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CP NewsAlert: Police announce arrest in 1988 murder of Charlottetown teacher

CHARLOTTETOWN - Police in Prince Edward Island say they have solved a 35-year-old homicide case involving a man who was strangled and stabbed in his home by someone who left a message saying, "I will ...

Jan 26, 2024

Supreme Court rules judge erred in granting stay in drug cases, orders new trial

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says several people arrested for drug-related offences must face a new trial because a judge improperly stayed the charges against them. Eight years ago, more than...

Jan 26, 2024

Lametti says he 'wouldn't be afraid' of pending update to assisted dying eligibility

OTTAWA - Former justice minister David Lametti says he wouldn't be afraid of moving ahead with an expansion of eligibility for medical assistance in dying. Lametti shepherded legislation through Parli...

Jan 26, 2024

Liberal MPs remain split on genocide case as UN orders Israel to protect Palestinians

OTTAWA - Liberal MPs are split on how Canada should respond to the International Court of Justice case on whether Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip. The United Nations' top court opted t...

Jan 26, 2024

In the news today: Investigators in N.W.T. working to uncover cause of plane crash

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Investigators work on deadly N.W.T. plane crash Investigators have started goin...

Jan 26, 2024

Transportation Safety Board continues to probe deadly northern airplane crash

FORT SMITH, N.W.T. - Investigators have started going through the site of a deadly plane crash just outside the town of Fort Smith in the Northwest Territories. The Transportation Safety Board has rel...

Jan 26, 2024

Woman hidden from Nazis appeals for Palestinian children on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Suzanne Weiss has been thinking about the young children orphaned in Gaza. The 83-year-old Toronto resident clearly recalls the terror she felt as a young girl, when she was hidden from Nazis by a Jew...

Jan 26, 2024

Bachrach disappointed with feds decision not to extend CEBA loan repayment deadline

PRINCE GEORGE - Skeena-Bulkley Valley NDP MP Taylor Bachrach is disappointed with the federal government's decision to not extend the CEBA loan repayment deadline, saying that thousands of businesses ...

Sam Bennison Jan 25, 2024

B.C. odour incidents spark questions around corporate ethics and communication

Vancouver resident Robert Ford was heading to a yoga class Sunday morning when he smelled an odour he likened to "semi-burnt fuel." As a member of council at his Kitsilano apartment building, he said ...

Jan 25, 2024

Former justice minister David Lametti resigns as Montreal MP to join law firm

OTTAWA - Former justice minister and Montreal MP David Lametti says he is resigning from public office as of the end of this month. Lametti made the announcement today, saying in a statement that he r...

Jan 25, 2024