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Canadian authorities have issued a deportation order against a Chinese woman on the grounds she was part of Beijing’s foreign interference program. The Immigration and Refugee Board ruled that Jing Zhang had worked for the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office (OCAO), which it said conducts espionage in Canada. While immigration officials …
Read More »Ex-officer’s account of being ordered to ‘close’ rape file challenged in N.S. hearing
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 17, 2023 11:08 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size A former RCMP officer who testified last week that he was ordered to stop investigating an alleged sexual assault in Halifax is having his account questioned today during cross-examination. Jerell Smith …
Read More »New trial ordered for retired Manitoba Mountie twice convicted of sexually assaulting child – Winnipeg
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 22, 2022 9:39 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size A third trial has been ordered for a retired Mountie who was twice convicted of sexually assaulting a nine-year-old girl in Manitoba. Read more: Girl, 11, sexually assaulted after walking …
Read More »Small B.C. community ordered to evacuate from path of wildfire southwest of Penticton
Emergency officials have ordered all residents to evacuate from the B.C. community of Olalla, about 40 kilometres southwest of Penticton, due to the Keremeos Creek wildfire. The unincorporated town, with a population of more than 400, was put under full evacuation orders Thursday afternoon, affecting roughly 200 properties, around 5 p.m. …
Read More »Over 300 properties in B.C. Interior ordered to evacuate as wildfire quintuples in size
Evacuation orders have now been issued for 324 properties in B.C.’s southern Interior following major growth of the Keremeos Creek wildfire over the last day. As of Monday at 2:30 p.m. PT, the fire to the southwest of Penticton was estimated at 22.6 square kilometres in size, more than five …
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