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[published_date] Belinda Sarkodie left Ghana in 2024 to seek refuge in Canada. On Friday, she was killed in Hamilton while she was with a friend and they were waiting for a bus. "That's not fair.... She thought she was safe here," said Evelyn Aidoo. Although not a blood relative, Aidoo was regarded as 26-year-old's aunt — someone Sarkodie considered family…

[published_date] The Federal Court of Appeal heard arguments from a B.C. ostrich farm Tuesday as it sought to protect its herd from a cull ordered due to the avian flu, in a case that has sparked accusations of government overreach from critics in Canada and the U.S. Justice Mary Gleason said the panel of three judges would reserve…

[published_date] Kensington's municipal building has reopened to the public, a day after a resident dropped off old military weapons on Monday evening. Two representatives from the Department of National Defence made a trip to the Island Tuesday morning, staying for less than an hour before removing the two items from the central P.E.I. town's police department and taking them back to 5th…

[published_date] A Toronto man sentenced on Tuesday for his involvement in a $36-million cross-border cocaine and meth operation told Windsor, Ont., court he needed to get arrested as a way out of the criminal activity. Superior Court Justice Paul Howard sentenced Marvin Watson to 16 years in prison, which was a joint submission by the Crown and defence. He's…

[published_date] Officials are pulling another brand of salami off the shelves due to an ongoing salmonella outbreak: Rea brand Soppressata Salami Sweet, according to an update from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Other products include Rea brand Genoa Salami Sweet, Rea brand Genoa Salami Hot and Bona brand Mild Genova Salami.  Consumers can subscribe for updates on…

[published_date] One person has been arrested after a small passenger aircraft was allegedly "hijacked" and landed at Vancouver International Airport Tuesday, according to Richmond RCMP. At about 1:10 p.m. PT on July 15, RCMP say they received reports of a Cessna 172 that had been "hijacked" from Vancouver Island and was entering YVR airspace. Police, along…

[published_date] An international student's body has been recovered in a Kamloops, B.C., river, a little over a week after he went missing. Kamloops RCMP confirmed the body's discovery in a statement on Tuesday, saying it was recovered near McArthur Island Park, a few kilometres northwest of Overlander Park. That was where the young man was playing…

[published_date] One year after a landmark report into the horrific death of an 11-year-old Indigenous boy in foster care called for a "complete overhaul" of B.C.'s child welfare system, the province's child watchdog says the NDP government has a long way to go in improving conditions for the most vulnerable. "We can do so much better…

[published_date] Three of the biggest players in Prince Edward Island's health-care system have agreed to begin a mediation process regarding how many patients family doctors can and should handle.  In a joint news release late Tuesday, the Medical Society of P.E.I., along with the Department of Health and Wellness and Health P.E.I. said they've been…

[published_date] On the community's fourth day without power, Pikangikum First Nation's chief says the situation is becoming dire. "There's minimal access to clean water, limited fuel supply, a limited number of generators," Chief Paddy Peters told CBC News on Tuesday afternoon. "We have to deal with the power outage plus a forest fire, and it's…

[published_date] The Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) says its current management has "discovered serious and significant financial irregularities" that its board was unaware of, as it shutters businesses and sells off property worth millions of dollars. The prominent national advocacy group has been engulfed in turmoil over the last year, but it now says…

[published_date] A Calgary police officer has been charged with murder following a 2023 police shooting that left two men dead. Const. Craig Stothard faces two charges of second-degree murder stemming from a shooting that took place on May 29, 2023. Court documents identify Wesley Davidson and Levon Boyce Fox as the two victims killed in the…