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Maine lawmakers pass gun bills in wake of October mass shooting
Maine lawmakers on Thursday sent a raft of gun safety measures to the governor to sign into law, fulfilling a promise to take swift action designed to prevent mass shootings such as a rampage last year that killed 18 people in the city of Lewiston. Governor Janet Mills, a Democrat who sponsored some of the legislation, was expected to sign the bills. Among the measures approved this week by legislators before ending their session was a bill establishing a 72-hour waiting period on gun purchase
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Officer says B.C. hostage was lying on top of captor before police gunfire erupted
BURNABY, B.C. — The first police officer to enter a room where a woman was being held hostage in 2019 has told a B.C. coroner's inquest that he saw her lying on a bed on top of her captor, who was holding a knife to her throat with a gun in his other hand. Cpl. Chris Dibblee told the inquest jury that he almost immediately felt he would need to shoot Randy Crosson to save Nona McEwan but initially didn't think he could do so without hitting her too. Dibblee testified that when McEwan shifted and
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Correctional service says it's tackling 'evolving threat' posed by drone smugglers
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — The Correctional Service of Canada says it's taking multiple steps to combat the "evolving threat" of drones that drop contraband into prisons, after B.C. guards held a rally to call attention to violence that they say is fuelled by the smuggling. The correctional service said in a statement Thursday that it's using a "layered approach" to respond to the smugglers by procuring drone detection equipment and piloting a program using cellphone detection technology. Other measures
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Police warn of high-risk sex offender now living in Vancouver
A convicted killer and sex offender at high risk of violence is now on day parole and living in Vancouver, police warned on Thursday.Scott Mackay poses "a significant risk" to women and sex workers in the community, Vancouver police said in a news release.The 61-year-old is currently serving a life sentence for the second-degree murder of University of Victoria student Marguerite Telesford in 1987, and was previously convicted of two assaults on sex workers and forcible confinement.However Macka
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P.E.I. union says moving long-term care staff disrupts patients and workers
The head of the union representing some health-care staff on P.E.I. says workers are being moved from unit to unit in long-term care facilities, and that's causing issues with both patient care and employee satisfaction. Karen Jackson is the head of the Union of Public Sector Employees (UPSE) on P.E.I., which represents licensed practical nurses, resident care workers, and patient care workers in long-term care homes. She says employers are not respecting the system set up more than a decade ago
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City repurchases vacant plot of land surrounding Westbrook LRT station
A plot of land that's been vacant for years is now back under the City of Calgary's control after plans for a mixed-use development fell through.The land surrounding the Westbrook LRT station was sold by the city in 2016 to Calgary-based Matco Development, which, at the time, intended to turn the area into a site that included residential, office and retail spaces.That plan never came to fruition.So, after selling it for $50.5 million eight years ago, the city bought it back this January for clo
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Violinist tries to serenade B.C. orca calf to freedom, as others ready nets and boats
ZEBALLOS, B.C. — Carol Love watches the tides at a Vancouver Island lagoon, and when the time is right, she starts to play her violin. She plays for an audience of one, a killer whale calf that has been trapped alone in the lagoon for almost a month. Preparations for more conventional efforts to save the whale continue, involving a large fishing net. But Love, from Nanaimo, B.C., stands and plays on a bridge at high tide, hoping her music entices the young orca to swim through a narrow channel,
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