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Winnipeg police identify suspect in Thanksgiving homicide 2 years later – Winnipeg

After two years, Winnipeg police have identified a suspect in the murder of Gerald Justin Hamelin. In October 2020, officers were called to an Atlantic Avenue home with a report of an injured man. Police found Hamelin and rushed him to hospital in critical condition, where he was pronounced dead. …

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Plans afoot to raise wrecked ship that may have left B.C. with millions in gold aboard

Nearly 150 years after it left Victoria, B.C., for a final doomed voyage, preparations are being made to raise the wreck of the SS Pacific. The 225-foot paddlewheeler went down off the coast of Washington state on the rainy night of Nov. 4, 1875, en route from Victoria to San …

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Court case against ex CannTrust leaders should prompt OSC ‘soul searching’: experts

Legal experts say the acquittal of three former cannabis executives should prompt the Ontario Securities Commission to do some “deep soul searching.” The Thursday acquittal of ex-CannTrust Holdings Inc. chief executive Peter Aceto, chairman Eric Paul and vice-chair Mark Litwin came a day after the regulator revealed it no longer …

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6-year-old boys go missing for hours after wandering off Mississauga school property – Toronto

Two Mississauga families are demanding answers after their six-year-old sons wandered of school property last week during lunch recess. Monica Magliocco said she received a call from the vice-principal of Janet I. McDougal Public School on Dec. 9. “He asked me if my son was with me and I said …

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Blue Bombers re-sign Kyrie Wilson for 2 more years – Winnipeg

There’s certainly not a shortage of ink in the Winnipeg Blue Bombers football operations department, but there might be soon. The club closed out a busy week of signings by re-upping with another pending free agent starter from their much-heralded defence. The Bombers signed linebacker Kyrie Wilson to a two-year …

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Canada’s Blondin back on podium in 5,000 metres

Ivanie Blondin returned to the World Cup podium in speedskating’s longest distance for women, while teammate Isabelle Weidemann vowed to do “detective work” to solve her recent power outage. The two Canadians skated against each other in the final pairing of a 5,000 metres race Friday in Calgary’s Olympic Oval. …

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Ontario judge grants another permanent injunction in 2 year land dispute

More than two years after a group of Indigenous demonstrators started occupying a proposed development site in southwestern Ontario, a provincial court has again granted an injunction permanently barring them from the land. In a written decision released this week, Justice Paul Sweeny of the Ontario Superior Court said Skyler …

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Retired priest charged for alleged sexual assault in 1980s in Peel Region: police – Toronto

Police say an 84-year-old retired priest has been charged in connection with a sexual assault investigation in the Peel Region. Peel Regional Police said in October, officers received information that a Catholic priest working in the Peel Region between 1980 and 1983 allegedly sexually assaulted a boy while he was …

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Jets place Schmidt on injured reserve, recall Heinola from Moose – Winnipeg

The Winnipeg Jets travelled to Vancouver on Friday where they’ll face the Canucks on Saturday, but defenceman Nate Schmidt won’t play on the short two-game road trip. He’s been placed on injured reserve after being forced to leave the game in the first period of Thursday’s overtime victory against the …

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