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Vancouver festival attack fund to become endowment for Filipino community
VANCOUVER - A fund that raised $2 million for victims and families after the Lapu Lapu Festival attack that killed 11 people in Vancouver will be converted into a long-term endowment for the Filipino ...
Sep 08, 2025

Man arrested for impaired driving of pink Barbie truck in Prince George, B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE - A British Columbia man has been arrested for allegedly driving a pink toy Barbie truck down a city street while impaired. RCMP in Prince George, B.C., say officers encountered the man ...
Sep 08, 2025

Democrats release suggestive letter to Epstein purportedly signed by Trump, which he denies
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released on Monday a sexually suggestive letter to Jeffrey Epstein purportedly signed by President Donald Trump, which he has denied. Trump...
Sep 08, 2025

Almost half of Canadians want the Temporary Foreign Worker program eliminated: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests 44 per cent of Canadians want to see the temporary foreign worker program scrapped as the country grapples with high unemployment, especially among young people. Conservat...
Sep 08, 2025

Ottawa man sentenced to 10 years in neo-Nazi terrorist propaganda trial
OTTAWA - An Ottawa man has been sentenced to ten years in prison for the promotion of hate propaganda against Jewish people produced for the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division. Superior Court Justice ...
Sep 08, 2025

Self-proclaimed 'Queen of Canada' freed on bail in Saskatchewan
SWIFT CURRENT - A judge granted the release of Romana Didulo, the self-proclaimed "Queen of Canada," at a bail hearing Monday in Swift Current, Sask.Judge Alan Jacobson imposed a number of conditions ...
Sep 08, 2025

Freight train slams into a bus outside Mexico City and kills at least 8 people
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A freight train slammed into a double-deck bus northwest of Mexico City early Monday, killing at least eight people and injuring 45, authorities said. The accident took place in an ...
Sep 08, 2025

Carney government noncommittal about Canada meeting 2030 climate goals
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney won't say whether Canada will meet its climate goals under the Paris agreement by 2030. Speaking in Newfoundland and Labrador today, Carney was asked by reporters h...
Sep 08, 2025

Federal government says it has found almost 500 ways to cut red tape
OTTAWA - The federal government says it has found almost 500 ways to streamline regulations and cut costs through a 60-day red tape review exercise. Departments and agencies have published reports ide...
Sep 08, 2025

UPDATE: Pierceland RCMP arrest woman wanted on warrants, new charges of assault on police
UPDATE: On Sept. 21, Pierceland RCMP located Ramona Ochuschayoo at a residence on Big Island Lake Cree Nation. When attending the home, officers found a woman hiding inside. The woman provided police ...
Sep 08, 2025