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Officials to provide update on fatal fire at CFB Wainwright in Alberta
Officials to provide update on CFB Wainwright fire
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout — Canadian Armed Forces (Mandatory credit)
Officials are set to provide an update today about a devastating fire at a Canadian military base in Alberta that left four soldiers dead and dozens more injured.
Maj.-Gen. Wade Rutland of the 1st Canadian Division has said Saturday's blaze began as a grass fire, but a violent windstorm sent flames racing toward soldiers training at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright.
The fire initially sent 39 wounded to various hospitals, and officials said Wednesday that number was down to 27, with 13 in critical condition.
Roughly 150 people attended a vigil late Wednesday at a church in the nearby town of Wainwright, Alta., southeast of Edmonton.
Prayers were said, songs were sung and the names of those killed were read aloud, followed by a moment of silence.
Mayor Bruce Pugh says the last few days have been tough, but activities at the base have started to return to normal.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 22. 2026.
Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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Lower courts' reasoning 'neuters' Emergencies Act, government tells Supreme Court
Courts' reasoning 'neuters' Emergencies Act: feds
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
The federal government says the courts engaged in "second-guessing with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight" when they ruled it lacked legal justification to use the Emergencies Act four years ago to quell protests.
Lawyers for the government make the argument in a submission seeking a Supreme Court of Canada hearing of the federal case for invoking the emergencies law to deal with protest actions in the national capital and at key border points.
The top court is slated to rule Thursday on whether to grant the government leave to appeal.
For about three weeks in January and February 2022, downtown Ottawa was filled with protesters, including many in large trucks that blocked streets around Parliament Hill.
While many protesters demonstrated against COVID-19 health restrictions, the "Freedom Convoy" protests also attracted some with a variety of grievances against then-prime minister Justin Trudeau and his government.
Trucks also jammed key border crossings to the United States, including routes at Windsor, Ont., and Coutts, Alta.
On Feb. 14, 2022, the government invoked the Emergencies Act, which allowed for temporary measures, including regulation and prohibition of public assemblies, the designation of secure places, direction to banks to freeze assets, and a ban on support for protest participants.
It was the first time the law had been used since it replaced the War Measures Act in 1988.
In a Feb. 15 letter to premiers, Trudeau said the federal government believed it had reached a point "where there is a national emergency arising from threats to Canada's security.''
The Public Order Emergency Commission, which carried out a mandatory review after the act was used, concluded in early 2023 that the federal government had met the very high legal standard for using the law.
The Trudeau government's move was also scrutinized in Federal Court.
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and several other groups and individuals argued that Ottawa lacked sound statutory grounds to deploy the emergency measures.
The government said the steps taken to deal with the turmoil were targeted, proportional and time-limited, and complied with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Richard Mosley, the Federal Court judge who heard the case, concluded the decision to invoke the Emergencies Act did not bear the hallmarks of reasonableness — justification, transparency and intelligibility — and was not supported in relation to the relevant factual and legal constraints.
Ultimately, there "was no national emergency justifying the invocation of the Emergencies Act," Mosley said in his January 2024 ruling.
In January of this year, a three-judge panel of the Federal Court of Appeal unanimously affirmed that ruling.
The Court of Appeal said that as disturbing and disruptive as the blockades and the "Freedom Convoy" protests in Ottawa could be, "they fell well short of a threat to national security."
In its written submission requesting a Supreme Court hearing, the government says the Federal Court and the Court of Appeal "applied the wrong principles on judicial review."
The courts should have asked whether — based on the information available at the time — federal officials acted reasonably in concluding a public order emergency existed, the submission says.
"Instead, they asked, with the benefit of hindsight, whether there were reasonable grounds to believe that a public order emergency existed."
In the end, both courts applied their own view of what was reasonable, the government says.
"This non-deferential approach hamstrings governments' ability to respond effectively to future crises, neuters the Act" and conflicts with the Supreme Court's administrative law rulings over the years, the submission says.
"It amounts to second-guessing with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight," the government adds.
"In the end, no one disputes that emergency measures should be a temporary means of last resort. But that does not mean those measures should be available only in the most dire and extreme circumstances."
In its submission to the Supreme Court, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association says the government should be denied leave to appeal because it is attempting to relitigate "the same issues and arguments the Court of Appeal dismissed."
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 22, 2026.
By Jim Bronskill | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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Alleged Tumbler Ridge mass shooting conspirator set to enter plea in U.S. court
Tumbler Ridge conspiracy suspect set to enter plea
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lois Silver
The alleged co-conspirator in the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is expected to enter a plea at an arraignment in a Seattle courthouse today.
A grand jury in Washington state last week indicted 30-year-old James Bryant for conspiracy to murder persons in a foreign country.
The criminal complaint against Bryant, who uses female pronouns and goes by the name Melody, alleges she colluded with shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar online, helping set up an attempted livestream of the murders.
The complaint says Bryant also advised 18-year-old Van Rootselaar on where to carry out the attack and sent the shooter money to buy a lighter for an explosive device.
Van Rootselaar killed eight victims last February, including five students and an educational assistant at the local secondary school, before she fatally shot herself as police closed in.
Bryant has been denied bail.
A statement from the U.S. Justice Department says conspiracy to murder in a foreign country is punishable by up to life in prison.
It cautions that the accusations against Bryant remain unproven.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 22, 2026.
By Brenna Owen | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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Tu ne peux plus commenter les photos récentes de Camille Felton sur Instagram
La plus grosse twist de la saison à Big Brother Célébrités sème la controverse alors que Camille a mis Kevin en danger, soit la seule personne qui l'appuie depuis le début de l’aventure.
Peu après la diffusion de l’épisode, les commentaires haineux à l’égard de la joueuse ont pullulé sur les réseaux sociaux.
La sélection de l'éditeur : Voici ce qu'est devenue Gabrielle Destroismaisons depuis la sortie de «Et cetera» en 2000
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Sur Facebook et Twitter, certains fans se demandent si cette vague de colère va affecter la carrière de la comédienne. D'autres ont plutôt de la compassion pour Kevin, et espèrent une vengeance.
La fonction « commentaires » est maintenant désactivée sur les photos les plus récentes de Camille sur Instagram.
Ce n’est pas la première fois qu'on désactive l’option « commentaires » d’un compte Instagram de candidat de téléréalité. À l’automne 2020, cette fonction avait été désactivée par la production d'OD sur le compte de Charles lors de l’histoire de leader à Occupation Double.
Dans le cas de Big Brother Célébrités, la production a confirmé à Narcity que c'est les proches du candidat qui contrôlent leurs réseaux sociaux.