The trial of the alleged murderer of a 13-year-old Burnaby teen began on Wednesday, six years after the accused was arrested. Ibrahim Ali, who is a refugee from Syria, was charged with first-degree murder.

Plus, will Canada ban Fox News? That’s what the government-funded trans rights organization Egale Canada is hoping for.

And most Albertans don’t want a provincial police force, according to a new poll – even while one Alberta city just voted to take advantage of a new government program to replace the RCMP with a local service.

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