Tyler Knockwood, 34, was found dead shortly after his family asked police for help Charlottetown’s police chief says the service has requested an external review into how city officers handled the case of a P.E.I. man found dead at Province House last month, shortly after his family had called for police intervention. Tyler Knockwood’s family has told CBC News they believe police and health officials could have prevented his death by suicide, if they had taken action when relatives asked for help. “We’re certainly open to the family’s concerns andRead more

Questions also raised about ethics in diamond supply chains While shopping undercover at some of Canada’s top jewellers, Marketplace journalists came across sales pitches filled with false claims and inconsistent diamond grading reports, all of which could lead consumers to question whether they got what they paid for. Last year, Canadians who purchased a diamond ring spent on average just over $4,300, according to Edahn Golan Diamond Research & Data Ltd. Marketplace journalists posed as secret shoppers to capture the sales pitch on hidden camera at three of Canada’s most popular value retail jewelryRead more

Parents of Maëva David describe her love of daycare in statement Five days after a Laval transit bus smashed into a daycare, killing two children and injuring six, the second young victim has been identified. In a statement, the parents of Maëva David said they and her older brother and sister have lost “a ray of sunshine, who devoured life.” “Overflowing with energy, she seemed to spend more time in the air than on the ground but she was able to be concentrated and calm during her activities,” the letter from Jessica TherrienRead more

Excavators had been searching near the 5-storey building where Samar Zora was staying The body of a Canadian woman who was visiting Turkey has been found in the rubble of a building that collapsed on Feb. 6. during the earthquake that has devastated that country. Saad Zora says his twin sister, Samar, who like her brothers is from Halifax, was found Tuesday by searchers as an excavator dug through pieces of a five-storey building in the city of Antakya. “Samar was found,” he said in an interview from Antakya, anRead more

A Federal Court judge found it was Kaur’s responsibility to confirm her own college admission An Edmonton woman facing removal from Canada has lost a judicial review of the federal government’s decision, leaving her with one final legal option to pursue. Karamjeet Kaur, 25, has been fighting an Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada decision to have her removed from Canada over a fake letter of admission to an Ontario college supplied as part of her 2018 student visa application. Canadian officials accept that Kaur didn’t know the letter –Read more

Shooting near Town of Schomberg was a ‘cowardly, violent act,’ York Regional Police say A man who was walking his dog early Sunday north of Toronto was shot at 13 times in a “callous act of violence” after he gestured at a speeding vehicle, York Regional Police say. The man, 65, is now in critical condition in hospital fighting for his life and the attack has stunned the small community where he lives. Police are seeking two people in connection with the drive-by shooting, which happened in King Township near the Town of Schomberg,Read more

Mary Wilson started organizing Black History Month events in the city in 2016 Mary Wilson has been organizing Black History Month events in Richmond, B.C., since 2016. As a retired social worker, Wilson says she still feels compelled to connect with others and bring people together. This year, she’s doing that through art, partnering with the Richmond Cultural Centre to feature the work of local Black artists Crystal Noir and John Hall. Wilson told The Early Edition’s Missy Johnson she hopes the exhibit brings “encouragement and strength” to everyone who visits, and gives Black creators a boost ofRead more

Nova Scotians 70 and older have a death rate from COVID-19 that is 280 times higher than those under 50 As the COVID-19 pandemic lingered and the death toll increased, Nova Scotian Judy Aymar noticed how the province’s leaders no longer offered condolences when new deaths were announced. “These are real people,” she said. “These are people who at one point in their lives, they built families, they built communities and they helped build the province. Why have they become a statistic and not a person?” The province’s COVID-19 briefings onceRead more

Trudeau says he ordered take down of object that ‘violated Canadian airspace’ The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has shot down an unidentified object in Canadian airspace, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday. “I ordered the take down of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace. [NORAD] shot down the object over the Yukon. Canadian and U.S. aircraft were scrambled, and a U.S. F-22 successfully fired at the object,” Trudeau said in a statement on Twitter. “I spoke with President Biden this afternoon. Canadian Forces will now recover and analyze the wreckage ofRead more

‘Hurricane Hazel’ died on Jan. 29, at the age of 101 People are paying tribute to former longtime Mississauga, Ont., mayor Hazel McCallion as she lies in state for two days, starting Sunday, before her funeral on what would have been her 102nd birthday. Among those who paid their respects on Sunday were Toronto Mayor John Tory, Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie and Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Ford’s office has said McCallion will lie in repose at Mississauga City Hall on Sunday and Monday before her funeral at the Paramount Fine Foods CentreRead more