Source Feed: Global News - Canada
Author: Brandon Cassidy
Publication Date: April 24, 2024 - 19:25
Officials warn of high wildfire risk in southern Alberta
April 24, 2024
"On a nice normal, calm day here in Lethbridge, we do still have wind, and that fire could easily double in size every two to three seconds," explained Hicks.
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A 15-year-old boy was among the three people stabbed to death during a brawl on Tuesday night in a quiet residential neighbourhood of Montreal.The fight was a “personal conflict” unrelated to organized crime that began in an alleyway in the city’s Plateau-Mont-Royal area and involved more than a dozen people, Commander Jean-Sébastien Caron, head of Montreal police’s major crimes unit, said on Wednesday.
May 22, 2024 - 20:45 | Eric Andrew-Gee | The Globe and Mail
The City of Toronto is proposing a new approach to dealing with homeless encampments in parks, saying it will emphasize human-rights-based supports and use forced clearings only as a last resort.Last year, a report from Toronto’s ombudsman criticized the city for “significant unfairness” in its 2021 direction to clear encampments in downtown parks. This week’s proposal represents the city’s response in the form of a set of guidelines that would make clear that encampments will only be cleared as a last resort, and only when certain conditions are met.
May 22, 2024 - 20:44 | Ann Hui | The Globe and Mail
Crown prosecutors rested their case on Wednesday against a man who admitted to killing, dismembering and disposing the bodies of four First Nations women, prompting a Winnipeg superior court to adjourn his trial until early next month.Jeremy Skibicki’s defence lawyers are scheduled to present their arguments before Court of King’s Bench Justice Glenn Joyal on June 3. His attorneys intend to demonstrate that he was too mentally ill to be held criminally responsible of first-degree murder.
May 22, 2024 - 20:38 | Temur Durrani | The Globe and Mail
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