An American man who blew through the border in a stolen vehicle to get into Canada has been deported.
U-S Customs and Border Protection says the 33-year-old man was handed back to American authorities in Tacoma, Washington.
The man was arrested in Surrey over the weekend.
U-S authorities did not release the motive for the man's escape across the border, other than the fact that he was wanted on a warrant in King County in Washington state.
Calgary police say a nine-year-old girl died after a multi-vehicle collision that happened on the morning of Boxing Day. Police responded to reports of a pharmacy robbery at Pharmasave Millrise at around 9 a.m., where the suspect allegedly assaulted a pharmacist and ran away in a stolen car.
Mission RCMP says in a statement sent out on Thursday afternoon that the collision took place before noon, which shut down Lougheed Highway between Nelson Street and Oliver Street in both directions. Police say early indications suggest that one vehicle hydroplaned and struck a vehicle in the oncoming lane.
Strong winds and heavy rain are battering B.C.'s south coast on Christmas Day. Environment Canada says the gusts are up to 120 kilometres per hour in some areas.
The Federal Court of Appeal says big streaming companies won't have to pay for Canadian content until the court hears their appeal of a CRTC decision ordering them to pay. In June, the CRTC said that foreign streamers must contribute five per cent of their annual Canadian revenues to a fund devoted to producing Canadian content, including local TV and radio news.
In a post on the social media platform X, Eric Trump shared a doctored photo of his father purchasing Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal on Amazon, with the phrase "We are so back!!!"
A pedestrian has died after she was struck by a vehicle in Quebec City on Christmas Eve. Quebec City police say they received a call for the collision on Tuesday at around 4:20 p.m.