'Ready to die': Inquest into Saskatchewan stabbings sees texts from killer's brother
Myles Sanderson and his brother were driving around a Saskatchewan First Nation causing havoc, assaulting people and selling drugs in the days and hours before a mass killing in the community.
The first day of a coroner's inquest into the stabbing rampage saw text messages that Damien Sanderson sent his wife, Skye Sanderson, as the brothers caused chaos in the community.
"I'm done ready to die," Damien Sanderson said in one message on the afternoon before the attacks.
RCMP have said Damien Sanderson was the first to be killed by his brother.
'Dealing with a lot': Coroner's inquest into Saskatchewan mass killing set to begin
A coroner’s inquest into the mass killing on a Saskatchewan First Nation is set to begin today.
Myles Sanderson killed 11 people and injured 17 others on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon on Sept. 4, 2022.
Sanderson, who was 32, died in police custody a few days later.
The inquest is to establish the events leading up to the killings, who died, and when and where each person was killed.
A jury can also make recommendations to prevent similar deaths.
Canadians helped plan U.S., U.K. attacks on Houthis in Yemen: Defence Department
Canadian Armed Forces members provided planning support for the U.S.-led attack on Houthi positions in Yemen, but the Defence Department said Friday that no Canadian assets were involved.
The U.S. said they and the U.K. attacked more than 60 targets at 16 sites used by the Iran-backed group in Yemen on Thursday to demonstrate that the allies will not tolerate the group’s attacks on ships in the Red Sea.
Security footage shows drivers passing man who fell off Regina bus before his death
A security camera has captured the more than seven hours a Regina man lay outside, waving for help from passing vehicles, before his death in freezing temperatures after he stumbled from a city bus.
"Why are we turning a blind eye to help people?” said Jeff Holt, whose courier business Flatlander Express caught it on its security video.
“It takes 30 seconds out of your life to save a life and all these people that went by didn't do anything to help him out."
'Our family has fallen apart': Sentencing for man who ran over Saskatchewan Mountie
Melanie Patton says the loss of her only son, a Saskatchewan Mountie who was run over and killed more than two years ago, has left a void that can’t be filled.
She told a sentencing hearing Thursday that she has lost all joy.
"Nothing is the same. Our family has fallen apart," the mother told the judge in her victim impact statement.
“Gatherings are small and quiet, and I dread the holidays.”
Former federal NDP leader Ed Broadbent, social democracy stalwart, dead at 87
Ed Broadbent, the affable advocate of social democracy whose principled leadership helped build the modern New Democratic Party and made him a titan of 20th century Canadian politics, has died. He was 87.
Broadbent was "a fierce champion for ordinary Canadians," said a statement Thursday from the eponymous, Ottawa-based think tank he founded in 2011 to propagate his belief in social and economic justice.
Sentencing begins for Winnipeg man who killed Saskatchewan Mountie with stolen truck
A sentencing hearing begins today for a man who ran over and killed an RCMP officer in Saskatchewan.
Alphonse Stanley Traverse pleaded guilty last year to manslaughter in the death of Const. Shelby Patton.
He also pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a motor vehicle.
Patton, who was 26, had pulled over a suspected stolen truck in the town of Wolseley, east of Regina, in 2021.
Court heard the officer asked Traverse to step out of the truck and, when Traverse started the vehicle to drive off, Patton stepped on the running board and reached for the keys.
Meta announces restrictions for teens searching up self-harm and eating disorders
In an attempt to keep teenagers safer while online, Meta announced this week that it will be further restricting content for teens that include suicide, self-harm, and eating disorders.
Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, shared in a blog post that content about these topics will be hidden from teenagers even in family or friend posts.
People with private drug coverage more likely to stick to prescriptions: StatCan
A new Statistics Canada study confirms that financial limitations are keeping people without private or employer-sponsored drug coverage from following through with their prescriptions.
It's true for both those who have no coverage at all and people who have some coverage through provincial or existing federal prescription programs.
The results of the study come as the New Democrats and the government negotiate the broad principles that will shape a federal pharmacare program.
Seattle Thunderbirds WHL junior team bus slides off highway in B.C.
A bus carrying a Western Hockey League junior team has slid off a highway in British Columbia's Interior, but the team says no one was injured.
A social media post from the Seattle Thunderbirds says the team bus slid into a ditch while on its way to Kelowna for a game.
Another post from the Kelowna Rockets, who were slated to play the Thunderbirds later today, says the Okanagan team sent its bus to transport their stranded opponents late Tuesday.