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Accused in jailhouse killing of serial killer Robert Pickton to plead guilty: Crown
MONTREAL - The man accused of killing convicted serial killer Robert Pickton in a jailhouse attack intends to plead guilty, the Crown says. Martin Charest is charged with first-degree murder in Pickto...
Sep 04, 2025
Alberta investing $1M to develop trades expansion at Northwestern Polytechnic
Northwestern Polytechnic is getting a $1-million investment from the province to aid in expanding their trades programs.During the opening of NWP's new Centre for Industrial Automation & Innovatio...
Sep 04, 2025
Phone service outage in Rainbow Lake area
The City of Grande Prairie is reporting a phone service outage affecting the northern communities of Rainbow Lake and Chateh.Impacted customers are unable to use mobile phones, cell phones, and intern...
Sep 04, 2025
Extreme fire danger in Peace River Forest Area
Due to a lack of rainfall and hot weather, the fire danger level in the Peace River Forest Area has been upgraded to Extreme.Fire watchers say there are no active wildfires in the region at this time,...
Sep 04, 2025
B.C. to contest lawsuit by U.S.-based tribes over consultation rights in Canada
British Columbia's premier says his government will be fighting a lawsuit by an Aboriginal group based in the United States, saying B.C.'s obligations are to Indigenous people in Canada. David Eby was...
Sep 04, 2025
Ottawa must cancel or significantly reform temporary foreign worker program, says Eby
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the temporary foreign worker program should "be cancelled or significantly reformed" because the province can't have an immigration system that takes...
Sep 04, 2025
Northwestern president announces resignation following tenure marked by White House tension
Northwestern University President Michael Schill announced Thursday that he will resign, ending a three-year tenure marked by the freeze of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding by the Tr...
Sep 04, 2025
Victims of Quebec weekend plane crash identified, investigation continues
LA TUQUE - The victims of a plane crash over the weekend in La Tuque, in the province's Mauricie region, have been identified. The victims are Valrie Fortier, 42, of St-Valre, and Jean-Pier Godin, 41,...
Sep 04, 2025
Chiefs vote down pitch to include First Nations infrastructure in major projects push
WINNIPEG - First Nations chiefs today voted down a resolution that would have called on Ottawa to include First Nations infrastructure ventures in its national push to fast-track major projects. The r...
Sep 04, 2025
Fact File: Montreal church did not burn down; old video used in false arson claim
Video showing a church in flames appeared on social media this week along with claims the fire happened at Montreal's Notre-Dame Basilica and was the result of arson by "Islamists." The actual video i...
Sep 04, 2025