Winnipeg police back youth training but resist other changes at Eishia Hudson inquest
A fatality inquest into the case of a 16-year-old First Nations girl who was shot to death by Winnipeg police has wrapped up.Â
On the final day, the inquest heard from a lawyer for the police service who opposed many of the recommendations made by inquest counsel and the lawyer for Eishia Hudson's family.Â
Eishia was shot in April 2020 after officers, responding to reports of a liquor store robbery, chased a stolen Jeep she was driving and fired two shots after she crashed into another vehicle.Â
Kimberly Carswell, lawyer for Winnipeg Police Service, pushed back on some of the recommendations relating to police training, arguing many of the suggestions presented are already being implemented.
She says the force does support implementing youth-specific training and the development of a youth advisory board.Â
The inquest judge has six months to write a report outlining final recommendations. âš
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 15, 2026.Â
By Brittany Hobson | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
Fifty-nine Parti Québécois members swear oath at provincial legislature
Fifty-nine Parti QuĂ©bĂ©cois representatives elected in the Oct. 5 general election are being sworn in at the provincial legislature.Â
The sovereigntist party fell short of the 64 seats needed to form a majority, but could get closer to that threshold after requesting recounts in two ridings where it came second.
The PQ's elected officials will take an oath before the people of Quebec.
They are no longer required to swear an oath to the King since the legislature changed its rules in 2022 when PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon refused to pledge his allegiance to the reigning monarch of Canada.
Liberal, Conservative and QuĂ©bec solidaire representatives will be sworn in next week.Â
St-Pierre Plamondon is scheduled to unveil his cabinet and officially form a government on Oct. 21.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 15, 2026.
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TSB: 'Incomplete' risk assessment led to 2022 B.C. plane crash that killed three
Investigators say "limited knowledge" of local wind conditions and a possibly incomplete risk assessment likely led to a pilot losing control of his plane in a crash in British Columbia that killed all three people.
The Transportation Safety Board says in its final report that the crash happened on Nov. 23, 2022, when the seaplane was leaving a logging camp in Strachan Bay along B.C.'s central coast.
The plane was headed for Port Hardy in northern Vancouver Island but reached just 30 meters above sea level before it pitched down and crashed into the water, killing the pilot and two passengers.
The investigation found there was a wind shear and "mechanical turbulence" at low altitudes at the time of the takeoff, and the pilot's pre-flight risk assessment may have been incomplete.
The report says investigators could not determine exactly why the pilot lost control.
The investigation also says the aircraft had several modifications for water operations and short-distance takeoffs and landings, and the pilot may not have been aware of the changes to the plane's handling.
"If multiple (modifications) are installed without adequate guidance on how to evaluate and document their cumulative effects on aircraft handling and performance, there is a risk that the aircraft will have unexpected flight characteristics, increasing the possibility for loss of control," the report says.
However, the report places the pilot's lack of proper pre-flight risk assessment â in light of the weather conditions â as among the main contributing causes of the crash.
"Despite encountering moderate-to-severe turbulence and strong wind gusts on the previous flight, the occurrence pilot had limited knowledge of, and familiarity with, the effects of the winds at Strachan Bay. As a result, his assessment of the risks, before his decision to take off, was likely incomplete," the report says.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 15, 2026.
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