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6 days ago · A man who admitted to killing four women in Winnipeg but claimed he was too mentally ill to be held responsible has been found guilty of first-degree murder. Defence lawyers had argued Jeremy Skibicki was suffering from schizophrenia at the time of the slayings in 2022 and should be found not criminally responsible and detained in a hospital.
6 days ago · Former B.C. MLA Gerard Janssen has died. Janssen, a member of the B.C. New Democratic Party, served as MLA for the Alberni riding from 1988 to 2001. Janssen was born in Venlo, Netherlands in 1946 and immigrated to Canada with his parents in 1952.
5 days ago · Current Port Alberni city councillor and former mayor John Douglas has died. The City of Port Alberni issued a press release on Friday, July 12 announcing the sudden death of Douglas. The city has lowered its flags to half-mast in mourning of Douglas' passing.
4 days ago · Kamloops RCMP is continuing efforts Saturday to find an Alberta man who was swept away in a river the day prior. Stan Cappis, of Red Deer, and a friend had been at the North Thompson River, near the Tournament Capital Ranch on Friday (July 12) when some youth who were also at the river stepped off the sandbar and into the fast-moving portion of ...
5 days ago · B.C.'s Transportation Minister Rob Fleming says personal reasons are behind his decision not to run again in echoing comparable comments from his cabinet colleagues Harry Bains and Bruce Ralston, who have also announced that they won't be running.
5 days ago · Federal conservative leader Pierre Poilievre recently spoke to Aron Dunn, the father of the Surrey woman killed in a reported home invasion. Tori Dunn died the night of June 16. Adam Mann, 40, has been charged with second-degree murder in connection to her death.
6 days ago · The Ministry of Post-secondary Education says a steering committee has identified actions, including clarifying how to contact emergency services, expanding awareness of toxic drug alerts and overdose prevention, and ensuring consistent access to naloxone.
