Winnipeg police say three youths have been arrested after a pizza delivery worker was robbed at gunpoint Thursday evening.

Officers were called just before 7:30 p.m. on March 5, to an apartment complex in the 500 block of Victor Street following reports of a robbery.

Police found a 26-year-old male delivery worker who was not injured.

Investigators said the victim had arrived at the location to deliver a pizza when he was approached by a female suspect who told him to wait before leaving the area,

Two male suspects then approached the victim, brandished what appeared to be a handgun and demanded his pizza bag before fleeing, police said.

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Officers later located and arrested one male suspect on a sidewalk in the 400 block of Broadway just before 10 p.m.

Police say the Major Crimes Unit took over the investigation.

Just after 11 p.m., officers with the Tactical Support Team and several patrol units located and arrested the remaining two suspects at a residence in the 500 block of Victor Street.

Investigators also seized a handgun that was later determined to be a CO2-propelled gun.

Police say two 16-year-old boys and a 16-year-old girl are facing a charge of armed robbery using a firearm. All three were released on undertakings.

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The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) says it has temporarily halted deportations to Israel and Lebanon due to ongoing hostilities in the Middle East.

In a statement, the agency said the measure is being implemented because of the “volatile and unpredictable” conflict affecting the region.

Officials say the current situation in Israel and Lebanon is creating widespread risks to civilians, with both countries reporting fatalities and injuries.

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The move, known as an Administrative Deferral of Removals, pauses deportations to countries deemed unsafe due to conditions such as violence or environmental disasters.

Under federal immigration regulations, the measure can be imposed when circumstances pose a generalized risk to the civilian population.

The CBSA said the deferral does not apply to individuals deemed inadmissible to Canada for reasons such as criminality, serious criminality, organized crime, security concerns or human or international rights violations.

The agency says removals will resume once conditions in Israel and Lebanon stabilize and no longer pose a broad risk to civilians.

At that point, individuals with enforceable removal orders who are inadmissible to Canada would again be subject to deportation.

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Canada is working to launch hundreds of new communication satellites that Prime Minister Mark Carney and experts say will be “fundamental” to sovereign defence capabilities and autonomy from the United States.

During a speech to Australia’s parliament on Thursday, Carney highlighted a soon-to-launch, made-in-Canada low earth orbit (LEO) satellite network that could soon compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink in providing far-reaching internet services.

That in turn will help with everything from military operations to natural disaster responses, experts say — particularly in the Arctic.

“Satellite communications are now a fundamental requirement for security and strategic autonomy,” Carney said Thursday.

“A Canadian-based constellation of LEO satellites will launch next year to provide reliable and secure global communications. We are working with other like-minded partners who possess similar capabilities to build out a deep and resilient system we can all share and control in our own territories.”

The new defence industrial strategy includes space, and specifically satellite communications, as one of its 10 key sovereign capabilities that the federal government is looking to prioritize.

The Prime Minister’s Office confirmed Carney was referencing Telesat Lightspeed, a network of nearly 200 LEO satellites that was initially set to go into orbit late this year.

The project was given a $2.14-billion federal loan in 2024 to expand internet and 5G connectivity across Canada, including in remote and Indigenous communities that have long been without fast, reliable service.

Many of those communities have come to rely on Starlink, which has contracts with multiple provinces and territories and is currently the sixth-largest internet provider in Canada, according to a 2025 report from the Global Media and Internet Concentration Project.

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The company operates thousands of LEO satellites with an altitude of 600 km, and says it delivers the same kind of service provided by larger and far more expensive medium-earth orbit GPS satellites at a fraction of the cost.

Telesat sets itself apart by flying its LEO satellites at a 1,300-kilometre altitude, “literally flying over the traffic jams” created by the increasingly crowded low-orbit area used by most other satellites.

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“There’s a great race in the world now” among private companies and countries looking to develop and launch their own LEO satellite networks, said Susan Skone, a satellite technology researcher and professor at the University of Calgary who co-leads the Space-Defence Technologies Alberta research project.

“It’s great, frankly, that Canada is being assertive about having our own capabilities … because what’s not great is if somebody from another country can turn that (network) off at will, and we don’t control it.”

In his speech, Carney alluded to restrictions Musk has placed on Ukraine’s use of Starlink for its military during the war with Russia, while underscoring the importance of sovereign satellite capabilities.

Canada’s use of Starlink came under scrutiny last year after U.S. President Donald Trump launched his trade war against Canada, at a time when Musk was serving as a special adviser to Trump and leading efforts to slash U.S. government budgets and funding through DOGE.

Ontario cancelled a $100-million contract with Starlink as part of its retaliation against the U.S., and other provinces and territories said they were reconsidering their own contracts and looking at made-in-Canada options.

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However, the Global Media and Internet Concentration Project report noted that until Telesat Lightspeed comes online, “Starlink remains the only realistic solution” for rural and remote communities in Canada.

Emma Spanswick, who co-leads Space-Defence Technologies Alberta with Skone and frequently does research projects in the Arctic, said Starlink’s arrival was a “game-changer” for sending data back from the far north.

“We still have to recover some data in these communities via hard drives,” the University of Calgary physics and astronomy professor said. “We call our data recovery method ‘Canada Post,’ because that’s actually what we use.”

Having a made-in-Canada satellite constellation would allow Canadians — rather than Americans through Starlink — to determine the satellites’ positions, Skone added, ensuring the Arctic and other critical communities are adequately covered.

She also pointed to the wildfires in northern Canada as a real-world example of LEO satellites providing more reliable connectivity for communities and first responders.

“There were wildfires in the Yellowknife area and in northern B.C. which compromised two fibre links … being used to connect Inuvik in terms of internet and so on,” she said.

“When they were compromised, some service providers had a backup (and) some service providers did not. And some people went without connectivity and TV for several weeks.”

During the wildfires last year, Starlink provided a month of free service to customers in Canada in order to receive real-time emergency information.

Although LEO satellites have until recently been focused on civilian services, the researchers said countries are increasingly looking at it as a defence priority.

The 2024 loan announcement for Telesat Lightspeed said that, in addition to expanding internet connectivity, the network will help the federal government “bolster its satellite communications technology and support NATO and NORAD modernization.”

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With more countries and coalitions like the European Union pursuing their own LEO networks, leaders like Carney are now looking at integrating them for seamless communications between militaries.

“If we want to have forces of other nations working with us in the Arctic environment or we go somewhere else, we want to be able to take our hardware and we don’t want to have to change,” Skone said. “We want it to be interoperable across what all the forces are doing.

“That’s a big word at NATO in terms of the capabilities amongst allies: they’re free to develop their own manner of delivering capabilities and being capable to do certain things, but it should be interoperable to the largest extent possible with other systems.”

Spanswick and Skone compared it to how civilians can move between cellular data networks and not notice a drop in service on their smartphones.

Telesat is being increasingly looked at for Canada’s satellite communication needs.

The federal government in December signed a new strategic partnership with Telesat and MDA Space, another Canadian firm and Telesat’s primary satellite contractor, to develop military satellite communications for the Canadian Armed Forces in the Arctic.

The partnership is for the Enhanced Satellite Communications Project — Polar (ESCP-P) project, which comes with a budget that exceeds $5 billion and is estimated to come online in 2037. The project is part of Canada’s multi-billion-dollar NORAD modernization project.

Skone said the more satellites Canada can optimize, the better — particularly if they’re made and designed at home.

“I always say to the government folks, while there are solutions that we leverage, whether it’s GPS and others, they’re not necessarily designed to work in the most optimal manner for Canadian geography,” she said.

“It’s wonderful to know that there will be civilian and military capabilities delivering connectivity specifically designed to be robust and secure for Canada.”

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement warning of heavy rainfall, heavy fog and possible flooding in parts of Ontario.

The national weather agency says between 15 and 40 mm of rain could fall in some regions, with locally higher amounts possible due to thunderstorms.

The rainfall comes as southern Ontario experiences unseasonably mild temperatures, with highs above 10 C on Saturday.

The rain, combined with spring-like temperatures, is expected to melt much of the existing snowpack from this season’s extreme winter weather, according to Environment Canada.

Environment Canada says the warm stretch is expected to continue into Wednesday, with sunshine forecast Monday and temperatures potentially reaching 15 C.

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Several rounds of showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected to continue through Saturday evening in southern Ontario.

Frozen ground will limit the amount of water that can be absorbed, increasing runoff and raising the risk of flooding in low-lying areas.

Motorists are urged not to drive through flooded roads and to watch for washouts near rivers and creeks.

The weather agency says residents looking for more information on flooding should consult their local conservation authority or the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.

In some areas northwest of Toronto, near-zero visibility in fog is also expected.

Environment Canada says locally dense fog should dissipate later in the day as winds become southwesterly, but travel could be hazardous in some locations with visibility suddenly reduced at times.

Residents are encouraged to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada.

–with files from the Canadian Press

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Israel’s ambassador to Canada is calling on authorities to protect Jewish institutions after two synagogues in the Toronto area were struck by gunfire overnight.

“I am shocked and outraged by the shooting attacks that targeted Bayt Synagogue in Thornhill and Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue in North York, Toronto, last night,” Israeli Ambassador Iddo Moed said in a statement.

“These cowardly assaults on houses of worship are abhorrent acts of violence that strike at the heart of our shared values — safety, dignity, and freedom of religion.”

York Regional Police said officers responded at around 11:49 p.m. Friday to reports of shots fired near Clark Avenue and York Hill Boulevard in Thornhill.

When officers arrived, they located evidence of gunfire directed at a building on Clark Avenue. No injuries were reported, but police say the building sustained some damage.

“I am both disgusted and angered to learn that the Beth Avraham Yosef of Toronto synagogue in our community has been hit with gunfire overnight,” Vaughan Mayor Steven Del Duca said in a statement.

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“Thankfully, no one was injured, but I know this hateful and anti-Semitic act will affect my Jewish residents deeply.”

Del Duca added that there will be more police presence around synagogues today.

YRP said a mobile command post will be set up at Promenade Mall Saturday where officers will be available to answer questions and address concerns from the public.

Toronto police are also investigating a firearm discharge reported shortly after midnight near Bathurst Street and Glencairn Avenue.

Police say officers responded around 12:08 a.m. after reports of gunshots and later located bullet holes in the front door of a building on Glencairn Avenue.

Authorities confirmed the building is a synagogue. No injuries were reported.

Toronto city councillor Brad Bradford condemned the shooting. “I am horrified and outraged,” he wrote in a social media post, saying the synagogue had been celebrating Purim earlier in the week.

Bradford also said Toronto Police will have increased presence outside the place of worship ,”but it’s long past time for real action to build a city where that isn’t required. Where hateful acts like this are prevented, and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

Toronto police and York Police are urging anyone with information, video or dash camera footage related to the shootings to contact authorities.

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More than four years after her son’s death, Tracey Savage says the wait for justice continues.

On Sept. 5, 2021, a young man was found critically injured on a field at Penticton Secondary School. He later died in hospital.

Savage says the days before her son was identified were agonizing.

“Each day he didn’t come home, you knew that the chances are it was your son.”

Thirteen days later, the victim was identified as 22-year-old Taig Savage.

In 2024, four people were charged with second-degree murder in connection with his death. Three of the accused were youths at the time of the alleged offence and are expected to stand trial later this year.

The fourth suspect, Isaac Hayes Jack, will be tried separately as an adult.

Savage says the impact on her family has been devastating.

“It’s life changing to say the least. Our family has really struggled with the events.”

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Jack’s trial was expected to begin this spring, but Savage says health issues involving the defence lawyer could push proceedings back by another year, the latest in a series of delays.

The trial has also been moved from Penticton to Kelowna, adding roughly two hours of commuting each day for the family to attend court.

“I was kind of working so that I would have enough money to be able to attend every day. And the delay puts an inconvenience on both planning and time constraints,” said Savage.

More than four years after Taig’s death, those accused of killing him remain free while the case moves through the court system.

Helena Konanz, the B.C. Conservative MP for Similkameen–South Okanagan–West Kootenay, says the case highlights broader concerns about delays in the justice system.

“We cannot have people who are accused of murder wandering or living a normal life when someone like Taig’s life was taken away. We need to focus back on the victims,” said Konanz.

Konanz has raised Savage’s story in Parliament, criticizing the time it has taken for the case to reach trial.

“People start forgetting what a big deal this was, that a young man lost his life,” said Konanz.

Savage says the delays have made an already difficult process even harder for her family.

“There’s no consideration for the family. None, really, in terms of where, when and how this has unfolded,” said Savage.

In a statement, the B.C. Ministry of Attorney General says the province has been pushing the federal government to amend the Criminal Code to help address court delays.

“We are continuing to make system improvements here in British Columbia. Dedicated witness support teams are keeping cases on track by working closely with victims and witnesses to ensure they are prepared to testify,” said the Attorney General’s office.

“Crown counsel and law enforcement are using digital evidence management systems to streamline disclosure, making it faster and easier to share information with defence. Virtual hearings are saving travel time, reducing wait times, and improving the efficient use of court time. In major crime files, strong communication between Crown counsel and police has improved scheduling and time management.

“Work is also underway to expand the use of digital documents in court files, giving judges faster and more streamlined access to key information.”

In the meantime, Savage says she is preparing to spend at least another year in the court system as she continues fighting for justice for her son.

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An Edmonton-area family has finally been reunited with their dog. The pup got spooked months ago, and the family thought they might never see her again.

Chilli has been a huge part of Jody Toope’s family for the past three years, but the Calmar family recently went nearly three months without her.

“Chilli is wonderful, she steals everybody’s heart,” said Jody Toope, Chilli’s owner.

The six-year-old German Shepherd-cross got spooked when she was out with one of her owners in Brazeau County near Drayton Valley, southwest of Edmonton, in December and ran off into the woods.

“She didn’t come back, he stayed out there till 10 that night, looking for her, calling for her,” said Toope.

“We were doing all the things we thought were right, and we just couldn’t get her.”

Toope’s family and friends spent all their free time searching for Chilli. Each time people would spot the dog, they would send over photos and videos.

But they just couldn’t track her down, until this week, when they called in some help.

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The Scent Rescue Team is based in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland and help reunite people with their missing animals.

Stephanie and Nicole Tolea drove up to the Drayton Valley area, setting up trail cameras and leaving out food.

Less than 48 hours later, they found Chilli.

“We just slowly pulled up into where our trap was, and Nicole was like, ‘I can hear barking,’” said Stephanie Tolea, co-founder of the Scent Rescue Team.

“I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh, she’s either in the trap or she’s barking somewhere off in the distance.’ As soon as we pulled up there she was in the trap.”

Toope got the call early Thursday, around 5 a.m.

“She said, ‘Jody, we got her,’ and I said ‘Shut up!’ She said ‘No seriously, we have her.’”

When reunited with Chilli, Toope went up to the dog in the back of Tolea’s van, which was a very emotional moment.

“There were so many times I wanted to give up, there were so many times because I was just exhausted, and I was just tired, and I was just losing hope,” said Toope.

Chilli was found about two kilometres from where she originally ran off. Despite being out in the woods for three months in the dead of winter, she is healthy — albeit at half of her previous body weight.

Toope says Chilli is already acting like her old self and is grateful she’s by her side once again.

“I still can’t believe it, I’m just so happy.

“I don’t think she would’ve lasted much longer out there; I don’t think she had much more time, this needed to happen.”

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Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday he believes Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should be removed from the line of succession to the British throne for his “deplorable” actions, but noted he would respect the process currently playing out in the country.

“Personally I do, yes,” Carney told reporters in Tokyo when asked about the former prince Andrew.

“There is a process (underway) to define that process, but I certainly think his actions, which are deplorable and have caused him to be stripped of his royal title, certainly merit, if that’s the word — necessitate is a better word — his removal from the line of succession. Even though he is well down the line of succession, I think the point, the principle, stands.”

The comments were notable coming from the leader of a member of the Commonwealth, all 14 of which would need to approve a change to the line of succession.

Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his royal status last year over his close links with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. However, he remains eighth in line to become monarch as the younger brother of King Charles III.

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The British government confirmed last month it was “not ruling out action” to change that after Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office following the release of millions of pages of files last month related to Epstein by the U.S. Justice Department.

Those documents led to accusations that the former prince was sharing confidential trade information with the disgraced financier when he served as U.K. trade envoy from 2001 to 2011.

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Mountbatten-Windsor was released without charge after spending about 11 hours in custody, but he remains under investigation.

“The government is clear that we are not ruling out action in respect of the line of succession at this stage, and we will consider whether any further steps are required in due course,” Darren Jones, Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s chief secretary, told lawmakers after the arrest.

Removing someone from the line of succession would require an act of Parliament, which needs lawmakers’ approval.

Under the current line of royal succession, Charles’ son Prince William is heir to the throne and his three children — Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis — are next. Prince Harry is fifth, while his two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, are sixth and seventh in line.

Mountbatten-Windsor — who was second in line to the throne at his birth — currently follows them in eighth position. His daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, are at ninth and 12th places, respectively.

Australia and New Zealand have said they would support any U.K. government plan to exclude Mountbatten-Windsor.

“These are grave allegations and Australians take them seriously,” Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wrote in a letter to Starmer last month.

“I agree with His Majesty that the law must now take its full course and there must be a full, fair and proper investigation.”

—with files from the Associated Press

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Kelowna, B.C., is still in the off-season but this year the tourism season is expected to get an earlier start.

“We think we’re in for a very, very good and early tourism season,” said Ellen Walker-Matthews, president and CEO of the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA).

The city is hosting several major events this spring and summer starting with the Memorial Cup in May.

That will be followed by the CFL’s Touchdown Kelowna games in June and the B.C. Summer Games in July.

But TOTA officials also say the 2026 FIFA World Cup, taking place in Vancouver starting June 11, will likely also benefit the Okanagan’s tourism industry.

“If they’re at FIFA and want to try something else while they’re here or if they’re not at FIFA and, you know, Vancouverites may be wanting to leave town during the excitement,” said Walker-Matthews. “Or others that don’t go to FIFA that want to come to this location on their way.”

Those visitors may have more accommodation options for the first time in two years.

The province is considering a fast-tracked exemption on short-term rental restrictions after an official request from the City of Kelowna.

While no decision has been made, strata corporations are already lining up to re-open their buildings to short-term rentals.

“We took forward 16 properties on Monday. There are another three that have submitted applications,” said Nola Kilmartin, the city’s development planning department manager.

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Fourteen of the buildings historically operated as short-term rental complexes until the restrictions went into effect in May 2024.

Two are newly built but were approved and marketed as short-term rental buildings.

If approved, an exemption could add hundreds of units to the short-term rental pool.

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With the city’s vacancy rate above three per cent for two consecutive years, the city is eligible for an exemption.

However, if approved, it wouldn’t be effective until November, which is why the city wants the province to speed it up.

“They are aware it’s important to us to give as much notice as possible, so that we can hit some of those big events that are coming up at the end of May and in June and July,” Kilmartin said.

But the minister responsible said the city’s request is still under review.

“Our staff are working on trying to find a path forward that provides a good solution,” said Christine Boyle, B.C.’s housing minister. “Kelowna has been a really good partner putting forward very practical proposals on this front and there’s good work happening.

“I look forward to having something to announce in the coming weeks.”

However, as a number of big events and the summer season approach, some argue time is critical.

“People are well into their making plans. They start making their plans for this region very early,”  said Walker-Matthews. “But we’re definitely seeing the bookings have been starting as early as January this year into our spring and summer.”

Kilmartin said the city is not able to adopt rezoning for the buildings until provincial approval. However, individual owners interested in renting out their units are being encouraged to apply for a business licence now.

“The next step is the province and it will be at the ministry’s decision and authorization for us,” Kilmartin said.

“We are accepting business licence applications for hosts for the 16 properties that went to council already, and the hope is that we can support a really strong summer and spring tourism.”

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