‘This is news to us,’ wrote TUPC director William Komer in an email to CBC A deal that would have seen The United People of Canada (TUPC) buy a church building near downtown Ottawa collapsed because the controversial group failed to make deposits totalling $100,000, according to court documents. The sworn affidavit from the building’s owner, Patrick McDonald, states TUPC failed to make three separate payments toward the purchase of the former St. Brigid’s Church when they were due on Aug. 10. That violated the agreement of purchase and sale for the property and, coupledRead more

Lack of available rentals means international students are turning to charities for shelter The housing crunch is so bad in Timmins, Ont., that a local gurdwara, or Sikh temple, has opened its limited space to students who haven’t yet found accommodations. More international students are choosing to attend post-secondary school in northern Ontario. But that means more support and help is needed, particularly when it comes to housing. ‘I see a lot of red flags now,’ says international student unhappy with state of room rental International students scrambling to findRead more

Chris Amyotte, 42, died after being shot by beanbag guns by VPD Vancouver police say a man who died after officers used a beanbag shotgun on Monday had asked bystanders for help following a “violent incident” that occurred moments earlier. Police have not confirmed the man’s identity, but the family of Chris Amyotte, an Ojibway man from Manitoba, said it was he who died on the Downtown Eastside. Amyotte’s cousin, Samantha Wilson, said witnesses told her he had been bear-sprayed and was asking for help before police arrived at the scene,Read more

Canada’s Henderson, Szeryk, Sharp projected to make cut at CP Women’s Open It takes a lot to wear a Maple Leafs jersey in Ottawa and get cheered for it. But that’s exactly what happened when Lorie Kane pulled on the blue-and-white sweater on the 17th hole, dubbed “the rink” at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club on Friday at the CP Women’s Open. Kane, 57, was in the midst of hitting the final shots of her iconic career at the tournament, which started in 1991 and was about to comeRead more

One-third will stay in Winnipeg while others will settle in other provinces Tears welled up in Sayed Najib Amin’s eyes and his voice cracked between sobs as he waited for his young nephews to arrive at Winnipeg’s international airport on Friday, exactly a year after the boys’ parents were killed in Kabul. After months of anticipation and delays, a charter plane from Pakistan carrying 324 Afghanistan refugees — including 120 children — landed in Winnipeg. Among the arrivals were two boys, age 2½ and four. They are Amin’s orphaned nephews. “We suffered a lot, soRead more