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B.C. coroner's jury hears from victim's son about night of fatal hostage taking
BURNABY, B.C. — The son of a woman killed in a hostage standoff in Surrey, B.C., in 2019 says he stood a block away watching as a "tank" was brought in, and heard multiple flashbangs going off on the night his mother was accidentally shot by police. Brandon McEwen told the jury on the first day of a coroners inquest that he called 911 that night because his father, who lived nearby, heard a loud bang and a scream from the home where his mom, Nona McEwan, lived with her partner Randy Crosson. B.C
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'Innocent bystander' mistakenly shot in Vancouver, say police
A man has been charged after another man was mistakenly shot in the face in downtown Vancouver nearly two weeks ago, Vancouver police said Tuesday.Officers responded to the incident on the night of April 3 near Homer Street and West Pender Street, where they found a 46-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to the face. Police said the man was rushed to hospital for treatment.The victim was not the intended target of the shooting and was in fact "an innocent bystander," according to Insp. M
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VideoBiden returns to his Scranton roots to contrast his tax plan and values with Trump's
President Joe Biden returned to his working-class childhood hometown of Scranton Tuesday to call for higher taxes on the rich and cast Donald Trump as an out-of-touch elitist, as he seeks to blunt the populist appeal of Trump's comeback bid.
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Keeping it halal: How two friends are making it easier for Muslims to find a place to eat in Calgary
Their idea started out as a conversation, two friends looking for a place to eat on a night off. Very quickly, it became something much bigger than they expected.Within a week of launching Maaza, a user-created Google map that shows more than 100 restaurants offering halal food in Calgary, Usman Cokar and Fazal Khan have already seen thousands respond to their data set.Halal is an Arabic word that roughly translates to "permissible" in English. In the Islamic faith, there's a widely accepted bel
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Each Yellowstone guest's carbon footprint equal to the weight of a grand piano
“These topics both have major economic and environmental repercussions. Managers and decision-makers need a complete perspective on how tourism to parks contributes to a vulnerable global climate system.”
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Lack of housing in Dawson City, Yukon putting some long-term residents in a tough spot
People who live in Dawson City, Yukon say it's the best place to live.Residents are friendly. Business opportunities are endless. And the landscape is top-notch.That's what drew Lydia Soulliere to the North seven years ago.Since moving to Dawson, she met her love Ross Cockburn, and the two have started numerous businesses. One of those is the former, and very popular Annabelle's Noodle House, which offered an alternative option to pizza and pub food in town.But now, she and her partner are in a
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Liberals pledge $9B in new money for Indigenous communities in 2024 budget
The Trudeau government is promising $9 billion in new cash for Indigenous communities over the next five years, a smaller spend than some past budgets but one the government says builds on past investments and maintains an upward trend.With no single big-ticket item for Indigenous Peoples this year, ongoing Liberal commitments and previous pledges figure prominently in Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's latest federal budget."Spending on Indigenous priorities has increased significantly since
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