair.The leaders held a news conference at Queen’s Park to say the Thunder Bay service continues to fail families who have lost loved ones who are the subject of sudden-death investigations. A lawyer representing the families of Indigenous people who died has filed complaints to Inspector-General of Policing Ryan Teschner. Earlier this month, Mr. Teschner was given new legislative powers that include...
April 22, 2024 - 20:58 | | The Globe and Mail
A 41-year-old man is in custody after an 81-year-old man was stabbed Monday morning in Gatineau near a seniors' apartment building, police said. Read More
April 22, 2024 - 20:51 | Doug Menary | Ottawa Citizen
