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B.C. man arrested after allegedly driving wrong way in deadly Coquihalla crash
B.C. man arrested in deadly crash on Coquihalla
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout — BC Highway Patrol (Mandatory Credit)
Police have arrested a driver involved in a fatal crash on the Coquihalla Highway on allegations he was going in the wrong direction and was impaired.
The BC Highway Patrol says in a statement that the crash happened Saturday at around 8:30 in the morning as multiple witnesses reported a vehicle travelling southbound in the northbound lanes near Merritt, B.C.
While officers were on their way, a head-on crash occurred and police arrived to find a pickup truck and an SUV both heavily damaged in the crash site.
A 24-year-old passenger in the SUV, a man from Surrey, B.C., died at the scene.
Three other men in the SUV, all from Surrey, have been hospitalized with serious injuries, while the 22-year-old driver of the pickup suffered minor injuries.
Police say the pickup truck's driver, a man from Coldwater, B.C., has been arrested on suspected impaired driving.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 19, 2026.
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Former broadcaster Pamela Wallin steps down from Senate
Pamela Wallin steps down from Senate
THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
Pamela Wallin has resigned from the Senate, according to her biography on the Senate website.
Wallin was appointed to the Upper Chamber in 2009 by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
She had a trail-blazing career as a broadcaster and became the first woman to be named bureau chief for CTV News in Ottawa in 1985.
After she became embroiled in the Senate expenses scandal that started in 2013, she was asked to leave the Conservative caucus in the Upper Chamber.
An audit determined that about $140,000 in expenses she charged to the Senate were improper as they covered travel related to her positions on corporate boards.
Wallin has represented her home province of Saskatchewan and is two years shy of the mandatory retirement age of 75.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 19, 2026.
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One dead, four injured after police chase ends with two crashes in N.S.
One dead, four injured in N.S. crash
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sammy Kogan
One person is dead and four others are injured after a car involved in a police chase went off the road in western Nova Scotia.
A police vehicle followed a grey Honda Civic travelling at a high-speed in Wolfville, about an hour northwest of Halifax, shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday, a Nova Scotia RCMP press release said.
The Mounties said the police vehicle was involved in a single vehicle crash while attempting to stop the car.
A few minutes later, officers responded to a report of a crash in nearby Grand Pré where the Honda Civic left the road and went over an embankment.
An 18-year-old man from Prospect Bay was pronounced dead at the scene, another occupant was airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries and the remaining three occupants were taken to hospital by ambulance.
The officer involved in the initial crash was also taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, the Mounties said.
Nova Scotia’s police watchdog will review evidence from the collisions to determine if it should investigate, the release said.
The incident is the second time in as many weeks when a vehicle collision occurred after a police chase in Nova Scotia.
Halifax police referred a hit and run on Oct. 10 to the province’s police watchdog after a truck being pursued by a police vehicle in Dartmouth collided with another vehicle at an intersection. The truck fled the scene, and the driver of the other vehicle sustained serious injuries.
Earlier this year, Quebec’s police disciplinary tribunal suspended three provincial police officers and two Montreal police officers over a 2018 police chase that left a Montreal woman seriously injured.
The tribunal concluded the officers should not have pursued the suspect due to the risks to the public of continuing the chase through a densely populated urban area. The ruling also ordered four of the officers to complete additional training for police pursuits.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 19, 2026.
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Khate Lessard dénonce des commentaires transphobes de la part d’un pharmacien
« Venant de quelqu’un qu'on est supposés "truster"… »
Dans une série de stories partagée sur son compte Instagram le 3 avril, Khate Lessard dénonce des commentaires transphobes qu'elle reçoit sous ses photos depuis un moment et ajoute qu'ils proviendraient d'un pharmacien qui travaillait à l'endroit où elle s'est déjà procuré certaines prescriptions.
C'est en voyant le nom de l'auteur des commentaires désobligeants que Khate s'est aperçue qu'elle le connaissait personnellement, selon ce qu'elle explique à sa communauté :
« C'est genre, un pharmacien qui travaille dans ma ville natale [...], je l'ai croisé vraiment souvent, j'ai même déjà travaillé à cette pharmacie-là. Et il commente de la m*rde à mon propos sur mes propres photos, genre il me dénigre », poursuit Khate.
Dans les commentaires d'une de ses photos, un.e abonné.e a complimenté Khate, ce à quoi un.e internaute que la créatrice de contenu désigne comme ledit pharmacien a ensuite répliqué :
« Au naturel? Sans artifice? Vous savez que c'est un homme? »
Khate a confié à Narcity que ça ferait quelques mois que cette personne écrit des messages à caractère transphobe sous ses photos :
« Mon pharmacien d’Abitibi qui se met à commenter mes photos Instagram en disant que je suis un homme, que les trans sont dégueulasses [...]. Je n'en reviens pas. »
N'habitant plus dans sa région natale, elle ajoute qu'elle n'a plus à le côtoyer à ce jour, mais qu'elle trouve qu'il s'agit tout de même d'un manque de professionnalisme :
« Je suis à Laval maintenant, mais c'est là-bas que j’ai commencé ma transition. Et oui, je suis allée chercher des hormones là-bas. Je trouve ça inacceptable comme comportement venant de quelqu’un qu'on est supposés truster et qui est notre référence quand on fait une transition. »
Elle a ensuite conclu son intervention dans ses stories Instagram en défendant qu'il est « malaisant » pour les personnes qui vont se procurer des médicaments dans le cadre d'une transition de savoir que le ou la professionnel.le derrière le comptoir pourrait juger ses client.es non seulement tout bas, mais aussi sur les réseaux sociaux.