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- Health
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Measles cases spike in Alberta
July 14, 2025 | Alberta now has more confirmed measles cases than all of the U.S. and the situation is expected to get much worse. Montreal cleans up after getting a month's worth of rain in a few hours. And, Trump gives Putin a deadline to reach a ceasefire with Ukraine.
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- Politics
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What young activists think of David Suzuki saying we've lost climate change fight
Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki made headlines last week when he said in an interview with digital news outlet iPolitics that humanity has lost its fight against climate change. Aishwarya Puttur, a former youth climate adviser to the federal government, says she believes there is time left to fight against climate change. Lily Yang, part of Canada's official delegation to a 2025 UN forum on sustainable development, says activism should be focused on dealing with big polluters and industries.
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What cyclists and road users should do to stay safe this summer
A motor vehicle crash during the Okanagan Granfondo race in Penticton, B.C., over the weekend and another fatal crash involving a cyclist in Prince George last week have sparked renewed concerns over cyclist safety this summer.. Rose Gardner, executive director of advocacy organization HUB Cycling, says more education is key for other road users as more cyclists hit the roads in warmer weather.
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#TheMoment a hiker saved himself during a harrowing trip in the B.C. wilderness
Dallin Beaumier recounts the moment he found a way to get himself to safety after his vehicle broke down during a hiking trip on central Vancouver Island.
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Baseball-bat killer who successfully challenged murder parole provision in B.C. court gets life
The B.C. Supreme Court has sentenced a man to life in prison with no parole or 25 years for beating his ex-girlfriend to death with a baseball bat as she slept beside her young daughter in 2021. The court ruling posted Monday says Luciano Mariani's killing of Caroline Bernard in her home in Bowser, B.C., was a crime of "obscene brutality" that was planned in advance for months. Mariani had pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, but filed a successful constitutional challenge against a provision in Canada's Criminal Code preventing those convicted of the crime from applying for parole for 25 years. The court agreed in January that it was unconstitutional to treat all offenders convicted of first-degree murder the same, but Justice Robin Baird says in sentencing that there was "nothing disproportionate about the mandatory penalty" for Mariani. Baird's ruling says the murder was "exceptionally violent," cold-blooded and against a vulnerable former intimate partner. Judge Baird's ruling says Mariani may apply to reduce his parole eligibility period after 15 years, but there's no "guarantee that it will be granted." "This was, it goes quite without saying, a crime of obscene brutality with maximally aggravating features fully justifying the severe penalty that the law requires me to impose," Baird's ruling says. "The damage that you have done to Ms. Bernard's family and friends is profound and permanent. The magnitude of the insult and injury that you have inflicted upon our local community is enormous. And first and foremost, you have brutally extinguished the life of a fine young woman who was beloved by all who knew her."
