1st citizen recall petition against an Alberta legislature member fails
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Jenny Yeremiy submitted to Elections Alberta Tuesday her petition against Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides -- but said she needed thousands more signatures.
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Brooks RCMP charge man with human trafficking, believe there may be more victims
Ken MacGillivray / globalnews - RCMP have charged a 46-year-old Brooks man with a number of offences involving allegations of human trafficking and believe there may be other victims.
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Calgary man arrested after two-year international child abduction
Western Standard News Services / westernstandard - A Calgary man has been charged with child abduction more than two years after allegedly fleeing the city with his five-year-old son, authorities confirmed.
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Quebec’s finance minister says Ontario’s Crown Royal whisky ban is misguided
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Quebec's finance minister says he has shared his concerns with his Ontario counterpart about that province's intention to remove Crown Royal whisky from liquor stores.
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Hearings begin at Supreme Court on constitutionality of random police traffic stops
sootoday - MONTREAL — The Supreme Court of Canada started hearing a case on Monday about whether it's constitutional for police to make random traffic stops, after Quebec's highest court ruled that the practice leads to racial profiling.
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Public hearing into 2015 Vancouver police beating death of Myles Gray gets underway
Darryl Greer / nationalobserver - A public hearing into the 2015 police beating death of Myles Gray gets underway today in Vancouver.
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High-speed trains collide after one derails in southern Spain, killing at least 21
sootoday - BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A high-speed train derailed, jumped onto the track in the opposite direction and slammed into an oncoming train Sunday in southern Spain, killing at least people 21 and injuring dozens more, the country's transport minister sa
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On-duty OPP officer charged with impaired driving
John Marchesan / citynews - An Ontario Provincial Police constable with 17 years of service is facing drunk driving charges while on duty. The Southern Georgian Bay OPP detachment began an investigation on Jan. 15. involving one of their members. They say 39-year-old Christopher Pro…
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Judge rules feds in Minneapolis immigration operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters
sootoday - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal officers in the Minneapolis-area participating in its largest recent U.S.
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Killer of Lapu Lapu suspect’s brother apologizes for ‘ripple effect’ of festival attack
Brieanna Charlebois / theglobeandmail - Court hearing was attended by Adam Kai-Ji Lo, who is charged with 11 counts of murder and 31 counts of attempted murder over the attack
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Government's use of Emergencies Act in 2022 was 'unreasonable': Court of Appeal
Jim Bronskill / nationalobserver - The decision issued Friday affirms a 2024 Federal Court ruling that rejected use of the emergencies law and found invocation of the act led to the infringement of constitutional rights.
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Saskatoon murder trial witness excused after vomiting on stand
Michael Joel-Hansen / thestarphoenix - Stephanie Halkett-Stevenson said she never admitted to shooting Taya Sinclair up with fentanyl while Sinclair was confined in a basement.
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Tribunal upholds $10K fine for B.C. ostrich farm over failure to report sick birds
sootoday - The Canada Agricultural Review Tribunal has upheld a $10,000 fine handed to the British Columbia ostrich farm whose flock of more than 300 birds was culled last fall, nearly 11 months after the confirmation of an avian influenza outbreak.
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Five Brampton men charged following tow truck-related fight
Jane Stevenson / torontosun - Charges relate to a fight that broke out on Halloween
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Crown says Calgary man who joined ISIS should serve a 16-year terrorism sentence
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Crown prosecutors are calling for a 16 year prison sentence for a Calgary man who travelled to the Middle East to join the terror group ISIS in 2013.
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Evidence supports allegations of sexual assault, assault against Ontario judge: panel
John Marchesan / citynews - A disciplinary panel has found an Ontario judge guilty of judicial misconduct after concluding there is enough evidence to support allegations that he sexually and physically assaulted a woman three years ago. The Ontario Judicial Council, an oversight bo…
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Ashley St. Clair sues Elon Musk’s xAI over AI-deepfake images
Katie Scott / globalnews - St. Clair claims that Grok 'created and disseminated altered, deepfake content' of her on the social media platform X 'in sexually explicit poses.'
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B.C. First Nations groups say they were shut out of decision to end drug decriminalization pilot
Andrea Woo / theglobeandmail - Health Minister announced Wednesday that the province is ending its three-year, first-in-Canada pilot program
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Details of federal firearm buyback program to be announced Saturday
sootoday - OTTAWA — The Liberal government plans to announce details of its national program to compensate owners of banned firearms at a briefing in Montreal on Saturday.
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Police watchdog investigates after man shot dead by officers in Brantford, Ont.
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after it says a 33-year-old man was shot dead by police in Brantford early this morning.
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