Former City of Surrey finance clerk suspected of defrauding city of $2.5 million

Surrey police and RCMP financial crimes officers are investigating allegations that a former City of Surrey finance clerk defrauded the city of more than $2.5 million by cutting hundreds of cheques to accounts associated with herself and her boutique cake baking business. According to a search warrant obtained by the CBC, the woman — who the CBC…

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Jets’ Hellebuyck relieved to hit reset button against Dallas after dismal performance in Round 1

Connor Hellebuyck says he feels like he’s been given a second chance to show what he can do for the Winnipeg Jets. After faltering at times during Winnipeg’s opening-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the St. Louis Blues, the star goalie is carrying a lighter mental load after last Sunday’s 4-3 double-overtime Game 7 victory….

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Fake nurse who treated hundreds of patients in Kingston sentenced to house arrest

A 24-year-old Kingston, Ont., woman has been sentenced to house arrest for what a judge called a series of lies that included forging nursing credentials that allowed her to treat roughly 200 patients before being found out. Madeline Stenhouse appeared in the Ontario Court of Justice on Tuesday wearing a black suit and glasses. She nodded as Justice Alison Wheeler described her “youthfulness” as…

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Lake Okanagan Resort condo owners left in limbo after West Kelowna, B.C fire

Two years after the devastating McDougall Creek fire burned down the majority of Lake Okanagan Resort, displaced residents struggle to rebuild as red tape delays recovery. Heather Ormiston called her second-floor condo unit, overlooking Okanagan Lake, her retirement plan. Now, all that remains of Ormiston’s condo is a barren patch of rocks and gravel. “It…

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