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A Calgary woman who participated in a grandparent scam, stealing thousands of dollars from elderly victims, including three who were in their 90s, should get to serve her sentence at home, lawyers argued Friday.

Alana Love Duncan, 48, pleaded guilty in October to seven counts of fraud over $5,000 for crimes that took place over a four-week period in the summer of 2023.

At a sentencing hearing Friday, Duncan’s role was described by prosecutor Don Couturier as the “in-person courier” in a “sophisticated and predatory” scheme. Police have not charged the others involved in the scam.

In total, Duncan and her partners-in-crime stole $70,000 from the seven victims.

A judge has approved a $10 million settlement to compensate survivors of the 2012 mall collapse in Elliot Lake which killed two women and left 20 others injured.

A subsequent investigation ordered by the government found years of leaking water, road salt infiltration and a lack of maintenance and proper inspections led to the corrosion of supporting steel beams.

Settlements have already been reached with the families of the women killed, Lucie Aylwin and Doloris Perizzolo.

Ontario's police watchdog has cleared London police after a 38-year-old man suffered serious injuries, including facial fractures, during an interaction with police in December.

Officers had attended the man's apartment near Adelaide and Huron streets on the morning of Dec. 11, 2025, to compel him to attend the hospital for a psychiatric examination under the Mental Health Act, according to the Special Investigations Unit report released on Friday.

A woman had obtained a Form 2 under the Act from the London courthouse after the man allegedly made utterances that he wanted to stab police and die from suicide by cop, the report said, citing what police told the agency.

When officers arrived at the man's unit around 7 a.m., officers explained who they were and why they were there and asked that he exit his apartment; however, he "adamantly refused," the SIU said.

The argument First Nations groups made this week in an Edmonton courthouse wasn’t only aiming to block Alberta separatists’ petition drive toward a referendum, even if that was the specific, narrow goal of an injunction and a related hearing.

Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation and other litigants are challenging the very idea that a province can split from Canada, and in doing so sever their constitutionally protected First Nations treaties.

Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) is centred in northeast Alberta, but its ancestors followed caribou throughout what’s now Saskatchewan and Northwest Territories — and members today freely cross those boundaries to hunt, fish and trap, lawyer Kevin Hille told the court this week.

“Any constraint on those activities by an international border would violate those [rights],” Hille said.

Manitoba recorded dozens of new measles cases over the final days of March and into early April, as the province continues to be Canada’s hot spot for the highly contagious disease.

Between March 29 and April 4, Manitoba had 36 new confirmed measles cases and two new probable cases, data released by the province on Friday shows.

That brings the total count of confirmed and probable cases in March to 156 and 24, respectively, along with 17 confirmed cases and one probable case this month up to April 4.

With the latest update, Manitoba has recorded 429 confirmed infections and 63 probable cases so far in 2026 — more cases than in all of 2025.

A judge has granted a month-long stay preventing Alberta’s chief electoral officer from certifying the results of a petition to force a referendum on a proposal for Alberta to separate from Canada.

Justice Shaina Leonard’s ruling on Friday afternoon also prevents Stay Free Alberta, the group behind the petition, from referring the matter to Justice Minister Mickey Amery once signatures are submitted.

The decision follows an application from two of three First Nations groups who say they believe the petition process threatens treaty rights. The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) and the Blackfoot Confederacy have been seeking a stay on the petition campaign pending a final ruling.

(Jeff Rath, a lawyer for Mitch Sylvestre, the lead organizer of the Stay Free Alberta petition) said, “I believe that the Speaker of the legislature now needs to get involved, because I think the idea that a Court of King’s Bench justice can issue a stay or what amounts to an injunction order against an officer of the legislature is one of the most remarkable things that I've ever seen."

A former RCMP officer has been sentenced to jail time for criminal offences involving voyeurism and child exploitation images.

Wade Chitrena, 60, pleaded guilty to five criminal charges including voyeurism and production and possession of child exploitation images. He appeared for sentencing in provincial court in Prince Albert, Sask. on Friday.

Judge Thomas Healey accepted a joint submission and sentenced him to 18 months of jail time followed by 36 months of probation. With credit for remand time, he has approximately 10 months left to serve in custody.

"It's hard to put words to address the gravity of what you've done," Healey told the former police officer, calling the crime "vile, appalling" and "disgusting."

I originally thought it was an excessive amount of letters to describe those of us under the rainbow but no, it makes more sense in the context of the article I do not really agree with combining the two but to each their own I guess.

MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ stands for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex and asexual+. It's derived in part from the more commonly used initialisms MMIWG (missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls) and 2SLGBTQ+.

It's weaker than let's say Pound Sterling or the Euro for example. But, does a weak CAD affect international travel towards Canadian travelers? Since they'll be paying more whilst abroad requiring CAD in higher amounts to exchange for larger sums of cash (like if 1000€ = C$1617 that alone is a steep hike while C$1000 = 618€ see the difference?). Also, when you travel: do you bring CAD or exchange for USD first prior due to that having a better exchange rate?

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Rushan Abbas, founder and President of the two time Nobel Peace Prize nominated Campaign for Uyghurs, published an open letter as Canadian MP Michael Ma's recently challenged Margaret McCuaig-Johnston of the China Strategic Risks Institute, asking if she has personally witnessed forced labour in China and disputing the legitimacy of China’s ongoing Uyghur genocide.

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Ms. Abbas writes,

The CCP’s ongoing Uyghur genocide is recognized by the independent London tribunal ruling and a dozen countries, including Canada. Uyghur forced labor is documented through credible reports, survivor testimonies, supply chain investigations, and even Chinese state media. UN experts stated in 2026 that the conditions may amount to enslavement. Calling these crimes anything else is ignorance at best and a defense of the CCP at worst.

I am a firsthand witness to this genocide. My sister, Dr. Gulshan Abbas, has been imprisoned for almost eight years in retaliation for my advocacy as an American citizen. If there is no genocide and forced labor, why does the CCP still hold her and try to silence me?

And, this is not only about Uyghurs. Tibetans and Hong Kongers are all suffering under the same authoritarian regime. These cases should not be treated as a partisan issue but as a global moral and security threat that demands urgent attention.

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Ms. Abbas adds that she will be in Ottawa on 22 and 23rd of April and "welcome a direct discussion with MP Ma on this matter and present the undeniable evidence of Uyghur atrocities and forced labor."

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As part of its pitch to lure Canada to buy Gripen-E fighter jets, Saab has offered to establish a secure, sovereign data centre in Montreal to house critical, top-secret mission data and intelligence, CBC News has learned.

The company is framing it as a "unique advantage" in the battle to convince the government of Prime Minister Mark Carney to limit the purchase of U.S.-manufactured F-35s, which have all of their data stored at a Lockheed Martin centre in Fort Worth, Texas.

The purpose-built Saab data centre "will host all work on the fighter mission system," Saab spokesperson Sierra Fullerton confirmed in a recent statement to CBC News.

The centre would be staffed by Canadians who possess "Canada/U.S. security clearance," presumably to handle data related to the defence of North America through the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD).

For nearly four centuries, Canada lived in a rare, strategic luxury, without having to worry about the security of its borders.

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Canada shared its borders only with the friendly US, two oceans – the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, Greenland, and the Arctic’s ‘no-man land’.

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This geographic luxury meant that, for centuries, Canada never truly had to think like a hard military power. The Arctic was frozen, impassable, and largely irrelevant. The South was friendly. The threats were distant.

It enjoyed what is referred to as the “peace dividend”.

However, in 2026, this illusion is disappearing fast. The Arctic is melting, and the South is no longer friendly.

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Russia is expanding its Arctic footprint. China calls itself a ‘near Arctic power’. The US is showing renewed interest in dominating the Arctic, with Greenland serving as just one piece of the Arctic jigsaw puzzle.

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Climate change, [Chief of the Defense Staff General Jennie] Carignan said, has brought seismic changes, and it is crucial for Canada to “position itself differently” to “ensure that we are in control and taking responsibility for our defense.”

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At the same time, Canada needs to diversify its supply chains, as it has been too reliant on the US for procuring weapons ... While European countries are focusing on “buy European” under the “Rearm Europe” program, an over US$850 billion rearmament program to strengthen European defense, Canada is enhancing its defense partnerships with the EU.

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However, Carignan said that “sustained and stable investments over the next 10–15 years” are necessary to carry out these transformation and modernization efforts.

Canada aims to invest CAN $500 billion in defense over the next 10 years.

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Meanwhile, Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned Canada in March that Arctic militarization could lead to ‘unintentional incidents’ in the region.

The statement was Russia’s “signal” that it wants to be taken into account as other Arctic nations build up their military capacities in the North, says Alison LeClaire, Canada’s former ambassador to Russia.

In the meantime, Canada is continuing to “monitor developments and take steps to deter threats to allied security,” said Thida Ith, spokesperson for Global Affairs Canada, in an emailed response to Zakharova’s statement.

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Russia and China pose the most significant threat to Canada’s interests in the Arctic, says Canadian Armed Forces Maj.-Gen. Michael Wright.

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From 2014 to 2019, Russia established 14 airfields, six military bases, refurbished 16 Soviet-era deepwater ports, and established 10 border posts in the Arctic according to the Arctic Institute, a U.S.-based think tank.

Russia’s intelligence services have engaged in “foreign interference activities” in Canada’s Arctic, according to a 2024 report from CSIS, Canada’s spy agency.

The report didn’t specify what those activities are, but said the agency is working to “counter threats posed by the Russian Federation towards Canada’s Arctic sovereignty.”

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Taiwan's Deputy Foreign Minister Chen Ming-chi (陳明祺) welcomed Canadian Senator Leo Housakos to Taiwan on Wednesday.

The two sides exchanged views on deepening Taiwan-Canada economic and trade ties, healthcare cooperation, Indigenous exchanges, and countering foreign information manipulation and interference, according to the foreign ministry.

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Taiwan and Canada have highly complementary industries and could explore cooperation in semiconductors, artificial intelligence, communications resilience, and energy security.

Housakos said Taiwan and Canada share values such as democracy and human rights, making them important partners. He expressed hope that his trip would provide a deeper understanding of Taiwan’s soft power and its efforts to counter disinformation.

"While some chase fleeting ties with authoritarian regimes, our focus must remain on long-term stability with democratic allies," Housakos posted on social media.

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Taiwan is Canada’s second-largest investment partner in Asia and its sixth-largest trading partner. It added that Taiwan would continue to deepen exchanges and cooperation with Canada to promote shared economic prosperity and regional peace.