‘One of the quickest returns to parliament': Aiello on new speaker and PM Carney's agenda
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CTV's Rachel Aiello breaks down Francis Scarpaleggia's election as Speaker, PM Carney's first remarks, and what it means ahead of King Charles' address.
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Laser incident targeting Detroit police helicopter prompts cross-border investigation
FILE PHOTO - A Customs and Border Patrol helicopter was struck by a laser beam while conducting operations over protests in Detroit, June 3, 2020CBPGreatLakes/X A laser pointed at a Detroit police helicopter late Monday night prompted a cross-border investigation involving Canadian authorities. Detroit police said the laser was directed at one of their aircraft units multiple times as it flew near the Detroit River. Officers believe the beam originated from the Windsor, Ont., side of the border. 'The Detroit Police Department contacted the Windsor Police Service to investigate this incident,' said Windsor Police Const. Bianca Jackson in an emailed statement. 'Our officers conducted a search of the area for a suspect and any evidence but were unable to locate anything. As a result, we are no longer investigating this matter.' Aiming a laser at an aircraft is a federal offence in both Canada and the U.S. Experts warn the consequences can be severe. 'This is a real dangerous game,' said Chris Lewis, CTV public safety analyst and former OPP commissioner. 'When you point a laser at an aircraft, you risk blinding the pilot — the aircraft, helicopter or airplane falling out of the sky, killing the people in it, maybe landing on a house and killing a family or much more. So, this is pretty dangerous stuff.' Lewis said pilots often have tools to identify the precise location the laser originated from. 'Ultimately, pilots can basically pin — like you can on a Google map on your phone — a location, so they have the exact coordinates as to where that light came from,' he said. 'That might come to somebody's backyard, for example, as opposed to somebody on downtown Ouellette (Avenue). It may come to some area that specifically allows them to then track who was there at that time.' He compared the act of pointing a laser at an aircraft to using a weapon. 'It's like pointing a rifle at an aircraft — that can have the same consequences,' Lewis said. Lewis also warned the public that this kind of behaviour can carry serious legal penalties. 'It's a good reminder to the public how dangerous this is, given that Windsor is going to have a helicopter flying regularly around the city and the area, throughout Essex County, I assume,' he said. 'So, this is dangerous stuff, and it's a criminal offense. It brings up to five years in prison, and if someone gets hurt or dies, you're looking at a heck of a lot more time than that. So, let's not do this again.' Aviation expert John Gradek, a lecturer at McGill University's School of Aviation Management said these types of incidents are becoming increasingly common. 'This is a very regular occurrence,' Gradek said. 'It's not something that happens once a year or once every couple of months. It is something that does happen, and law enforcement is really quick to respond.' He acknowledged the difficulty of finding those responsible, but noted police have tools at their disposal. 'It is a very difficult situation to investigate and to find the culprits,' he said. 'But there are tools that are used by law enforcement to be able to pinpoint where the laser was sighted and the exact physical address of the origin of that laser point. So, more often than not, they do catch the individuals that have been pointing the lasers.' No injuries were reported in this week's incident, and no suspects have been identified. -With files from CTV Windsor's Travis Fortnum and AM800's Dustin Coffman.
CTV News
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Alberta separation becoming the focus of Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills byelection
A Canada flag, left, and an Alberta flag flap in the breeze with Mt. Kidd in the background in Kananaskis, Alta., Monday, June 2, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh) The Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills byelection is quickly turning into a mini referendum on Alberta secession. The riding saw its MLA, former speaker Nathan Cooper, step down earlier this year to take a provincial job in Washington. That's meant the conservative stronghold will be one of three Alberta areas electing a new representative on June 23. The UCP has held the south-central seat since the party's inception. Before that, it bounced between the Wildrose and the Progressive Conservatives. But the recent federal election and tension between rural Alberta and Ottawa have another right-leaning party convinced the byelection is there for the taking. Cameron Davies is running for the newly created Republican Party of Alberta, which he also leads. Provincial separation is the party's main goal. 'Albertans are ready for change,' he told CTV News. 'Justin Trudeau, he read the book on how to be a socialist. But Mark Carney is the gentleman who wrote the book. So, any politician who goes out there and tells you they have high hopes for Mark Carney, I think, needs to take a closer look at who he is.' The Republican Party of Alberta Davies and his party believe that Ottawa's treatment of western Canada has alienated voters and edged them out of important decisions. They want to leave confederation. And while he alleges some within the governing UCP are separatists, Davies doesn't think the party is 'conservative enough' for the province. 'The UCP has, over the last several years, attempted to pander to downtown Edmonton and downtown Calgary,' he said. '(Albertans) are ready for an alternative: a truly conservative option that doesn't apologize for our values.' Asked what those values are, Davies began with a message: 'I can look you in the eye and tell you there's only two genders,' he said. 'Let's start there.' The Republican Party of Alberta does seem to be focused on popular conservative ideas from south of the border: at various points in the interview, Davies brought up parental choice, property rights and 'family values.' 'I believe that the longer we wait for the conservatives to figure out if they are in fact conservatives, the more and more disappointed we will be,' he said. And some of his messaging is obviously resonating. An afternoon of door knocking in Three Hills showed there's an appetite in this area for what the Republicans are pitching. Despite Canadian flags lining multiple lawns, residents were happy to engage in conversation with the party leader and ask him questions about leaving the country. Davies promised it's not just here. He claimed the party's other two byelection candidates are making inroads, passing out hundreds of signs in city centres like Edmonton. Post federal election, the party alleges to have 24,000 members. They want to double that and pass Davies' former Wildrose party in sign-ups before the party's autumn AGM. 'And regardless of the outcome (in this byelection), our objective is to make sure that our message is heard,' he said. The Alberta NDP Bev Toews is running for the Alberta NDP. She has worked at an Olds high school for years and calls herself a 'community volunteer.' Toews is the first Alberta NDP candidate in this riding to be local: a badge she wears with pride. 'This talk of separatism is very concerning to me, and so I thought it was really important that somebody had a voice and talked about health care, education, affordability and being a strong Alberta in a strong Canada,' she told CTV News. In 2023, her party brought in only 18.8 per cent of the vote. The UCP's Cooper exceeded 75 per cent. At the time, another separatist group, the Alberta Independence Party, garnered 1,140 votes: 4.7 per cent of the ballots. The new NDPer says she understands some of the federal frustration in the riding — and believes her party having more voices in Edmonton can help. 'Certainly, there are things we can make better, and there are things that Ottawa can do better for Alberta,' Toews said. 'But I think we have more possibility of making a positive change working together than being all on our own.' Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills is largely comprised of born-in-Alberta residents and agricultural workers who lean to the political right. They've never given the NDP more than 4,600 votes. Toews understands it'll be an uphill campaign — but expressed some excitement Wednesday that there is more choice for constituents. 'And if they're not happy, this is an excellent opportunity for them to send a very strong message to (Premier) Danielle Smith and the UCP,' she said. The United Conservative Party Tara Sawyer is the United Conservative candidate. CTV News reached out to Sawyer and the UCP multiple times to set up an interview but never received a response. Earlier this week, Sawyer refused to give a planned all-candidates forum any availability in the lead-up to June 23's vote, meaning the forum was cancelled. Expert insight A Mount Royal University political scientist believes the byelection could be a close one between the UCP and Republican Party of Alberta. 'It's an area that is likely to be more sympathetic to the kinds of things that the Republican Party stands for than in other parts of Alberta,' political scientist Lori Williams said. 'So, it will be very interesting.' As for the separation talk, Williams says she'll be watching closely to get a sense of just how real the rural secession appetite really is. It's been talked about for decades, but she's still not entirely convinced separation will be a decider when the voting pencils are picked up. That's because the logistics of the move would be extremely complicated and costly. 'More fairness within confederation is a message that resonates frankly across the province to some degree; it's just whether that extends to the point of independence,' Williams said. 'That may make (Davies) more of a hard sell. If it were just about entitlement, corruption and a failure to represent within the United Conservative Party, I think that Cam Davies could have a significant impact on this election.' 'It will be a test: both of the Republican Party, but also of the United Conservative Party and to what extent other conservatives are more appealing than the UCP in Alberta.'
CBC
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Proposed lawsuit alleges Toronto violated refugees' rights by denying shelter beds
A proposed class-action lawsuit against the City of Toronto alleges the city violated refugee claimants' Charter rights by denying them access to shelter beds for nearly a year. The proposed suit was filed on behalf of refugees, refugee claimants and asylum seekers who sought shelter in Toronto and were unable to get a bed between Nov. 7, 2022 and Oct. 1, 2023, when it says the city stopped allowing claimants to access its base shelter system. It also includes shelter seekers who were told to contact either Service Canada or Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, which the suit says were unable to provide housing assistance. The lawsuit requires certification from a judge to proceed. It also alleges the city's practice disproportionately impacted members of the Black community, as many of the refugee claimants had arrived from countries with predominantly Black populations. City spokesperson Elise von Scheel says the city will respond "in due course" and has no further comment as the case is before the court.
