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Publication Date: December 10, 2025 - 15:17
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Facing extradition, Ryan Wedding’s lawyer offers $5-million for bail release
December 10, 2025
Toronto-area lawyer Deepak Paradkar, who is facing extradition to the United States, where he is charged in the sprawling case against accused cocaine kingpin and fugitive Ryan Wedding, argued for his release on bail Wednesday, telling the court he is prepared to post as much as $5-million.
Mr. Paradkar, 62, is accused of murder conspiracy in the killing of a witness for the FBI who was expected to testify against Mr. Wedding. Mr. Paradkar took the stand in Ontario Superior Court to argue for his interim release from jail, where he has been held since his arrest in November, pending the outcome of his extradition proceeding.
Unpublished Newswire
When police kicked down the front door of a London, Ont. townhouse in July 2024, a trail of blood on the floor and walls led them to an upstairs bedroom, where they found the near-lifeless body of Breanna Broadfoot.
Kneeling beside her, gripping a bloody 20-centimetre kitchen knife, was her boyfriend, Kuhkpaw Moo, according to police.
Breanna, whose screams could be heard in the background of a 911 call earlier that evening, was rushed to hospital with catastrophic stab wounds. She died approximately 37 hours later.
She was 17 years old.
Breanna was one of at least 1,329 women...
December 11, 2025 - 07:00 | Investigative Journalism Bureau | National Post
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — Gigi and Nick are stoking a fire on the right bank of Twelve Mile Creek. It is the sunset hour in St. Catharines, Ont., but the atmosphere is damp and heavy from a November morning rain.
There is not another soul in sight, down here in the riverside parklands below a street called Gale Crescent, a few blocks east of downtown. For kindling, Gigi has scavenged an armful of twigs from the municipal shrubbery. She stacks it inside a makeshift hearth of flagstones and tries to get it to catch, but the twigs are wet and will not accept the flame from Nick’s pocket...
December 11, 2025 - 07:00 | Allen Abel | National Post
At least five Canadian cities are vying to host a new defence-oriented world bank that could create up to 3,500 jobs, the National Post has learned.
Vancouver, Halifax, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal are all in the running to host the headquarters of the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB), according to a well-placed source.
The DSRB, to be established by the end of 2026, will serve 40 member countries, which include NATO members and their Indo-Pacific allies.
“If the vote were today, the headquarters would be here (in Canada),” the source said Wednesday. “The vote won’t be...
December 11, 2025 - 07:00 | Chris Lambie | National Post
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