Politics

Here’s a roundup of crime stories from around B.C. on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. Postmedia News Man convicted of second-degree murder dies in prison Gerald Leslie Dolman, who stabbed a Chilliwack man to death in 2016, died in prison on Tuesday, Correctional Service Canada said Thursday. He was 72 years old and had been serving … Read more

LOADINGERROR LOADING The police department in a majority-Black town in Mississippi has consistently violated the rights of residents with illegal arrests, as well as by retaliating against department critics, according to a Department of Justice report released Thursday. The Justice Department launched an investigation into the police department in Lexington last yearafter several complaints from … Read more

There have been anecdotal reports of larger-than-normal wasp populations in certain parts of Canada in recent weeks — Alberta is abuzz as are the Prairies Yellow Jacket wasps swarm around the rootbeer taps of a vendor on 104 St. near 84 Ave. at the 2005 Edmonton Fringe Festival in Edmonton on Sunday, August 21, 2005.Photo … Read more

Petition calls for dissolution and new bylaws allowing student executives to sit on board of paper’s publisher Claudia Culley is editor of Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s student newspaper, The Runner.Photo by Arlen Redekop /PNG For now. The petition had put a deadline of “after Sept. 15 immediately, for the PIPS to hold its special general meeting,” … Read more

Investors often see a strategic review as a prelude to a sale The Lightspeed offices are seen in Montreal on May 16, 2023. Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz The Montreal-based payments technology company made the comments after reports concerning a potential transaction involving the company. Lightspeed says it periodically undertakes a review of its … Read more

LOADINGERROR LOADING President Joe Biden signed an executive order Thursday aimed at containing the growing threat of machine gun conversion devices and 3D-printed firearms. The order creates the Emerging Firearms Threats Task Force and charges it with providing a report in three months to assess the threat posed by automatic weapons and 3D-printed guns, and … Read more

LOADINGERROR LOADING MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle said her interview with Vice President Kamala Harris might have been perceived as refreshing mostly because it was “normal.” The journalist spoke to MSNBC colleague Chris Hayes after interviewing the Democratic presidential nominee to reflect on their conversation. Hayes began by praising Ruhle for the “great interview,” which he described … Read more

LOADINGERROR LOADING Billionaire Mark Cuban has shed more light on his reasons for distancing himself from former President Donald Trump. “I’m not a Trump fan at all,” he said on Wednesday’s episode of the “This Past Weekend” podcast. “Used to be, but then kind of grew out of it.” When Trump announced his bid for … Read more

People reported feeling the shaking in Metro Vancouver and on Vancouver Island shortly after 4 a.m. Seismograph with paper in action during an earthquake is pictured in this photo illustration.Photo by file photo /Getty Images A small earthquake hit B.C.’s South Coast early Thursday, with people reporting shaking in Metro Vancouver and on Vancouver Island. … Read more