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Appeal court denies Lance Blanchard's bid to overturn dangerous offender conviction
The Court of Appeal of Alberta has rejected violent sexual offender Lance Blanchard's appeal of his conviction and sentence in a case that concluded with him being designated as a dangerous offender.Blanchard, who is in his 60s, has been serving an indeterminate prison sentence since 2018, when the trial judge designated him as a dangerous offender. Prosecutors sought the designation after Blanchard's conviction for a 2014 aggravated sexual assault, kidnapping and unlawful confinement.The justic
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Trapped B.C. orca calf seen taking '40 pounds of seal' from First Nation members
ZEBALLOS, B.C. — A young killer whale trapped in a B.C. lagoon appears to have fed on chunks of seal meat thrown into the water, as preparations continue for a rescue attempt. A video posted on Facebook shows the young female whale with distinctive pale skin taking two large pieces of meat, then diving below the surface. The person who posted the video late Thursday says it shows members of the Nuchatlaht First Nation feeding the whale "nearly 40 pounds of seal." Veterinarians have been closely
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Polish leader tells B.C. audience NATO allies need to spend more on defence
VANCOUVER — Poland's president says members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, including Canada, must raise defence spending to three per cent of GDP to deter Russia's war in Ukraine from spreading. Andrzej Duda made the comments at a speech in Vancouver on Friday, a day ahead of his meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. While not saying Canada by name, Duda says the West has "a lot of gaps" in its industrial base to produce military aid for Ukraine in its defence against Russia, a
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Tatamagouche residents worry about loss of green space as province plans to build housing
Some residents of Tatamagouche, N.S., say they are worried about losing a large green space in the Colchester County community as the province prepares to create more housing for health-care workers in the area.The green space that sits near the local school, library and the Lillian Fraser Memorial Hospital has been a gathering place for social events and sports for more than 50 years.Erin Pope, a longtime resident who works as a nurse at the local hospital, said she's upset the province is repo
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VideoWhy is Taylor Swift such a big deal, anyway?
Memorial University student Cameron Bennett has been studying how Taylor Swift’s ‘illusion of intimacy’ has made her one of the biggest pop stars on Earth. The CBC’s Lukas Wall speaks to Bennett about his research.
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Saskatoon police turning to landfill in search for woman missing since 2020
Saskatoon police say they will search a specific part of the Saskatoon landfill as part of the investigation into the 2020 disappearance of Mackenzie Lee Trottier.Police said in a release that the search will focus on a specific area that is about 930 metres square and one metre deep. It is expected to take as long as 33 days.The location is based on evidence found during the investigation, police say.There have been several leads since Trottier's disappearance in 2020, according to police."In l
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'Can't keep letting fentanyl win': Safe supply of drugs needed to fight Winnipeg's crisis, says advocate
A safe place to consume drugs is vital to saving lives, but even more crucial in the harm-reduction approach is providing a safe supply of drugs, says a Winnipeg mom whose son died from fentanyl poisoning."We won't change things enough unless we do something about the supply. That's the most important thing that we have to move forward on," said Arlene Last-Kolb, co-founder of Overdose Awareness Manitoba and member of Moms Stop the Harm."We just have to convince the people that it can really mak
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