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Report details cost estimates, risks of proposed Manitoba landfill search for remains

Report details cost estimates, risks of proposed Manitoba landfill search for remains

WINNIPEG — The proposed search of a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two slain First Nations women could cost $90 million — about half the projected maximum in an earlier estimate — although searchers could face a "very high risk" from asbes
Supreme Court rules judge erred in granting stay in drug cases, orders new trial

Supreme Court rules judge erred in granting stay in drug cases, orders new trial

OTTAWA — Several people arrested for drug-related offences must face a new trial because a judge improperly stayed the charges against them, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled.
Police announce arrest in 1988 murder of P.E.I. man that shook province 'to its core'

Police announce arrest in 1988 murder of P.E.I. man that shook province 'to its core'

CHARLOTTETOWN — Police in Prince Edward Island say they have solved a 35-year-old homicide case involving a man who was strangled and stabbed in his home by someone who left a message saying, "I will kill again.
'It's a way of life': Northern commuters say charter flights like taking the bus

'It's a way of life': Northern commuters say charter flights like taking the bus

"It's a way of life to get from community to community, because in the region I'm from there are communities that don't have roads so you have to fly in there with smaller planes," says Darlene Sibbeston.
Quebec environmental group denied court injunction against Northvolt EV battery plant

Quebec environmental group denied court injunction against Northvolt EV battery plant

MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge has refused to grant an injunction to halt tree cutting and other preparatory work at the site of a future electric vehicle facility east of Montreal.
Cap on student visas should help take pressure off soaring rents, Macklem says

Cap on student visas should help take pressure off soaring rents, Macklem says

OTTAWA — As the debate rages on about how to tackle rapidly rising housing costs, Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says the newly announced cap on international student enrolments should help ease rent price inflation.
In the news today: Investigators in N.W.T. working to uncover cause of plane crash

In the news today: Investigators in N.W.T. working to uncover cause of plane crash

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Investigators work on deadly N.W.T.
Woman hidden from Nazis appeals for Palestinian children on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Woman hidden from Nazis appeals for Palestinian children on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Suzanne Weiss has been thinking about the young children orphaned in Gaza.
Sprinklers were to be reset the day a Vancouver rooming house fire killed 2: inquest

Sprinklers were to be reset the day a Vancouver rooming house fire killed 2: inquest

BURNABY, B.C. — The manager of a Vancouver rooming house where a fire killed two people in 2022 says the sprinkler system was to be reset but the blaze broke out hours before workers arrived.
'I refused to accept what I was witnessing': Ranger on response to N.W.T. plane crash

'I refused to accept what I was witnessing': Ranger on response to N.W.T. plane crash

FORT SMITH, N.W.T. — A mayor overcome with emotion. A rescuer struggling with the sight of a deadly plane crash. Church bells ringing for every life lost.