Politics

Allan Schoenborn granted overnight leave from psychiatric hospital, 14 years after killing his 3 children

Allan Schoenborn has been granted the extended leave he was seeking from the psychiatric hospital where he was committed after being found not criminally responsible for killing his three children in Merritt, B.C. in 2008.Allan Schoenborn is shown in this artist’s sketch attending a British Columbia Review Board hearing in Coquitlam, B.C. in 2020. (Felicity Don/The Canadian…

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B.C.’s plan to protect old-growth trees is rolling out too slowly, say conservationists, First Nations

A year and a half after the province pledged to dramatically change how B.C.’s old-growth trees were logged, conservationists and First Nations say action on the issue is lagging and details about what is being done are obscure.Ancient Forest Alliance campaigner Ian Illuminato stands beside an old-growth red cedar in an approved cutblock in Uchucklesaht and…

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to address House of Commons

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accepted an invitation to address the House of Commons just a few days after delivering an address to the British House of Commons.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to address Canada’s House of Commons next week. (Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accepted an invitation to address the House of Commons just…

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First Nations leaders in northern Ontario call for disbandment of Thunder Bay police

First Nations leaders in northern Ontario are calling for the Thunder Bay Police Service (TBPS) to be disbanded and subject to provincial oversight, with a Nishnawbe Aski Nation deputy grand chief saying she’s lost faith that police will serve the community. Calls to reinvestigate sudden deaths of Indigenous people in Thunder Bay, Ont.A team reviewing sudden deaths…

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COVID-19 pandemic has brought out the worst in people, pulled Canadians further apart, survey suggests

Two years of the COVID-19 pandemic has pulled Canadians further apart, brought out the worst in people and weakened their compassion for one another, according to the findings of a new survey.Two years of the COVID-19 pandemic has pulled Canadians further apart, brought out the worst in people and weakened their compassion for one another, according to the findings…

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