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B.C. man arrested, charged in 2022 double homicide in Metro Vancouver
Man charged in 2022 double homicide in B.C.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
A 27-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with two homicides in Burnaby, B.C., three years ago.
Investigators say Mohammed Arif Ansari was arrested Friday, and two counts of second-degree murder and one count of indignity to human remains have been approved against him.
Burnaby RCMP found the bodies of 31-year-old Kiesha Garie and 30-year-old Umair Kasim inside a vehicle on Alpha Avenue on Oct. 17, 2022.
Police say the homicides were targeted, and that the victims and the accused knew each other.
No further details on the case were released.
Police had previously said that the victims were a couple from Coquitlam, B.C., that had been reported missing before being found dead.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 16, 2026.
Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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Community papers connect remotely housed Albertans to satellite internet rebate
Eligible Alberta households can claim up to $1,000 for satellite internet hardware and installation.
The target audience for a new rebate in Alberta may need the print version of their community newspaper to first learn that the satellite-facing program even exists.
Rebates worth up to $1,000 are available until March 31 for hardware and installation costs to connect certain households to low-Earth-orbit satellites for internet service.
The challenge is that the 10,000 or so rural and remote households that qualify have, by definition, severely limited or non-existent internet access, a rural media roundtable organized by the provincial government heard Thursday.
The eligible homes are in areas of Alberta deprived of traditional ground-based internet because of distance and topography, Technology and Innovation Minister Nate Glubish told about a dozen rural media representatives.
That makes community newspapers distributed along Alberta’s roads less travelled particularly important, he confirmed.
Glubish said major outlets have given the story little attention and “don’t want to talk to me about it. But I appreciate that it's your readers who are going to be more interested in this anyways.”
The program draws from a joint federal-Alberta fund worth $755 million to blanket the province with broadband. The new rebate addresses rural and remote residents that fell between the cracks because — until now — reaching them hasn’t been affordable, practical or even possible, Glubish said.
The difference today is that satellites in low-Earth orbit have become widely available to internet providers and users in Alberta.
Earlier, the government would have had to entice satellite companies to expand their service, Glubish said.
“We knew they were going to expand here anyway, but it was going to cost us tens of millions of dollars to persuade them to come here first, rather than just allowing them to come here as they normally were going to. And that patience has paid off,” said Glubish, the UCP member representing Strathcona-Sherwood Park.
Alberta published a broadband strategy in January 2022 with the goal to hit 100 per cent connectivity by the end of this fiscal year.
The strategy said then that 67 per cent of rural Albertans and 80 per cent of the province’s Indigenous communities had unreliable internet access at federal target speeds.
But today, according to the minister’s office, the needle has moved dramatically.
An estimated 82.2 per cent of households in Alberta First Nations reserves have access to high-speed internet, up from just 19.6 per cent in 2019, the baseline cited in the strategy.
That represents an increase of about 8,400 on-reserve households, the ministry told The Macleod Gazette in an emailed follow-up to the roundtable.
Of all Alberta households, 98.2 per cent now have access to high-speed internet, said a news release on the rebate.
“I know it's been a long time coming. We've been working hard on this for the last four years,” Glubish told the roundtable.
“But I think we’re coming to the tail-end of an important initiative, and it's nice to see that we are getting close to achieving our goal of universal connectivity."
A “significant portion” of federal-provincial funding has gone towards improving reliable, non-satellite internet in Indigenous communities, he said.
“If there are any First Nations communities that are not yet covered, then absolutely, yes, they would be eligible to participate in this rebate program,” he said.
Affordability remains an issue for some rural Albertans, Glubish acknowledged. Living the remote life can be expensive, and paying a premium for internet service is one of those higher costs.
But “the biggest barrier … is the upfront investment for the hardware and the installation. And that's what this program addresses,” he said.
“So this will go a long way to helping anybody in a low-income scenario to be able to get their connection established.”
Connectivity keeps getting more important in the professional and personal lives of Albertans, Glubish said.
He pointed to education, employment, entrepreneurship, and medical and justice services as cornerstones of modern life that the internet has improved dramatically. “If you don't have connectivity, your options are limited."
Households that qualify for the rebate can purchase their satellite hardware and installation while the program is open, with eligible receipts dating from Aug. 11 of this year onward.
Hardware must be purchased from an authorized vendor to qualify. Rebates apply to satellite dishes, receiver kits and installation services and supplies. Receipts are submitted through an online portal.
Find out more at alberta.ca/alberta-satellite-rebate-program — assuming you have a way to connect to the internet.
“I think it's super important to get this message out to our rural newspapers,” said roundtable participant Lisa Sygutek, president of the Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association and the publisher and owner of the Crowsnest Pass Herald.
Sygutek also wanted to know how the rebate would be rolled out to Albertans who don’t have the connectively yet to apply or submit receipts online.
The ministry is working with organizations like Rural Municipalities of Alberta and with MLAs to share information on the rebate. It will monitor how effective its efforts are before looking at other communications measures, including direct mailing.
“Our goal is to try and make sure it's very clear that anybody who is likely to be eligible for this will know that this is an option available to them,” Glubish said.
Copyright 2026, The Macleod Gazette. All rights reserved.
George Lee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Macleod Gazette.
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Toronto 18 ringleader no longer shows signs of extremism, granted full parole: board
Toronto 18 ringleader granted full parole
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
One of the ringleaders of the thwarted Toronto 18 terror plot has been granted full parole after the Parole Board of Canada found he no longer showed "any signs of holding onto extremist beliefs or radical ideologies."
Zakaria Amara, who helped recruit members for a group that aimed to storm Parliament Hill and bomb several locations around Toronto, has been on day parole with multiple conditions for four years, and the board upgraded his release after reviewing his case last week.
In a written decision issued Friday, the two-member panel says Amara, 41, undertook a process to deradicalize while incarcerated and has used his day parole "for its intended rehabilitative purpose," demonstrating "positive change, both in attitude and in behaviour."
It says he was closely supervised while on day parole and his internet use, friendships and relationships were monitored, with no reported safety concerns or breaches.
The decision, which includes several redactions, says Amara now plans to live in his own home and continue to structure his time around his full-time job, attending a mosque, seeing his family and "appropriate leisure activities."
He is barred from communicating with anyone involved in criminal activity, including any of the others arrested in the June 2006 anti-terrorist raids, or come into contact with anyone with extremist ideologies, except in his work as a consultant with a specialized program.
He must also continue to participate in counselling and be subject to financial monitoring as well as restrictions on his phone and internet use.
The board's decision comes two decades after the dismantling of the homegrown plot that shocked the country and shifted public discourse around terrorism.
Amara and an accomplice recruited people for a group based on jihadist ideologies, planning to carry out terrorist acts to demand the withdrawal of Canadian troops from Afghanistan.
The group eventually splintered in two, with Amara taking the helm of a plot focused on building truck bombs targeting the Canadian Security Intelligence Services headquarters, the Toronto Stock Exchange building, and a military base.
He was arrested on the day bomb-making materials were delivered to a warehouse.
Amara pleaded guilty to participating in a terror group with the intention of causing an explosion or explosions that were likely to cause serious bodily harm or death, and was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 10 years. He challenged the sentence but it was upheld on appeal.
The parole board document said his "problematic and extremist ideologies and attitudes" remained during his first few years behind bars, which also included several incidents of misconduct.
His ideology "began to shift" in 2014 and he was eventually transferred to a medium-security institution in 2019, where correctional officers reported he was "respectful, polite and quiet," the board said.
Amara was granted day parole for three months in 2022 and it was extended several times.
"During the latter part of your federal custody and for the past four years in the community, you have undertaken a process to distance yourself from extremist ideologies and others who share the same views," the board wrote.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 16, 2026.
By Paola Loriggio | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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Voici comment ruiner ton premier rendez-vous en 9 étapes
J'ai l'impression que tout le monde date en ce moment. Sauf moi. C'est ben correct, j'fais partie de ces filles qui sont bien toutes seules. C'est devenu tellement facile de rencontrer des gens, notamment grâce aux réseaux sociaux et aux applications de dating.
Récemment, une étude a été réalisée auprès de 1000 célibataires canadiens sur un site de rencontre bien connu. Le sujet de l'étude? Les pires choses à faire pour turn off quelqu'un lors d'un premier rendez-vous.
Fait que voici, selon cette étude, comment ruiner un premier rendez-vous en 9 étapes :
1. Mens le plus possible
L'honnêteté, c'est tellement 2015. Le mieux, c'est de mentir. Le plus possible. Ta date va trouver ça beaucoup trop hot, elle se pourra pu!
Toi, tu fumes-tu 'dans vie?
Arke, non. Trop pas!, dit-elle avec ses dents jaunes, ses doigts jaunes et son haleine de cheval.
2. Un p'tit souper à la bonne franquette
Paraît que 35% des Canadiennes refuseraient une première date de type « dîner à la maison ». Fait que si tu veux ruiner ton rendez-vous, invite-la chez toi, prépare-lui un steak pas cuit avec une purée de patates qui goûte la poussière. Couronne le tout avec un cheesecake périmé pis du vin fait maison. Elle va ca-po-ter.
3. Habille-toi dans le noir
Arrive en pyj et en pantoufles. Avec un bas vert pis un bas noir. Avoir bonne allure, personne a besoin de ça anyways.
4. Arrête de te brosser les dents 4 jours avant ta date
Fuck l'hygiène buccal. La pâte à dents c'est pour les faibles. Tant qu'à ne pas être propre, oublie le déo aussi. Pis le savon, pourquoi pas.
VIVE LE PUAGE DE YEULE!
5. Sois cheap as fuck
C'est ben correct si tu veux séparer la facture. Ou si tu veux la payer à toi tout seul, que tu sois un gars ou une fille. Fuck gender roles! Dans tous les cas, ne laisse surtout pas de pourboire. La politesse, ça attirera personne dans ton lit.
6. Sois muet comme une carpe
85% des Québécoises trouvent que la pire situation lors d'une première date est de se retrouver face à quelqu'un qui ne parle pas du tout.
Alors sois muet comme une carpe et tu l'as dans la poche!
7. Dis tout ce qui te passe par la tête
Ou mieux : par moments, ne parle pas pantoute. Mais par d'autres, dis tout ce qui te passe par la tête. Absolument tout. N'arrête surtout pas de parler. Dis à quel point tu poignes sur Tinder et le nombre de dates qu'il te reste à avoir cette semaine. Vante-toi sur le nombre de personnes avec qui t'a couché et n'évite SURTOUT pas les sujets tabous.
8. Ajoute-le(la) sur Facebook le plus rapidement possible
Y'a juste 15% des Canadiens qui sont méga turned off lorsque leur date les demande en ami sur Facebook après la première rencontre. Ces 15%-là ont trop pas rapport. Envoie-lui une demande d'amitié le plus tôt possible. Si ta date refuse, renvoie-lui-en une. Continue jusqu'à ce qu'elle accepte. Si elle accepte toujours pas, au pire des cas, trouve son adresse et cogne chez-elle pour lui demander d'accepter.
9. Applique la règle des 9 jours
Tsé la règle des 3 jours de silence avant de contacter l'autre après la rencontre, histoire de se faire désirer? Ben applique-la x3. Ne donne plus aucune nouvelle après ta date, pendant au moins 9 jours. C'est clair qu'elle va s'ennuyer de toi et vouloir te revoir. C'est clair.
Pis si jamais, au contraire, t'as l'goût de ne pas ruiner ton premier rendez-vous et que tu veux bien avoir une 2e date, dis-le nous dans les commentaires pis peut-être qu'on va être fin pis écrire un article sur les trucs à faire pour s'assurer d'avoir une 2e date!
Source : EliteSingles