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☆ Canada charges three Indian nationals for assassination of Sikh separatist
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Tara John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The suspects were identified in court filings as Karanpreet Singh, Kamalpreet Singh, and Karan Brar. The men are accused of conspiring “with others to commit the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar,” according to the filings. Authorities are currently investigating if they have ties to the Indian government – the latest development in a long-running intrigue that has fueled diplomatic tension between Canada and India. Nijjar, a Canadian citizen, was gunned down by masked men last June outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, British Columbia. Officials speak at a press briefing on Friday, May 3, regarding arrests made in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

Persons: Justin Trudeau, Karanpreet Singh, Kamalpreet Singh, Karan Brar, “, Hardeep Singh, …, Trudeau, Nijjar, David Teboul, Gurpatwant Singh, Nikhil Gupta, Pannun, Gupta, ” Gupta, Pritpal Singh, ” Organizations: CNN, Canadian, Authorities, Government of, ” Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Indian, American Sikh Caucus Committee, FBI Locations: Canada, New Delhi, India, Canadian, Surrey, British Columbia, India’s Punjab, Government of India, United States, American

☆ Canadian Ex-Intelligence Official Is Sentenced to 14 Years Over State Secrets
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Ian Austen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A former civilian director of an elite intelligence unit in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Wednesday after his conviction last year of giving confidential operational information to four men who were targets of police investigations. Mr. Ortis will get credit for the six and a half years he had spent in jail while awaiting trial and following his conviction in November. The case was the first time that charges under Canada’s 1985 Security of Information Act had been brought to trial. The act’s provisions meant that Mr. Ortis was “permanently bound to secrecy,” therefore his testimony was conducted in secret with only censored transcripts made public. Other evidence has been kept secret.

Persons: Cameron Ortis, Ortis, ” Organizations: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

☆ Human remains found on beach in Canada are possibly connected to a 19th-century shipwreck, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Human remains found on Canada's Prince Edward Island could be linked to a 19th-century shipwreck. The force said on Facebook that officers had received reports of human remains found on January 27 at 4 p.m.RCMP Cpl. Gavin Moore said that it appeared that the cliff "had eroded with time and revealed the human remains," per the CBC. AdvertisementIt's not the first time human remains found in Canada have been linked back to 1800s shipwrecks. The ship was carrying 180 people from Ireland when it sank off of the coast of Cap-des-Rosiers, north of Prince Edward Island, per the report.

Persons: Edward, —, Gavin Moore, Moore, Prince Edward Island, Rodney Wood, Edward Island Organizations: Service, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, RCMP, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC, Facebook, CBC . " Police, Business Locations: Canada, Gaspé, Quebec, Ireland, Prince

☆ Canadian police are looking for a 500-pound taxidermy polar bear stolen from a resort in frigid, below-zero weather
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A 500-pound stuffed bear was stolen from a resort in Canada, police told local media. An executive for the resort told The Globe and Mail that it runs 24-hour security every day. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementPolice in Canada said they're looking for a missing taxidermy polar bear that was stolen from a resort near the city of Edmonton. Harry, the 500-pound stuffed bear, was nabbed from the Lionsheart Wellness Center at the Lily Lake Resort earlier this month, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police told The Globe and Mail.

Persons: — Organizations: Globe, Service, Police, Lionsheart Wellness, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Business Locations: Canada, Edmonton, Lily

☆ Fort Smith, Canada plane crash: Fatalities reported including Rio Tinto employees in Northwest Territories
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Sara Smart | Aya Elamroussi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

In response to the crash, Fort Smith Health Centre activated its mass casualty protocol around 8:50 a.m. on Tuesday, according to Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority. The crash also drew responses from the Royal Canadian Mounted Patrol, the Canadian Rangers and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Investigators with the Northwest Territories coroner’s office and the Transportation Safety Board were also sent to Fort Smith following the crash. Following the crash Tuesday morning, Fort Smith officials asked to stay away from the crash site to allow officials to respond. “Please be advised that an aviation incident occurred this morning,” the town of Fort Smith said in a post on Facebook.

Persons: Fort Smith, Garth Eggenberger, R.J, Simpson, David Lavallee, Lavallee, ” Organizations: CNN, Rio Tinto, Northwest, “, Fort Smith Health Centre, Northwest Territories Health, Social Services Authority, Royal Canadian Mounted Patrol, Canadian Rangers, Royal Canadian Air Force, Transportation, British Aerospace Jetstream, Northwestern Air Lease, Board of Canada, Northwestern Air Lease’s, RCAF, CNN Canada, CBC News, CC, Hercules, RCMP, CBC, Fort, Facebook, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, TSB Locations: Canada’s Northwest Territories, Fort, Rio, Northwest Territories, Winnipeg, Otter, Yellowknife, Trenton, Calgary

Canadian Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc speaks at a news conference in Ottawa on September 7. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press/AP/FILECanadian Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc said his government is taking the vehicle explosion at the Rainbow Bridge border crossing “extremely seriously,” and is receiving regular updates from US authorities, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and border service agencies. “This is obviously a very serious situation,” the minister said, but would not speculate on the “origin” of the incident or fatalities due to its "evolving" nature. He and the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will receive further updates in the “coming moments," he said. Trudeau echoed the minister's sentiments and said the explosion at is “obviously a very serious situation” and additional measures are being "contemplated and activated."

Persons: Dominic LeBlanc, Justin Tang, Leblanc, Justin Trudeau, Trudeau Organizations: Canadian Public, Canadian Press, Public, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canadian Locations: Ottawa

☆ Three Killed After Small Plane Crashes in Canada's British Columbia
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

By Kanishka Singh(Reuters) - Three people were killed on Friday after a small plane crashed in the city of Chilliwack in Canada's British Columbia province, officials said. The plane - a Piper PA-34 Seneca, a twin-engined light aircraft - crashed into trees and bushes behind a motel, near the local airport. All three people onboard, including the pilot, were killed and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said it was notifying the next of kin. Haylie Morris, who worked nearby, told the Vancouver Sun she watched the plane go down in front of her. "(I) started running and I saw it go into the forest across the street, crash through the trees," Morris told the newspaper.

Persons: Kanishka Singh, Haylie Morris, Morris, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Transportation Safety Board, Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Vancouver Sun Locations: Chilliwack, Canada's British Columbia, Piper, Seneca, Vancouver, Washington

The Canadian government says it is urgently trying to end the forced sterilization of Indigenous women, describing the practice as a human rights violation and a prosecutable offense. Yet police say they will not pursue a criminal investigation into a recent case in which a doctor apologized for his “unprofessional conduct” in sterilizing an Inuit woman. In July, The Associated Press reported on the case of an Inuit woman in Yellowknife who had surgery in 2019 aimed at relieving her abdominal pain. “This is a pivotal case for Canada because it shows that forced sterilization is still happening,” said Dr. Unjali Malhotra, of the First Nations Health Authority in British Columbia. Political Cartoons View All 1182 ImagesBut the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said they would not be investigating Kotaska, because the woman hasn't filed a criminal complaint.

Persons: Andrew Kotaska, sterilize, ”, Unjali Malhotra, “, ” Kotaska, hasn't, Steven Cooper, Lisa Kelly, ” Kelly, Kelly, ” Sen, Yvonne Boyer, ” Boyer, Kotaska, ” Emma Cunliffe Organizations: Associated Press, First Nations Health Authority, AP, Canadian, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, RCMP, Queen’s University, University of British, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group Locations: sterilizing, Yellowknife, Canada, British Columbia, Ontario, Northwest Territories, University of British Columbia

☆ Who was Hardeep Singh Nijjar and what just happened between Canada and India?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Blair Gable/ReutersIndia responded hours later by rejecting Trudeau’s allegations, accusing Canada of harboring terrorists and claiming its inaction against extremists had been a “long-standing” concern. Nijjar’s death in June shocked the Sikh community in Canada, one of the largest outside India with more than 770,000 members. Gurpatwant Singh Pannun told CNN that Nijjar was asked to be careful and avoid giving “big talks” or he would be targeted. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with the youngest son of Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau while attending a ceremonial reception at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi on February 23, 2018. When Trudeau visited India in 2018, his calendar, which was light on diplomatic meetings, was seen by many as a “snub” from New Delhi.

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☆ What We Know About Canada’s Claims Against India About a Sikh’s Killing
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Jin Yu Young | More About Jin Yu Young | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mr. Nijjar was a self-proclaimed “Sikh nationalist who believes in and supports Sikhs’ right to self-determination and independence of Indian-occupied Punjab through a future referendum,” according to an open letter he wrote to the Canadian government in 2016. The Indian government declared Mr. Nijjar a terrorist in 2020, decades after he left India. It accused him of plotting a violent attack in India and leading a terrorist group called the Khalistan Tiger Force. Mr. Nijjar was shot in June near the Sikh temple that he led. On Monday, the Canadian prime minister told lawmakers that “agents of the government of India” had been linked to Mr. Nijjar’s killing on Canadian soil.

Persons: Nijjar, India ”, Nijjar’s Organizations: British Columbia, Khalistan Tiger Force, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Locations: Punjab, British, Canada, Punjab State, India

[1/2] A sign outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara temple is seen after the killing on its grounds in June 2023 of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada September 18, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren Acquire Licensing RightsSept 18 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday Canada was "actively pursuing credible allegations" linking Indian government agents to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in British Columbia in June. * First responders located a man, later identified as 45-year old Hardeep Singh Nijjar, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds inside a vehicle. * In July, investigators released information to the public of the believed route taken by the two suspects after the murder. * There were suspicions raised by local community members that there may have been foreign interference in the murder of the Sikh separatist leader.

Persons: Nanak, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Chris Helgren, Justin Trudeau, Nijjar, Timothy Pierotti, Trudeau, Melanie Joly, Kanishka Singh, Michael Perry Organizations: REUTERS, Canadian, Monday Canada, Canada's Royal Canadian Mounted Police, RCMP, Homicide, Toyota Camry, Thomson Locations: Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, India, Washington

☆ Canada expels Indian diplomat as it investigates India’s possible link to Sikh activist’s slaying
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a press conference following a cabinet shuffle, at Rideau Hall, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, July 26, 2023. Canada expelled a top Indian diplomat Monday as it investigates what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called credible allegations that India's government may have had links to the assassination in Canada of a Sikh activist. Trudeau told Parliament that he brought up the slaying with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the G-20 last week. Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said the head of Indian intelligence in Canada has been expelled as a consequence. It called on Canada to work with India on what New Delhi said is a threat to the Canadian Indian diaspora.

Persons: Justin Trudeau, Trudeau, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Narendra Modi, Modi, Mélanie Joly, " Joly, Hardeep Singh, Dominic LeBlanc, Joly, Joe Biden, Rishi Sunak, Pierre Poilievre, Poilievre, Jagmeet Singh, Sikh, Singh, Nijjar Organizations: Canada's, Rideau Hall, Indian, Canadian, Indian Embassy, Associated Press, Public, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, United Nations, Assembly Relations, Conservative, Opposition New, India's Ministry, External Affairs, Sikh Organization of Canada Locations: Ottawa , Ontario, Canada, Indian, Surrey, British Columbia, Ottawa, India, New York City, United Kingdom, Delhi

☆ Six people dead after small plane crashes in Calgary
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

July 29 (Reuters) - Six people have died after a small plane crashed in Kananaskis Country, a mountainous region west of Calgary, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said on Saturday. The RCMP said an aircraft with five passengers and a pilot left Springbank Airport near Calgary on Friday night en route to Salmon Arm, British Columbia. Ryan Singleton said contact was lost with the plane around 9:30 p.m. local time (0330 GMT Saturday). Shortly after the plane was reported overdue, a search was conducted by a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) squadron based in Winnipeg. However, all six people in the plane had died, Singleton said.

Persons: Ryan Singleton, Singleton, Rishabh, Lincoln Organizations: Royal Canadian Mounted Police, RCMP, Springbank, British Columbia, RCMP Staff, Royal Canadian Air Force, Alberta Parks Mountain, Transport, Board, Canada, Thomson Locations: Calgary, Salmon, British, Winnipeg ., Alberta, Bengaluru

☆ Nova Scotia wrestles with aftermath of devastating floods
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Nia Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Water flows through a washed-out culvert on the main CN Rail line which leads to the port of Halifax, after the heaviest rain to hit the Atlantic Canadian province of Nova Scotia in more than 50 years triggered floods, in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada July 23, 2023. Nigel Gloade/Millbrook First... Read moreJuly 23 (Reuters) - The Atlantic Canada province of Nova Scotia began cleaning up on Sunday after torrential rainfall caused devastating flooding, while the search continued for four people including two children who went missing during the deluge. CBC meterologist Ryan Snoddon said it was the most rain to hit the provincial capital Halifax since Hurricane Beth in 1971. The resulting floods washed away roads, weakened bridges and swamped buildings, in what Nova Scotia premier Tim Houston described as "unimaginable damage"Nova Scotia declared a province-wide state of emergency late on Saturday night that will last until Aug. 5. Nova Scotia Power's outage map showed just over 5,000 customers were without electricity on Sunday, down from around 80,000 at the height of the storms.

Persons: Nigel Gloade, Read, CBC meterologist Ryan Snoddon, Hurricane Beth, Tim Houston, Nia Williams, Andrea Ricci Organizations: Atlantic, CBC, Hurricane, Nova, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Thomson Locations: Halifax, Atlantic Canadian, of Nova Scotia, Truro , Nova Scotia, Canada, Millbrook, Atlantic Canada, Nova Scotia, British Columbia

☆ A teen was lost for just over 2 days in the wilderness, authorities say. Her story had a happy ending
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( Ashley R. Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A teen hiker who became separated from her group in one of British Columbia’s largest parks has been found safe after going missing for over two days, Canadian authorities announced. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Friday that Esther Wang, 16, was healthy, happy and reunited with her family after getting lost in Golden Ears Park. Authorities reported that the teen lost her way along the park’s East Canyon trail Tuesday afternoon and her hiking group and its leader were unable to find her. The group’s leader then alerted park officials, who contacted the RCMP, according to a news release. At around 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, authorities said Wang walked out of the East Canyon trail area on her own.

Persons: CNN —, Esther Wang, Wang, ” Ryan Smith, “, – they’ve, ”, Keith Schendel, Wendy Mehat, ” Mehat Organizations: CNN, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Authorities, CBC, US Locations: British, Meadows, Canadian

☆ Titanic submersible: A robot is combing the sea floor for debris from the implosion as a multinational investigation begins
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Nouran Salahieh Samantha Beech | Nouran Salahieh | Samantha Beech | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The US Coast Guard has convened a Marine Board of Investigation to probe the implosion – the “highest level of investigation the Coast Guard conducts,” US Coast Guard chief investigator Capt. Military experts found debris from the ill-fated submersible about 1,600 feet from the bow of the Titanic on Thursday, the US Coast Guard previously said. “This case has been extremely complex, involving a coordinated international, interagency and private sector response in an unforgiving and difficult to access region of the ocean,” US Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger, the First Coast Guard District commander, said Sunday. The Coast Guard announced the vessel suffered a “catastrophic implosion,” killing everyone on board. Pelagic's remotely operated vehicle Odysseus 6 is lifted out of the ocean after searching for debris from the Titan submersible on June 22, 2023.

Persons: Jason Neubauer, ” Neubauer, “, ” Kathy Fox, Kent Osmond, John Mauger, Hamish Harding, Paul, Henri Nargeolet, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman, Odysseus, Neubauer, Paul Hankins, Jeff Mahoney, Mahoney, Rush, ” Rachel Lance, ”, Karl Stanley, ” Stanley, OceanGate, Guillermo Sohnlein, ” Sohnlein Organizations: CNN, US Coast Guard, Marine Board, Investigation, Coast Guard, Authorities, Prince, Transportation, Board of Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, RCMP, Polar Prince, US, Guard, First Coast Guard District, OceanGate Expeditions, Stockton Rush, Titan, Research, Research Services, Salvage Operations, Ocean Engineering, Deep Energy, US Navy, Navy, Duke University, Rush Locations: Canada, St, John’s, British, French, Bahamas

☆ Repeated red flags raised by experts about the Titan's safety are likely to feature in investigations into the tragedy
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Ryan Hogg | Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Submersible experts raised red flags about the Titan's safety long before it imploded. Investigations into the implosion of OceanGate's Titan submersible are likely to examine repeated warnings about the craft's safety and design. Submersible experts raised red flags about the Titan's safety long before it imploded but OceanGate continued its expeditions. "Bringing an outside entity up to speed on every innovation before it is put into real-world testing is anathema to rapid innovation," OceanGate stated. Rush responded and said he was "tired of industry players who try to use a safety argument to stop innovation".

Persons: it's, John Mauger, OceanGate, David Lochridge, Lochridge, Rush, Rob McCallum Organizations: Morning, New York Times, Staff, Transportation, Board of Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, US Coast Guard, Stockton Rush, BBC News Locations: Newfoundland

☆ U.S. Coast Guard will lead investigation of Titan implosion with help from Canada, France, UK
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The convening of a Marine Board of Investigation is the highest level of investigation conducted by the U.S. Coast Guard, Neubauer said. Investigators are working closely with other national and international investigative authorities, including the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, the French marine casualties investigation board and the United Kingdom Marine Accident Investigation Branch, Neubauer added. The Coast Guard board can make recommendations to prosecutors to pursue civil or criminal sanctions as necessary. The Coast Guard led the initial search and rescue mission, a massive international effort that likely cost millions of dollars. "The Coast Guard doesn't charge for search and rescue nor do we associate a cost with human life," said Rear Adm. John Mauger, of the Coast Guard First District.

Persons: Jason Neubauer, Neubauer, Kathy Fox, Fox, John Mauger, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, Paul, Henri Nargeolet Organizations: . Coast Guard, Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth, Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City , North Carolina, HC, U.S . Coast Guard, Titan, Marine Board, Investigation, U.S . National Transportation Safety Board, Transportation, Board of Canada, United Kingdom Marine, Coast Guard, U.S . Navy, Navy, Associated Press, Board, Canada, Authorities, Canadian Transportation, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, OceanGate Expeditions, U.S, Stockton Rush, Rescuers Locations: Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City , North, Cape Cod, U.S, St, John's, Newfoundland, Atlantic, Prince, Canada, Canadian, Bahamas, Everett , Washington, England, Pakistan, France, British

☆ Voice recordings and data from the mother ship that carried the Titanic-bound submersible before it imploded will be examined, investigators say
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Nouran Salahieh Samantha Beech | Nouran Salahieh | Samantha Beech | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“The content of those voice recordings could be useful in our investigation,” Fox said. Communications between the submersible and its mother ship will also likely be scrutinized. The ship could communicate with the submersible by text messages, and it’s required to communicate every 15 minutes, according to the archived website of OceanGate Expeditions. The vehicles will work to map out the vessel’s debris field, which is more than 2 miles deep in the North Atlantic, Mauger said. When asked for comment about Stanley’s email, a spokesman for OceanGate told CNN they were unable to provide any additional information at this time.

Persons: ” Kathy Fox, John’s, ” Fox, John Mauger, Hamish Harding, Paul, Henri Nargeolet, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman, Kent Osmond, OceanGate, Guillermo Sohnlein, ” Sohnlein, “, Mauger, Paul Hankins, Jeff Mahoney, Mahoney, Rush, Karl Stanley, ” Stanley Organizations: CNN, Transportation, Board of Canada, US Coast Guard, Stockton Rush, OceanGate Expeditions, Communications, Titan, Getty, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, RCMP, National Transportation Safety Board, US, Guard, Salvage Operations, Ocean Engineering, Research Services, Deep Energy, Rush, “ Locations: St, Newfoundland and Labrador, British, French, AFP, Bahamas

☆ Ship That Launched Ill-Fated Titan Submersible Returns to Newfoundland
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Ian Austen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Escorted to a Canadian Coast Guard base, the ship that launched the ill-fated Titan submersible returned from international waters to its home port, St. John’s, Newfoundland, on Saturday morning, where investigators boarded it looking for answers. For hours, a procession of about a dozen people — including investigators from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police — boarded or exited the ship, the Polar Prince, which docked at the Atlantic headquarters of the coast guard. Pulling large plastic equipment cases, the transportation safety investigators were expected to look for clues that might explain what went wrong aboard the Titan, a submersible that took wealthy passengers from around the world on $250,000 tours of the Titanic wreck site, 12,500 feet below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. On Thursday, a search-and-rescue effort by international teams came to an end, after debris was discovered on the ocean floor, about 1,600 feet from the Titanic wreck, and U.S. Coast Guard officials announced that the missing vessel had most likely imploded, killing the five people on board.

Organizations: Canadian Coast Guard, Titan, Transportation, Board of Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, U.S . Coast Guard Locations: St, John’s, Newfoundland, U.S

But it sent the case back to a lower court to determine whether the contested agreement violates asylum seekers' right to equal treatment under the law. But the court also found an unaddressed question when it comes to whether the agreement violates equality rights. The agreement stands and the case will return to federal court to determine whether the agreement violates asylum seekers' right to equal treatment under the law. Refugee advocates claimed the agreement violates that right because they argue the United States is less receptive to refugee claims predicated on gender. In March, Royal Canadian Mounted Police intercepted 4,173 asylum seekers on their way to file refugee claims in Canada after crossing irregularly.

Persons: Jamie Chai Yun Liew, Anna Mehler, Denny Thomas, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: TORONTO, Rights, Refugee, Supreme, Reuters, Freedoms, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canada Border Services Agency, U.S . Customs, Border Patrol, U.S . Border Patrol, Customs, Thomson Locations: Canada, United States, Canada's, U.S

OTTAWA, June 15 (Reuters) - At least 15 people were killed in the Canadian prairie province of Manitoba on Thursday after a semi-trailer truck hit a small bus that was carrying a group of mainly elderly people, police said. The crash occurred at the junction of two major roads near the town of Carberry in southwestern Manitoba, 170 km (105 miles) west of Winnipeg. The bus passengers had been on their way to a casino in Carberry, CBC News reported, citing a casino spokesperson. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB Police secures the area at the crash scene near Carberry, Manitoba, Canada June 15, 2023 in this still image obtained from a social media video. "My heart breaks hearing the news of the tragic accident near Carberry," Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson said on Twitter.

Persons: We've, Rob Hill, Hill, Mike Blume, Justin Trudeau, Heather Stefanson, David Ljunggren, Ismail Shakil, Nia Williams, Sandra Maler, Matthew Lewis, Grant McCool Organizations: OTTAWA, CBC News, Manitoba Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Police, REUTERS Media, Handi, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Winnipeg Free Press, Twitter, Thomson Locations: Manitoba, Carberry, Winnipeg, Canada, Carberry , Manitoba, tarpaulins, Saskatchewan, Quebec, Ottawa, British Columbia

☆ At least 15 dead in Canada highway collision
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Sara Smart | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The bus was headed south on Highway 5 toward a casino near the town of Carberry, while the semitrailer was headed east on Highway 1, Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer Rob Lasson said in a news conference. First responders are pictured following the deadly road accident near Carberry, Canada, on Thursday. The injured being treated included the drivers of the semitrailer and the bus, Lasson said. Twelve ambulances responded to the collision scene, as well as an air ambulance, said Jennifer Cumpsty, executive director of Acute Health Services. “The news from Carberry, Manitoba is incredibly tragic.

Persons: Rob Lasson, ” Lasson, Nirmesh Vadera, Lasson, Jennifer Cumpsty, ”, Rob Hill, Justin Trudeau, ” Trudeau, William Doherty, Ross Organizations: CNN, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Getty, Acute Health Services, Manitoba, Twitter Locations: Canada’s Manitoba, Carberry, Winnipeg, Canada, AFP, Dauphin, Carberry , Manitoba

☆ At Least 15 Die in Highway Crash in Canada
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Vjosa Isai | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

At least 15 people were killed in a crash along the Trans-Canada Highway near Carberry, Manitoba, on Thursday afternoon, after a bus carrying 25 people, mostly older people, collided with a semitruck, the police said. The crash turned a mile of the highway, which runs from east to west and connects the country’s provinces, into what the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Manitoba called a “mass casualty collision” scene. It was not immediately clear what caused the collision, which happened around noon local time. Most of the victims were older people, a police official said. I am so sorry we cannot get you the definitive answers you need more quickly.”

Persons: Rob Hill, ” Organizations: Royal Canadian Mounted Police Locations: Canada, Carberry , Manitoba, Manitoba

OTTAWA, June 14 (Reuters) - Canada is freezing ties with the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) while it probes allegations it is dominated by the Chinese Communist Party, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Wednesday. The bank's global communications director, a Canadian, said on Wednesday he had resigned and criticised the bank as "dominated by the Communist Party", allegations which the AIIB said were baseless. Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in power when Canada joined the AIIB. The opposition Conservatives have long demanded Ottawa pull out of the bank, saying it is a tool for Beijing to export authoritarianism throughout the Pacific. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said on Tuesday it was investigating allegations China tried to intimidate a federal Conservative legislator.

Persons: Chrystia Freeland, Freeland, AIIB, Justin Trudeau, David Ljunggren, Jonathan Oatis, Angus MacSwan Organizations: OTTAWA, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Chinese Communist Party , Finance, Communist Party, Department of Finance, Liberal, Canada, Conservatives, Ottawa, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Conservative, Beijing, Thomson Locations: Canada, China, Ottawa, Beijing

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