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Canada to train Ukrainian troops amid Kyiv turbine row: In The News for Aug. 4, 2022

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Thursday, August 4, 2022 ... What we are watch...

Aug 04, 2022

Canadian Armed Forces to start training Ukrainian soldiers in third country

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Anita Anand is expected to announce that the Canadian Armed Forces will start training Ukrainian soldiers in a third country. The move comes nearly six months after Canada su...

Aug 04, 2022

Jacob Hoggard sexual assault case back before northeastern Ontario court today

HAILEYBURY, Ont. - Another sexual assault case involving Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard is set to return to court today in northeastern Ontario. Hoggard was charged in March with sexual assault causing...

Aug 04, 2022

Ukraine's ambassador to tell MPs Canada must reverse Russian turbine decision

OTTAWA - Ukraine's ambassador to Canada will today make clear her country's disappointment over Canada's decision to allow pipeline equipment that was in Montreal for repairs to be returned to a state...

Aug 04, 2022

B.C. premier says he may copy couple who put out newspaper ad looking for doctor

LANGFORD, B.C. - British Columbia Premier John Horgan says he's considering taking the same approach as a Victoria couple who placed a newspaper ad to find a family doctor in his attempt to pressure t...

Aug 03, 2022

Snowbirds squad cancels shows in Penticton and Abbotsford, B.C., after hard landing

VANCOUVER - A malfunction that caused a Canadian Air Force Snowbirds pilot to make a hard landing after takeoff in northern British Columbia has forced the aerobatic team to cancel two performances in...

Aug 03, 2022

Defence lawyer says sharing link is 'not child pornography' in B.C. teenager case

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A defence lawyer for a Dutch man accused of harassment and extortion of British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd says sharing a link is "not child pornography." Joseph Saulnier to...

Aug 03, 2022

3D-printed 'ghost guns' seized in B.C. Interior after parts intercepted in mail: CBSA

VANCOUVER - Border officers report so-called "ghost guns" made from 3D-printed parts have been seized in the B.C. Interior, after international deliveries were intercepted at mail centres in Vancouver...

Aug 03, 2022

Number of wildfires grows in B.C., but cooler weather offers firefighters a breather

VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service says five fires that either threaten public safety or are highly visible are now burning in the province, up from two just a day earlier. The blazes newly identifie...

Aug 03, 2022

Avian flu: About 100 carcasses of seals found dead in Quebec

MONTREAL - Quebec researchers say avian flu has been detected in at least two species of seal as an unusually high number of dead seals are being reported on the province's shorelines. The Reseau qube...

Aug 03, 2022