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Canada · 21 d ago

An inquest opens into the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet in Toronto

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Korchinski-Paquet, 29, fell from a 24th-floor balcony on May 27, 2020, while police were in her home after calls about a family disturbance that involved knives.

Canada · 21 d ago

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Author Steven Galloway tells court UBC made up excuses to fire him

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Galloway, fired in 2016 as chair of the University of British Columbia's creative-writing program, is suing a former student and three others for defamation in B.C. Supreme Court.

Canada · 21 d ago

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Three roller coasters close in Toronto and Montreal after a deadly fall in Georgia

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A 42-year-old man was killed Monday on a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia; police said he was thrown from his seat and struck other riders before landing below the ride.

Canada · 21 d ago

Alberta recommended a Mraiche-linked builder for a First Nation's recovery centre, a lawyer alleges

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Terry Braun, Tsuut'ina Nation's former lawyer, says in a court document that the province recommended Melewka Homes Ltd. to build the nation's $35-million addiction recovery centre near Calgary.

Canada · 21 d ago

Montreal man sentenced to life in prison for killing his nine-year-old daughter in New York

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Judge Tatiana Coffinger sentenced Luciano Frattolin to life in prison, with no parole for 25 years, after rejecting a motion to set aside the guilty verdict. He had left his daughter Melina in a marsh in rural New York.

Canada · 21 d ago

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U.S. grand jury indicts alleged accomplice in the Tumbler Ridge shooting

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A grand jury in Washington state indicted James Bryant, 30, of Bellingham, for conspiracy to murder persons in a foreign country. The charge carries up to life in prison.

Canada · 21 d ago

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Supreme Court agrees to hear B.C.'s appeal in a Nuchatlaht land title case

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In 2024 the Nuchatlaht, a First Nation of about 160 members, won Canada's second-ever declaration of Aboriginal title, on Nootka Island off the western edge of Vancouver Island.

Canada · 21 d ago

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Vancouver officers testify at the Myles Gray misconduct hearing

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Myles Gray died during an arrest by Vancouver police near the Burnaby boundary on Aug 13, 2015. A 2023 coroner's inquest ruled his death a homicide, a term that does not assign legal blame.