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A look at recent B.C. crime and public safety incidents ahead of fall election
Crime and street disorder have become a key political issue in British Columbia amid a series of violent stranger attacks and other public safety incidents. Here are some of events that have made the ...
Sep 23, 2024
Crime, disorder take centre stage in B.C. election, but statistics tell complex story
David Screech doesn't mince words when asked about street disorder and crime around his business in downtown Victoria. He described vehicle break-ins, people defecating on or near his store property, ...
Sep 23, 2024
Court to hear appeal arguments over challenge to Saskatchewan's pronoun law
REGINA - Saskatchewan's Appeal Court is set to hear arguments over the next two days about a provincial law that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns...
Sep 23, 2024
Early days of B.C. campaign sees NDP, Conservatives trade barbs over housing, drugs
VANCOUVER - Drug policy and housing shortages are emerging as the top issues early in British Columbia's election campaign. New Democrat Leader David Eby and B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad spent...
Sep 23, 2024
Trudeau to meet with Haiti's acting prime minister in New York
NEW YORK - Justin Trudeau will turn his focus to the ongoing crises in Haiti as he speaks with some world leaders Monday ahead of the 78th meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. The prime min...
Sep 23, 2024
Pope cancels his audiences due to slight illness days before a new trip
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis cancelled his audiences Monday because of a "slight flu-like state" just days before he is to embark on a trip to Belgium and Luxembourg, the Vatican said. The move was descri...
Sep 23, 2024
Israel calls on Lebanese to leave homes where Hezbollah stores arms as warplanes launch new strikes
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military has called on people in Lebanon to immediately evacuate homes and other buildings where the Hezbollah militant group stores weapons. The two sides exchanged heavy...
Sep 23, 2024
Israel calls on Lebanese to evacuate homes where Hezbollah stores arms as it launches new strikes
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military has called on people in Lebanon to immediately evacuate homes and other buildings where the Hezbollah militant group stores weapons. The warning on Monday came as...
Sep 23, 2024
Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayake sworn in as Sri Lanka's president
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka's president on Monday after an election that saw voters reject an old guard accused of leading the country i...
Sep 22, 2024
Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayake sworn in as Sri Lanka's president
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka's tenth president on Monday after an election that saw voters reject an old guard accused of leading the cou...
Sep 22, 2024