NewsCBCCanada has Indian diplomats' communications in bombshell murder probe: sources
The Canadian government has amassed both human and signals intelligence in a months-long investigation of a Sikh activist's death that has inflamed relations with India, sources tell CBC News.That intelligence includes communications involving Indian officials themselves, including Indian diplomats present in Canada, say Canadian government sources.The intelligence did not come solely from Canada. Some was provided by an unnamed ally in the Five Eyes intelligence alliance.In a diplomatic crisis
NewsCBC6 young Ukrainian hockey players who moved to Quebec blocked from going to school
Seven months after a young Ukrainian hockey team captured the hearts of Canadians at the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament, six of the boys who have returned to the province to study and play hockey this year find themselves unable to go to school. Almost three weeks after arriving in Quebec City, they're still awaiting authorization from the Ministry of Education to study in English. Sean Bérubé, the volunteer who co-ordinated the team's involvement with the tournament and who has
NewsCBCNunavut RCMP charge Gill sisters, mother with fraud for claiming Inuit status
Iqaluit RCMP say they've charged three women with fraud over $5,000 for claiming Inuit status.Twin sisters Amira and Nadya Gill, as well as the woman who claims to be their adoptive mother Karima Manji, face two charges each.The allegations are that the women used their status "to defraud the Kakivak Association and Qikiqtani Inuit Association of funds that are only available to Inuit beneficiaries by obtaining grants and scholarships."As first reported by Nunatsiaq News in March, the twins have
NewsThe Canadian PressAlberta to debate Canada Pension Plan, says it deserves half of fund if it leaves
EDMONTON — Alberta’s premier fired the starter’s pistol Thursday for a provincewide consultation on whether to quit the Canada Pension Plan while releasing a report that estimates the province deserves more than half CPP's assets. The third-party report says Alberta should get $334 billion, or 53 per cent of the national retirement savings program, if it leaves in 2027 following the required three-year notification period. Danielle Smith says the report found Albertans could save up to $5 billio
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Ibrahim Ali trial: Sex assault expert compares dead girl's injuries to childbirth
VANCOUVER — A sexual assault expert testifying at the trial of a man accused of killing a 13-year-old girl in a B.C. park says she suffered injuries more consistent with childbirth that would have made it difficult for her to walk. CAUTION: Graphic content in next four paragraphs. Dr. Tracy Pickett, who specializes in emergency and clinical forensic medicine, says the laceration to the girl's vagina happened before her death and is "very uncommon." She told the British Columbia Supreme Court tri
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Drought-assisting rainfall is ushered in with a major pattern change coming to B.C.
Drought-assisting rainfall is ushered in with a major pattern change coming to BC
NewsThe Canadian PressUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in Ottawa for first visit
OTTAWA — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in the national capital for his first official visit to Canada since Russia launched a full-scale invasion in February 2022. He is planning to meet with top Canadian officials and members of the Ukrainian Canadian community. Zelenskyy is also set to address Parliament on Friday — his first in-person address since the war began. He and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are expected to sign an agreement to continue strengthening economic tie
NewsThe Canadian PressTropical storm warning issued for US East Coast ahead of potential cyclone, forecasters say
MIAMI (AP) — A tropical storm warning was issued Thursday from coastal North Carolina to Delaware ahead of a potential tropical cyclone that's approaching the densely populated East Coast. The National Hurricane Center announced the formation of “Potential Tropical Cyclone Sixteen” on Thursday morning. The storm was located about 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, and moving north at 7 mph (11 kph), according to a 8 p.m. advisory from the center. The storm had to
BusinessCBCBuying a house costs a lot less in Edmonton than Calgary. Why is that?
Three hours on Alberta's QEII highway can make a $200,000 difference in the price of a home.If you want to own a detached house in Calgary, average prices are currently just shy of $700,000.Three hundred kilometres north, similar properties in Edmonton will run you a bit less than $500,000, on average.And if you're a renter, you can expect to shell out $2,150 per month for a two-bedroom apartment in Calgary. In Edmonton, monthly costs have been rising, but they're still roughly $500 less, accord
NewsCBCVictims' family 'crushed' after man accused of killing 2 in Chilliwack mobile home park granted bail
Family of the victims of last week's killings in a Chilliwack mobile home park are expressing deep disappointment that the man accused of the slayings has been granted bail.Robert Freeman, the 83-year-old man charged with killing 58-year-old John Kavaloff and 67-year-old Valerie Smith last week, was granted bail after a hearing at the Chilliwack Law Courts Thursday afternoon.Freeman is charged with two counts of second-degree murder. Details of Thursday's hearing are covered by a publication ban
NewsCBCArmy set to scrap dozens of troop carriers — even as Ukraine pleads for more equipment
The Canadian Army has dozens of older troop carriers it plans to send to the scrapheap this year — even though a private company has offered to refurbish them for use in Ukraine.The Department of National Defence (DND) says 67 tracked light armour vehicles (TLAVs) out of a fleet of 140 are "parked awaiting final demilitarization and disposal, or are being used as a source of spare parts" for the 73 vehicles that remain in service.All of the M113 troop carriers, which have been in service for dec
NewsThe Canadian Press'I don't know when we'll go': Travel plans upended amid fraying Canada-India ties
MONTREAL — Members of the Indo-Canadian community are reeling after the Indian government suspended visa services for citizens of Canada, upending travel plans for those set on visiting the country but now caught in the crossfire of a diplomatic blowup. India's visa application centre in Canada announced an immediate halt on Thursday, widening a rift between the two countries that broke open this week when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said New Delhi may have been involved in the killing of a Ca
NewsCBCDriver in fatal east-end collision charged with impaired driving
Ottawa police have charged the sole survivor of a horrific collision that killed two others at the corner of Montreal Road and St. Laurent Boulevard last month.Shallen McKay, 32, is facing two charges of impaired operation causing death and two charges of dangerous operation causing death, as well as operation while prohibited, breach of probation and taking a motor vehicle without consent.The charges relate to a crash on Aug. 2 that left two vehicles fiery crumpled wrecks, knocked down a traffi
NewsThe Weather NetworkWidespread weekend rain threatens parts of the Maritimes, again
A system tracking south of the Maritimes is expected to bring widespread, and possibly heavy, rain to Nova Scotia and near the Bay of Fundy this weekend
NewsThe Canadian Press'Our family': Four B.C. firefighters who died in crash worked for Kamloops firm
The four British Columbia firefighters who died in a highway crash this week all worked for a Kamloops-based contractor, whose owner said they were "our family." Aaron Duczak, owner of Tomahawk Ventures, said three of the men were Indigenous, and that all four were "irreplaceable." The men died when their pickup collided head-on with a semi-truck on Highway 1 east of Cache Creek in the province's southern Interior early Tuesday morning. Duczak said in a statement that the men's lives had been "t
NewsThe Canadian PressAt Kari Lake's 3rd trial related to Arizona election, county makes case to protect ballot signatures
PHOENIX (AP) — An election official and lobbyists were among the witnesses brought by Maricopa County attorneys on the first day of a trial Thursday in another lawsuit filed by Kari Lake, the defeated Republican in last year's Arizona governor's race, to deny her request to see signed ballot envelopes of 1.3 million early voters. The former TV anchor has already lost two trials that challenged her loss to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs by more than 17,000 votes. In the second trial, a judge rejecte
NewsThe Canadian PressSmall plane in fatal Labrador crash was overweight, but investigation inconclusive
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Investigators have been unable to establish what caused the fatal crash of a small plane near a Labrador airport last year because data from the aircraft's final minute in the air was destroyed on impact. A report released today by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada says the Piper PA-46 Malibu plane was preparing to make a stop at the Happy Valley-Goose Bay airport on Dec. 14, on its way to its home airport in Europe. The plane had been cleared to land but lost control
NewsThe Canadian PressCanada's high court won't hear appeal of B.C. developer's extradition to South Korea
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to consider an appeal from a South Korean man who was fighting extradition to his home country where he is wanted for fraud related to a Metro Vancouver property development. Jung Myung Soo turned to Canada's highest court in December 2022 after the B. C. Court of Appeal upheld an order from the federal justice minister surrendering him to South Korean officials. Jung's troubles began in 2005 while he was a key promoter and developer of the multi-
NewsCBCMost of Rissers Beach Provincial Park to remain closed following storm damage
Much of Rissers Beach Provincial Park on Nova Scotia's South Shore will remain closed for the rest of the season because of damage caused by post-tropical storm Lee last weekend.In a news release on Thursday, Nova Scotia Parks said about half of the park's campsites, located in the North Rissers section, will reopen to registered campers at 2 p.m. Friday. The rest of the park will remain closed to allow storm clean-up work.The day-use beach and trails are closed to camping and public access, the
NewsCBCUnions, opposition cry foul over extra pay for government MLA
In the month between her last day with a cabinet portfolio and the day she's likely to become House Speaker, Karla MacFarlane will be paid thousands of dollars above the salary she's entitled to as a Nova Scotia MLA.Premier Tim Houston said it's justifiable because of the work she's doing to usher in her cabinet successor, but opposition members said it's simply a favour to a friend, and the province's public sector unions called it a snub to workers.MacFarlane was minister of Community Services
NewsCBCMeet Taiwan's resistance. If China invades, civil defence groups stand ready
Dressed in camouflage, the armed group moves silently to the doorway — before plunging through an apartment door and opening fire.Inside the abandoned building in central Taiwan, there are are only paper targets, and the weapons used are low-powered airguns that fire small pellets. This is the resistance, the civil defenders should Taiwan's army be overwhelmed in the face of attack by China, which wants to reunite the mainland with the self-governing island."We won't surrender," says one of the
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#TheMoment an 11-year-old Syrian boy was reunited with his family after 6 years apart
Eleven-year old Adnan Kharsa was reunited with his family at long last in Saskatoon. The family was separated by the Syrian war more than six years ago, when Adnan and his grandmother were able to come to Canada.
