Police in Winnipeg say a child has died after falling from a window on the 19th floor of a building. It happened Monday in the city's downtown.
The child was taken to hospital and pronounced dead. Police say its child abuse unit has determined the fall was accidental.
There have been no arrests. Police say they can't provide further details about the child.
Inflation and higher interest rates have eroded Canadians' purchasing power since 2022, particularly for lower-income households, a new report from the parliamentary budget officer has found. But wealthier households have seen their purchasing power rise thanks in big part to their investment income.
British Columbia's election campaign was dragged far off course Monday as the two main party leaders were forced to comment about comparisons of the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals to COVID-19 pandemic health measures. Vandalism at the property of a Vancouver billionaire, who erected a large sign critical of B.C.'s New Democrats, also diverted leaders off their messages.
The last time Tiferet Lapidot's family heard from her was in a phone call from the Supernova music festival near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, where Hamas launched its brutal attack on Oct. 7, 2023.
The First Nations Health Authority in British Columbia says online hackers gained access to an array of personal information including medical test results and insurance claims during a cybersecurity breach last May. The health authority says it has concluded its investigation and "the impact of the cybersecurity incident is not the same for everyone."
The calculus of predicting an election and identifying its key battlegrounds is complex enough in any race, but observers of the British Columbia poll this month are facing a pair of unknown quantities that make the maths even more confounding.
Members of Vancouver's Jewish community say they are meeting the anniversary of the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel that triggered their ongoing war with profound sadness and ongoing unease. Multiple police and at least one police dog were posted outside the Talmud Torah School on Oak Street as parents dropped off their children.