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In the news today: More details emerge about fatal border crossing

In the news today: More details emerge about fatal border crossing

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...
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Bomb cyclone batters B.C. with hurricane-force winds, cutting roads and power

Bomb cyclone batters B.C. with hurricane-force winds, cutting roads and power

VANCOUVER — Hurricane-force winds of up to 159 km/h have slammed into parts of the British Columbia Coast as a massive storm swirling off Vancouver Island severed highways and cut power to about 225,000 people.
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Human smuggling trial could hear from survivor of frigid cross-border walk

Human smuggling trial could hear from survivor of frigid cross-border walk

FERGUS FALLS — The trial of two men accused of human smuggling is expected to soon hear from a migrant who survived a long walk across the Canada-U. S. border in a blizzard.
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14 Toronto daycares leave $10-a-day program; half of them appear connected

14 Toronto daycares leave $10-a-day program; half of them appear connected

TORONTO — Two months after Josclyn Johnson's 18-month-old daughter started daycare, the centre announced it was leaving the national $10-a-day program, which has left Johnson considering a line of credit to pay the new $2,310 monthly fee or leaving t
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Urban salmon return to Metro Vancouver streams to spawn and inspire recovery efforts

Urban salmon return to Metro Vancouver streams to spawn and inspire recovery efforts

BURNABY, B.C. — The metallic screech of a train rolling by. The constant hum of traffic on the nearby Trans-Canada Highway. These are the sounds of the Brunette River in the fall, as it cuts through the suburbs of Burnaby, B.C.
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Transgender community to gather in remembrance, opposition to Alberta legislation

Transgender community to gather in remembrance, opposition to Alberta legislation

EDMONTON — Adebayo Chris Katiiti, jailed for being a transgender man in Uganda, was brutally beaten as a child for wearing his brothers' clothes. He says moving to Alberta in 2016 saved his life.
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Transgender community to gather in remembrance, opposition to Alberta legislation

Transgender community to gather in remembrance, opposition to Alberta legislation

EDMONTON — Adebayo Chris Katiiti, jailed for being a transgender man in Uganda, was brutally beaten as a child for wearing his brothers' clothes. He says moving to Alberta in 2016 saved his life.
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Politics with integrity: A look at Nova Scotia NDP Leader Claudia Chender

Politics with integrity: A look at Nova Scotia NDP Leader Claudia Chender

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia NDP Leader Claudia Chender doesn’t make a habit of getting kicked out of the legislature — it’s happened once in her seven-year political career.
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'No disrespect to His Majesty': Yukon council refuses to take oath to King

'No disrespect to His Majesty': Yukon council refuses to take oath to King

DAWSON CITY, Y.T. — Governance in Yukon's second-largest municipality has been at a standstill since its newly elected mayor and council refused to pledge allegiance to King Charles during their swearing-in ceremony.
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Some Canadian cities building temporary housing facilities to accommodate refugees

Some Canadian cities building temporary housing facilities to accommodate refugees

OTTAWA — A significant increase in the number of refugees and asylum seekers in Canada has prompted some cities to start building temporary housing for new arrivals.
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