Former Canadian Olympian, accused drug smuggler Ryan Wedding to appear in California court

The Associated Press / nationalpost - Ontario native, 44, had been hiding in Mexico for more than a decade before turning himself in last week

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Feds say more than 22,000 firearms reported in first week of compensation program

sootoday - OTTAWA — Public Safety Canada says gun owners reported 22,251 firearms to the federal government in the first week of a program to provide compensation for banned guns.

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ICE wants to buy Pattison building to use for ‘holding and processing’

News Staff / citynews - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says it wants to buy a building owned by Vancouver-based conglomerate Jim Pattison Group to use as ICE facility. The post ICE wants to buy Pattison building to use for ‘holding and processing’ appeared first on Cit…

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Ottawa gives conditional approval for Marineland to export remaining belugas to U.S.

News Staff / citynews - Federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson says she has provided conditional approval for the export of Marineland’s remaining beluga whales to the United States. Thompson says in a statement posted on social media that she met with Marineland on Monday a…

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Provincial police investigate after man, woman found dead in Manawan, Que.

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Quebec provincial police are investigating an apparent case of domestic violence after discovering two bodies in an apartment in Manawan.

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Vancouver hearing into Myles Gray's death is set to resume after obscenity caused delay

The Canadian Press / nationalobserver - A hearing into the death of Myles Gray, who died in 2015 after a violent altercation with Vancouver police, is set to resume today after it was delayed by an obscene remark that was captured on an audio feed of the proceeding last week.

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Corrupt former WPS officer sentenced to seven years for ‘staggering’ breach of trust

Erik Pindera / winnipegfreepress - Elston Bostock, 49, was an officer on the city’s police force for more than two decades before he was investigated, charged in 2024 and again in 2025 and, ultimately, fired.

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Man accused of helping with B.C. jailbreak in 2022 extradited back to Canada

News Staff / citynews - SURREY — A man accused of helping with the escape of a gangland killer from a British Columbia correctional facility in 2022 is back in Canada after being arrested in Spain four months ago. A statement from the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of …

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Montreal scraps social and affordable housing bylaw, will offer city land for housing

sootoday - MONTREAL — Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada is following through on a campaign promise to rewrite her predecessor's signature bylaw on affordable and social housing.

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Autopsy reveals dingoes not likely to have killed Canadian found dead on Australian beach

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - An autopsy in Australia has determined that a young Canadian who was found dead on a beach this week was likely not killed by a pack of 10 dingoes.

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Lethbridge police charge Taber man after alleged hotel room sexual assault of 12-year-old

Western Standard News Services / westernstandard - Lethbridge police have charged a Taber man after an investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl in a city hotel room, an incident authorities say involved multiple minors and alcohol.

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Judge says Montreal man not criminally responsible for killing parents, grandmother

sootoday - MONTREAL — A Montreal man has been found not criminally responsible for stabbing his parents and grandmother to death in their home in 2023.

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Marineland seeks permits to ship remaining whales and dolphins to U.S.

Liam Casey / theglobeandmail - Otherwise it will proceed with its backup plan to kill 30 belugas and four dolphins

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Man acquitted in 1984 slaying of Winnipeg teen facing charges in Vancouver

Aaron D’Andrea / globalnews - The man convicted and then later acquitted in the murder of a 13-year-old Winnipeg girl 41 years ago is facing new charges in British Columbia.

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Eby tells anti-extortion chief to demonstrate urgency or step down

sootoday - British Columbia Premier David Eby has warned the head of a police anti-extortion task force to step aside if he cannot demonstrate "a sense of urgency" in the fight against blackmailers who have been shooting up homes and businesses in the Lower Mai

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Canada’s TikTok operations ban overturned by Federal Court

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - In November 2024, Canada's industry ministry ordered TikTok's business to be dissolved, citing national-security risks but allowing users to continue.

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Former flight attendant from Toronto posed as pilot and received hundreds of free flights: U.S. authorities

sootoday - HONOLULU (AP) — A former flight attendant for a Canadian airline posed as a commercial pilot and as a current flight attendant to obtain hundreds of free flights from U.S. airlines, authorities said.

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Watchdog says funding needed to avoid 'collapse' of whistle-blowing

Catherine Morrison / nationalobserver - Canada's integrity watchdog has issued an urgent funding request to the federal government warning the "whistle-blowing regime" is at risk.

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