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Police in Paris shoot, injure attacker near Notre Dame Cathedral
Paris police say an unidentified assailant has attacked a police officer near the Notre Dame Cathedral, and the officer then shot and wounded the attacker. The office is hurt but the extent of their...
Housing affordability problems growing fastest in the suburbs: report
A house, a yard, maybe even a picket fence. Families looking for less expensive homes have been filling up the suburbs for years, but a new report finds the suburbs are being hit the hardest when it...
BC teachers hope new government will equal labour peace
Whether in court or on the picket lines, BC's teachers have had their share of battles with the BC Liberal government over the last decade and a half. But with the winds of change blowing in the...
Free transit for kids could create new generation of adult riders: local councillor
It is an idea meant to encourage more teenagers to take transit both in the short and long-term. New Westminster City Councillor Patrick Johnstone feels giving kids free rides on public transit is...
New bill from Trudeau government to strengthen sexual assault laws
The Trudeau government has unveiled a new bill to modernize the Criminal Code, by beefing up laws around sexual assault and scrapping other crimes that are now considered obsolete. The aim is to...
Sentencing for man accused in Whistler swarming killing
A young man is set to find out today whether he's been found guilty of second-degree murder in the swarming death of 19-year-old Luka Gordic two years ago. Arvin Golic — who was 18-years-old at...
Arvin Golic guilty of manslaughter in Whistler swarming death
Arvin Golic has been found guilty of manslaughter, not second degree murder, over the swarming death of 19-year-old Luka Gordic two years ago. The judge said there was evidence the attack on Gordic...
British prime minister, police treat London attack as 'terror incident'
vehicle veered off the road and mowed down pedestrians on London Bridge, turning a summery Saturday night into a scene of panic and chaos. Prime Minister Theresa May said it was being treated as...
Vancouver property crime up, with valuables in cars a prime target
Property crime in Vancouver is up just over 9 percent from 2015 to 2016, according to data released by the Vancouver Police Department. Thieves are keen on smashing car windows or trying door handles...
New provincial government will face tougher economic outlook
Once the dust settles in the Legislature, the new provincial government may need to face some harsher economic realities. A new report from the Conference Board of Canada is offering some less rosy...
Abbotsford sees a drop in overall crime but an increase in certain areas
Crime has dropped in Abbotsford in most categories, but there are two areas that have seen an increase compared to the year before. Constable Ian MacDonald with the Abbotsford Police Department says...
Woman shot to death in East Vancouver
A woman who was shot in East Vancouver has died of her injuries, and the city's police department is now investigating their 8th homicide of 2017. It happened near East 7th and St Catherines...
Former VPD officer facing more charges
former member of the Vancouver Police Department is now facing two more criminal charges. Detective Constable James Fisher was working with the Counter Exploitation Unit when he was...
Twelve fires sparked in BC, two of which are described as being of note
Cool, wet weather is helping crews who are fighting a pair of wildfires in British Columbia. Officials say a fire in the north Okanagan, near Lumby, charred as much as eight hectares of trees and...
1 dead, more than 100 hurt in New Jersey train crash
A commuter train plowed into the bustling Hoboken rail station during the morning rush hour Thursday, killing at least one person and injuring more than 100 others, some critically, in a tangle of...
Judge approves $50M residential school settlement
Justice Robert Stack has approved the $50-million class-action settlement for survivors of residential schools. The settlement, nine years in the making, was given the green light in...
WhatsApp is sharing your data: Here's how to stop it
Last month, the popular messaging application WhatsApp announced that it was changing its terms and conditions and its privacy policy. In a blog post, the company explained that users would be...
Man in custody after police find active explosive devices during traffic stop in East Vancouver
One man is in custody after Vancouver Police officers discovered he was in possession of active explosives. Investigators say they discovered what looked like two grenades during a routine...
Bomb threat closes schools across Nunavut
Schools across Nunavut are closing this morning due to a bomb threat. "A threat has been received similar to the threats that were received in P.E.I. over the last day or two," said ...
N.Y., N.J. explosions suspect in custody after shootout with police
A law enforcement official says the Afghan immigrant wanted in connection with explosions in New York City and New Jersey has been taken into custody following a shootout with police officers. The...
Police arrest man in attempted abduction at Abbotsford, B.C., bus stop
Police in Abbotsford, B.C., say they have arrested a 24-year-old man in connection with an alleged abduction attempt in the Fraser Valley city. A news release was issued Monday morning crediting the...
Justin Trudeau to bring his ambitions for seat on Security Council to UN
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will use his speech to the United Nations General Assembly next week to present his plan for a more prosperous and peaceful world — positioning Canada as...
World Cup of Hockey gets underway tomorrow
Hockey starved fans across the country will finally have a remedy starting tomorrow. The World Cup of Hockey kicks off with Canada's first test coming against the Czech Republic Team Canada is...
$37K in distracted driving tickets handed out in Langley in a single day
Just one day after ICBC and police launched a month-long campaign to target distracted drivers, police wrote over 100 tickets in a single day in Langley for that very offence. On Friday Sept. 2, Cpl....
Canada’s National Inquiry Into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Begins Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/09/01/canadas-national-inquiry-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-begins
As the Canadian government officially begins its long-awaited national inquiry on September 1 into the country's high rates of missing and murdered indigenous women (MMIW), the reservations expressed...
Economy posts worst quarter since financial crisis on wildfire hit
The Canadian economy turned in its weakest quarter since the Great Recession in the second quarter, as Alberta's wildfires and slumping exports took a big bite out of the country's economic output....
Canadians charged when $32 million worth of cocaine found on cruise ship
Police in Sydney, Australia have arrested three Canadian cruise ship passengers on charges of drug smuggling. Authorities claim to have found $31 million worth of cocaine in the passengers'...
Postal workers delay possible job action for 24 hours
The threat of possible job action by Canada Post workers has been placed on hold for 24 hours. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers made the announcement in a statement issued late Sunday night. The...
Stephen Harper gives up House of Commons seat
Nearly a year after his federal election defeat, former prime minister Stephen Harper finally resigned his House of Commons seat Friday, ending a career in politics that spanned more than two decades....
Environment Canada confirms F1 tornado touched down in Windsor, Ont
Environment Canada confirms an F1 tornado touched down near Windsor, Ont. Wednesday evening damaging more than a dozen homes and left three people injured. An eyewitness reported the tornado in...
RCMP allows Muslim women Mounties to wear hijab
The Mounties have adopted a new uniform policy to allow female Muslim officers to wear the hijab. Scott Bardsley, spokesman for Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, confirmed that ...
French man shouts 'Allahu akbar,' stabs British woman to death in Australia
A French man shouting the Arabic phrase "Allahu akbar" stabbed a British woman to death and wounded two men in an attack at a hostel in northeast Australia, police said Wednesday. The 29-year-old...
One dead, dozens wounded in Thai car bombing
Pattani, Thailand: A car bomb exploded in a district known for its nightlife in Thailand's deep south, killing one and wounding more than 30, in a nation already on edge after a bombing spree that...
Trial begins for woman charged for giving water to pigs sent to slaughter
A trial begins Wednesday for an animal rights activist charged with mischief for giving water to pigs that were in a sweltering truck on their way to slaughter. Anita Krajnc of Toronto...
Bomb attacks kill seven, wound 224 in southeast Turkey
Two bomb attacks blamed on Kurdish militants killed seven members of the security forces and wounded 224 people in southeast Turkey on Thursday, officials and security sources said, in a renewed...
Wounded man found on lawn in deadly Abbotsford shooting
B.C.'s homicide team has been brought in to investigate a fatal shooting in a quiet residential neighbourhood in northwest Abbotsford. People living in the area say they heard seven or eight...
2 impaired teens arrested, charged with stealing car in Sheshatshiu
Two teenage girls were arrested Thursday morning in Sheshatshiu after a stolen SUV was recovered. Both girls were found to be intoxicated at the time of the arrest, police said, with the...
Gunmen abduct suspected gang members from Mexico resort town -official
Eight armed men abducted "six or seven" suspected members of the Sinaloa drug cartel from a restaurant in the heart of Mexico's Pacific tourist resort of Puerto Vallarta early on Monday morning,...
Canada's immigration detention program to get $138M makeover
Canada's Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale has announced that the government will invest $138 million into the country's immigration detention program. The immigration detention facilities...