British Columbia (B.C.) Premier David Eby and Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke have both urged Prime Minister Mark Carney to designate extortion gangs as terrorist entities under Canadian law.
RCMP say officers were called Wednesday evening to an area of north Burnaby, 13 kilometres from Vancouver, for reports of shots fired.
The B.C. Real Estate Association says residential sales reached more than 5,900 units last month, a 0.5 per cent increase from August 2024 and down more than 24 per cent from the month's 10-year average.
Poilievre says the proposal would create a new category of major offences that includes things like sexual assault, kidnapping, human trafficking, home invasion and firearms charges.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to formally release the project list in Edmonton on Thursday.
The attempted murder charges were described at a provincial court hearing in Vancouver on Wednesday where a judge ruled Adam Kai-Ji Lo is mentally fit to stand trial over the April 26 attack in which an SUV plowed through a crowded street, killing 11 people and injuring dozens.