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Woman who left beaten dad on basement floor for 2 days was 'overwhelmed' with his care, judge told
A Calgary woman who abused her sick, 77-year-old father was "overwhelmed" at the task of caring for him, a judge heard Wednesday at a sentencing hearing. In January, Tara Picard, 52, pleaded guilty to charges of assault and failing to provide the necessaries of life after her father (whom CBC News is not naming) was found injured on a basement floor, where he'd been lying for two days. On Wednesday, prosecutor Donna Spaner and defence lawyer Shaun Leochko asked the judge to allow Picard to serve
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Students vying for a chance to fight wildfires in the Yukon
The next generation of wildland firefighters is being whittled into shape in Whitehorse.A 12-day intensive boot camp called "Beat the Heat" is putting their physical and mental skills to the test. If the students pass, they'll get a ticket to join a unit crew with Yukon First Nations Wildfire.First, the 40 hopeful students have to endure a daily firehose of new information, topped with gruelling workouts. Tyrel Kassi from Old Crow, Yukon, said he planned to challenge himself the best he could. H
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Shock and grief as mourners gather to remember 16-year-old homicide victim in Halifax
The Muslim community in Halifax is expressing outrage and sadness over the loss of a teenage boy killed earlier this week in what police have ruled a homicide.The Kearney Lake Masjid, a local mosque, was packed with mourners Wednesday afternoon for a wake and funeral prayer for Ahmad Al Marrach, 16, who came to Canada from Syria as a refugee eight years ago.Imam Hamzah Mangera said the high school student had been struggling to settle in his new country, but was beginning to see positive change.
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Whitehorse city council wants an elementary school downtown
Whitehorse city council passed a motion this week calling on the territorial government to keep an elementary school in the downtown core.It comes as the territory plans to shutter the École Whitehorse Elementary School building in the coming years, and replace it with a new school to be built beside Takhini Elementary School on Range Road. That would leave the downtown core without an elementary school.The plan was announced in 2022, with the government saying the 74-year-old École Whitehorse E
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Police who found loaded gun in 'man purse' did not profile suspect: Quebec judge
MONTREAL — Two Montreal police officers were justified in stopping and searching a man after they became suspicious of his "man purse" and his behaviour, a Quebec court judge has found. Police stopped Marcus Nimeri, 24, in October 2023 and found a loaded handgun that had been illegally modified in his shoulder bag. But his lawyer, David Leclair argued the gun shouldn't have been admitted as evidence because police had no reason to stop Nimeri, who was committing no crime by wearing the small sho
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Fire bans announced in B.C. and Alberta as more than 170 wildfires burn
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Fire bans are being imposed across much of British Columbia and Alberta, as the wildfire season gets off to an early start with more than 170 burning in both provinces. The BC Wildfire Service on Wednesday announced a five-month open fire ban, from May 3 to Oct. 11, covering a swath of the province's Interior. The ban on Category 3 fires in the Kamloops fire centre will prohibit people burning three or more fires on a property at the same time, or any single fire burning a pile
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Video'Good luck': Trudeau says to Saskatchewan’s Moe in carbon pricing spat
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe on Wednesday that the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is “very, very good” at getting money its owed, after the premier pledged his province would not send Ottawa the money it collects from the federal carbon price on natural gas. “Good luck with that,” he said.
