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The number of Canadian citizens and permanent residents unaccounted for since the Nepal flash flooding has risen to 32, including Coquitlam couple Sumit and Shubakshi Rawla.

Their daughter says they were on a guided pilgrimage in the region and haven’t been heard from since the morning of Aug. 26.

“We’ve been so worried,” Kenisha Rawla told Global News.

“Me and my sister personally have made over 200 phone calls to our parents just hoping that even for a moment if they get a second of signal they can contact us.”

The foreign affairs minister is urging caution as the search continues.

“Those 32 Canadians are unaccounted for but no Canadian deaths have been confirmed,” Anita Anand said on Friday.

The Rawlas were travelling with Port Moody residents Dhaval and Megha Shah, who also remain unaccounted for.

“They were somewhere in that location and the company lost contact with anybody at around 8:30 that morning,” Nikita Shah, relative of Megha and Dhaval Shah said on Thursday.

“So we don’t know where they have been since then.”

Thousands are still missing after the tragedy and at least 579 people are confirmed dead.

The scale of the destruction is visible at one Nepal’s main border crossings into China, where the area is buried in mud and debris.

“Further north, some of the communities are completely cut out,” Tamara Demuria, Corus International Chief Humanitarian Officer, said.

“We cant even get there to assess what’s left. The damage is way more severe.”

Ottawa is providing $5 million in humanitarian aid and sending five consular officials to Nepal.

But some want Canada to go further.

“We really want to really push the Canadian government to help by sending rescue teams because we know there’s so many Canadians there too, aside from our parents, and their families must be worried sick like we are,” Rawla said.

For families still waiting, there’s little to do but search for information and find strength in each other.

“Community support, emotional support, are what one should seek at times like this,” Gaurav Subedi with the Nepal Cultural Society of B.C. said.

“But miracles do happen.”

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As Vancouver businesses continue to close during construction of the Broadway Subway Line, Canada’s housing minister, a former provincial NDP MLA who previously demanded the B.C. government compensate businesses affected by Canada Line work, says he will look into the issue.

Fable Diner and SportChek are just two of the most recent businesses to shutter along Broadway near Main Street.

The local business improvement association has been pleading for financial support, including low-interest loans or tax breaks, but so far, the B.C. government refuses to budge on its ‘no compensation’ policy.

In 2007, as an opposition NDP MLA, Gregor Robertson demanded the BC Liberals provide compensation for Cambie businesses impacted by Canada line construction.

“First and foremost, we’ve seen with major infrastructure projects going back to the Canada Line, when I was the MLA in Vancouver Fairview, having a lot of impact on local businesses, the construction destruction can have real consequences and it certainly did back then,” Gregor Robertson said.

“I’ll certainly look into what has happened in terms of the impacts on the ground and flag that with my fellow, our colleagues MP (Taleeb) Noormohamed in Vancouver Granville, where most of the activity is taking place. We want to be sure small businesses can get through construction when it’s disruptive like that.”

The federal government provides funding to business improvement associations in Toronto to support businesses affected by transit construction — by funding FedDev Ontario.

Robertson says he’ll look into whether b-c businesses could receive similar support through Pacific Economic Development Canada.

Neil Wyles, executive director of the Mount Pleasant Business Improvement Association, said small business owners are resilient and innovative, but after six years of construction and closures, it is unclear how much more they can take.

Wyles said business owners are not asking for a handout from the provincial government; they are asking for a hand-up, which could come in the form of programs, low-interest or no-interest loans, or a tax break.

“Something just to help them get to the other side of this,” he added.

“Our government just has their heads buried in the sand.”

The B.C. government has always held fast to the decision that there will be no compensation for small business owners affected by the Broadway Subway construction.

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A Summerland, B.C., thrift store will permanently close its doors in December, after two difficult years in business and a summer tourism season disrupted by the Bald Range wildfire.

Owner Jules Zest says she was already considering closing Twisted Whiskers Café and Thrift Store before the fire, but the challenges of this summer helped make the decision easier.

“It was on the burner already. I was already thinking I needed to close,” Zest said.

Zest opened the store hoping to create a space where people could shop, socialize and make art.

“I really wanted this place where people could come and hang out and have friends and do art,” she said.

But keeping a small business going has been difficult. Zest says the summer season is particularly important because strong sales can help businesses get through the rest of the year.

“The summertime supports the rest of the year. If you don’t make money during the summer, you might not survive,” she said.

The wildfire came during that crucial period. Zest says she worried about her business while she was evacuated and expected people to return to Summerland once the immediate danger had passed.

“During the fires, everyone was saying how they will come and support Summerland. Now that the fires are over, no one is here,” she said.

Zest says many of her customers have traditionally come from outside the community, making tourism particularly important to her business.

“When I asked customers who shopped here over the last two years, it was almost always people not from Summerland,” she said.

Brett Ziegler, a volunteer at Twisted Whiskers and member of the Penticton and Wine Country Chamber of Commerce, says the store is not an isolated example.

“I have seen many businesses close, open, close, open, close. It’s a conundrum,” Ziegler said.

For Ziegler, asking people to shop local only matters if it leads to people actually supporting businesses.

“Hearing shop local support, it isn’t enough to say it. We need to figure out how we can do that more,” he said.

For shoppers, however, spending locally can be difficult when household budgets are tight. South Okanagan resident Michelle Raynier says being conscious of how much money she spends affects where she shops.

“People are very money conscious right now and that’s what I find hard about shopping local,” Raynier said.

Still, local leaders are encouraging people to spend their money in the community.

“It is summer, we are open, we have a beautiful area with lots to offer. We hope everyone can come out and support local,” said Amelia Boultbee, MLA for Penticton Summerland.

Twisted Whiskers will operate as a thrift store and café for the final time in September. Zest plans to run glass fusing workshops in October, November and December before permanently closing the business.

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Three people have been charged after a Calgary man was allegedly robbed, kidnapped and forced into the trunk of his own vehicle before being abandoned near Balzac earlier this month.

Calgary police say the incident happened shortly after midnight on Aug. 18 in the northwest community of Livingston.

Investigators allege a 31-year-old man had parked in a lot in the 200 block of Lucas Boulevard N.W. and was walking his dog in a nearby park when he was approached by a man armed with a knife.

Police say a struggle ensued before two additional suspects arrived. The victim was allegedly forced into the trunk of his vehicle and driven to the outskirts of the city.

The man was later released along Wagon Wheel Crescent near Balzac, north of Calgary, while the suspects drove away in the stolen vehicle.

Police say the victim suffered minor injuries and was able to flag down a passing motorist, who contacted RCMP.

Later that day, Calgary police say they tracked the stolen vehicle to the northeast community of Rundle. Officers observed it leaving the city at a high rate of speed and, with assistance from the Calgary Police Service helicopter unit HAWCS and RCMP, followed it to Innisfail.

Police say the vehicle stopped in a parking lot, where RCMP officers arrested a woman believed to be driving and two male passengers. Two children were also in the vehicle at the time, police said.

A 25-year-old Calgary woman is charged with possession of stolen property over $5,000 and dangerous driving. She is scheduled to appear in court Sept. 18.

A 31-year-old Calgary man is charged with kidnapping, robbery, possession of a dangerous weapon, possession of an assault weapon and two counts of breaching conditions. He remains in custody and is scheduled to appear in court Sept. 16.

A 21-year-old man from Calgary is charged with kidnapping and robbery. He remains in custody and was scheduled to appear in court Friday.

Staff Sgt. Keith Shufelt said the alleged offences placed both the victim and the children in the vehicle at risk.

“This was a dangerous situation, not only for the victim who was kidnapped but the children who were in the back of a speeding car,” Shufelt said in a release.

Police say they are still seeking to identify a third suspect believed to have been involved in the kidnapping.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Calgary police or Crime Stoppers.

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The City of Calgary has used artificial intelligence to determine the 50 riskiest intersections for pedestrians across the city, but it’s unclear what will be done to address the issue as just half are recommended for upgrades.

According to a report set to be presented at the city’s Community Development Committee meeting Tuesday, administration used the city’s AI platform to assess and assign a risk score to more than 17,000 intersections across Calgary.

Many of the locations don’t meet “conventional warrant” thresholds for upgrades like traffic signals, overhead flashers, or curb-bump outs, the report said, as that set of criteria is based on factors such as traffic volumes, pedestrian volumes, roadway geometry, and speed limits.

City administration compiled a list of the top 50 highest-risk pedestrian intersections identified by the AI platform that do not have existing traffic signals like rectangular rapid flashing beacons with risk scores ranging from 93.55 to 99.02.

The intersection of Martindale Boulevard and Martindale Gate N.E. topped the list, followed by Falshire Drive and Falton Drive N.E. with a score of 98.54.

Ward 5 Coun. Raj Dhaliwal told Global News he was surprised with the intersections that scored the highest risk ratings, with four of the intersections in the top 10 in his area.

“I was asking myself is there something missing from my assessment,” Dhaliwal said of the intersection in Martindale. “Every time I drive by there, I see less pedestrian traffic.”

Just 26 of the locations are recommended for pedestrian safety improvements which are estimated to cost approximately $6 million, the report said.

According to the report, administration could “proactively advance improvements” with additional funding rather than “waiting” for future traffic counts, collision history or studies to “justify intervention under traditional processes.”

Some on council have questions about how AI was used to determine those findings, including modelling, inputs and prompts.

“I’m all for data-driven decision making. This is empirical evidence that is telling me that these things need to be upgraded,” Dhaliwal said.

“But at the same time, I want to know why, how and what.”

The report notes there “may be public scrutiny” around the city’s use of AI, but adds all the recommended improvements were reviewed and validated through professional engineering judgment and technical assessment.

The city’s use of AI is “innovative,” said Alex Gaio, an associate principal at Leading Mobility, with the sheer amount of data administration would need to comb through.

“We have a lot of data, the city updates its hotspot map every 10 minutes,” he said. “So the volume that we get is overwhelming for people to deal with, and we’re racing against risk.”

Last year, 15 people were killed on city streets and so far this year six people have died; another 283 incidents involving pedestrians resulted in injuries.

“If we really care about the safety of our residents, pedestrian safety, motor vehicle safety… then let’s put our money where our mouth is,” Dhaliwal said.

Although committee is not being asked to make a financial commitment Tuesday, city administration said it could incorporate the pedestrian safety upgrades into the next four-year budget.

If city council was to approve additional funding during budget talks in November, the report said design work could begin in 2027, with shovels in the ground in 2028.

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Coalition Avenir Québec Leader Christine Fréchette came under attack from her rivals on Friday, as taxes, parental leave and the U.S. trade war all took centre stage during the first full day of campaigning on the Quebec election trail.

Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon promised to reduce taxes for Quebec businesses by 20 per cent in his first term as premier if his party wins the Oct. 5 election.

St-Pierre Plamondon made his announcement at the site of the cancelled Northvolt electric battery plant, which he described as a symbol of the failure of the Coalition Avenir Québec government’s “economic interventionism.”

The Quebec government pledged up to $2.9 billion in financing for the project, including a $270-million investment in the Swedish parent company that was lost when it went bankrupt. Fréchette was energy minister when the project was scrapped.

“A PQ government will shut off the tap of subsidies to foreign multinationals and focus on Quebec (small and medium businesses),” he said at the site in McMasterville, east of Montreal.

Quebec Liberal Leader Charles Milliard focused on the ongoing trade war, and pledged to reduce the share of Quebec exports going to the United States by at least 15 per cent by diversifying its markets.

He made his announcement alongside candidate Madeleine Féquière, who served until recently as Canada’s Consul General in Chicago and who will run for a seat in the Laval area, north of Montreal.

Milliard brushed off the results of a new survey that indicates his party has lost ground, as well as a suggestion that the province’s federalists are turning to the Coalition Avenir Québec.

“Federalists would do well to remember that if one is serious about the issue of belonging to Canada — about helping Quebec grow within Canada — it takes a leader and a team that haven’t shied away from saying so,” he said.

He noted that several of the candidates flanking Fréchette “certainly aren’t the apostles of federalism,” in reference to several cabinet ministers who have previously refused to say how they would vote in an eventual sovereignty referendum.

His comments came after a Synopsis-La Presse survey showed the Parti Québécois and the CAQ running neck and neck, representing a significant rise in support for Fréchette’s party and a drop for the Liberals.

Fréchette, meanwhile, rolled out a promise to boost the Quebec parental insurance plan to offer an additional two weeks of leave for fathers as well as more flexibility and bereavement leave. Her proposed changes include allowing parents to transfer some of their leave to another involved adult, such as a grandparent.

She said the changes could be made without increasing premiums.

As she faced criticism from the other leaders, Fréchette was on the offensive herself, going to campaign south of Quebec City in the Bellechasse riding where Conservative Leader Éric Duhaime is running.

In Sherbrooke, Québec solidaire expanded on a promise to open a network of 15 public grocery stores, as part of a plan to lower the cost of food.

The Conservatives, campaigning in Quebec City, announced what Duhaime called a “historic” tax cut that would include raising the basic personal amount in Quebec’s income tax brackets from $18,952 to $35,242.

Duhaime also went after Fréchette, saying that “the real threat over the last eight years is the Fréchette threat” when asked if voters were turning to the CAQ leader amid the U.S. trade war.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 28, 2026.

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The Calgary police arson unit is investigating after several vehicles were found engulfed in flames overnight in Northeast Calgary.

Police say they responded to the 0-100 block of Cityline Common Northeast around 2 a.m. after getting calls that multiple vehicles were on fire.

When officers arrived, they said five vehicles were found extensively damaged.

Lak Sidhu says he and his girlfriend were school shopping online when they heard a bang outside.

“It didn’t seem too abnormal, maybe a car hit another car or something, and then I go out and look out the window and like three cars are just engulfed in flames,” he said.

Neighbours in the area recalled hearing more than a dozen explosions as the vehicles burned.

Emrinder Singh says one of the vehicles exploded just metres from the front door of his new home.

“This is the first time happen. I’ve been in Canada 10 years and this is a weird thing I seen,” said Singh.

Global News has learned that the vehicles belong to a courier company that had just moved to Calgary about two weeks ago from Regina.

The owner — who doesn’t want to be identified —called it heartbreaking having to find half of his fleet now gone.

“I’m just so shocked at it happening,” says Sidhu. “It seemed very like such a plan attack on the person, and no one ever deserves this.”

Police are asking anyone who witnessed anything out of the ordinary, or who may have video of pedestrians or vehicles driving in the area between 1:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m., to give them or Crimestoppers a call.

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While revealing Alberta’s budget is now back in the black Thursday, finance minister Jason Nixon said Albertans could share in the revenues.

“We’re going to be very strategic and make decisions that don’t permanently, negatively impact the province, but also step in when we need to help the people of the province,” Nixon said.

Alberta is now forecasting a $2-billion surplus this fiscal year. That’s an $11.4-billion swing, after initially projecting a deficit.

One economist said that’s not a lot of cash for a government to spend.

“There might be some modest things here and there, like maybe they extend the (Alberta energy) rebate or do another round of something like that,” said Trevor Tombe, a professor at the University of Calgary.

This summer, the province is offering Albertans a $100 energy rebate to help offset the high cost of living.

That portal is still open, but has been criticized for the required application process.

Instead, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) has been calling for a fuel tax cut for months. They’d like to see that come into effect next quarter.

“Now they have a surplus, they have all this good news. (A) perfect opportunity to cut the fuel tax,” said CTF Alberta director Kris Sims.

The province has not announced any plans to provide any further assistance.

The energy rebate portal is open until Sept. 30.

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A serious crash between an electric dirt bike and a vehicle in St. Albert is a prime example of the increase in injuries doctors are seeing, says an Edmonton emergency physician.

“The technology is rapidly evolving and these vehicles are getting faster and faster,” said Dr. Louis Hugo Francescutti.

“The problem becomes not when they’re driving — it’s when they crash.”

The University of Alberta public health professor and emergency physician at the Royal Alexandra Hospital said in the past week alone, he’s treated three injuries from electric scooters.

While e-scooters and e-bikes that can be rented from companies like Lime and Bird have their speed governed to around 20 km/h, more and more people are buying their own private ones that can reach higher speeds.

“These things can go up to 50 km/h. What ends up happening is the energy transfer quadruples. So a helmet is good, but a helmet doesn’t prevent a crash, right? A helmet may help prevent a brain injury.”

The human brain’s capacity for assessing risk does not finish developing until the age of 25, Francescutti said — noting that’s why car rental companies have an age limit — so kids and teenagers who hop onto electric scooters, bikes and motorcycles don’t fully understand the danger.

“It’s not that these kids are stupid. It’s just that they can’t access risk. That part the brain has not been formed properly,” Francescutti said.

“So what ends up happening is they take risk — because risk is fun.”

Just north of Edmonton in St. Albert, a teenager was injured on Thursday while having that kind of fun.

The collision between an electric dirt bike and a Ford Bronco SUV occurred on Akins Drive, between Alpine Boulevard and Amherst Crescent.

RCMP arrived just before 2 p.m. to find a 16-year-old boy bleeding with injuries on his face, sitting next to a damaged electric dirt bike.

St. Albert RCMP Cpl. Curtis Harsulla said the Bronco also had significant damage.

“Judging by the damage done to the Bronco — which caved in both passenger doors, deployed the airbags and smashed out a window — it had to be going at a substantial speed,” Harsulla said.

RCMP said the Bronco was going south on Akins Drive when the driver observed a sudden flash, then heard and felt an impact.

The SUV driver stopped and found the injured dirt bike rider lying on the ground nearby.

The crash was loud enough to be heard inside nearby homes. Matt McCotter lives on the corner where the collision happened and rushed outside after hearing the bang.

“I came outside and the kid was, like, mangled in his bike,” McCotter said, adding it appeared the dirt bikes didn’t yield for the stop sign before hitting the SUV.

“Smoked into the side of it so bloody hard… I’m surprised his helmet didn’t split in two.”

McCotter said the teenager had an instant black eye and the wind knocked out of him from the impact.

“He’s probably hurting pretty good, but he’s lucky to alive.”

RCMP said a second youth was with the injured rider on another electric dirt bike, but fled before police arrived.

McCotter said he sees kids and teens ripping around on e-scooters and bikes regularly and worries not just about them getting hurt, but also the legal implications of vehicles that aren’t street-legal being driven in the city.

“If you’re going to be on the street, you have to follow street rules, right? And if things like this happen… where does the insurance come from?”

It’s illegal to drive dirt bikes — electric or gas-powered — on public roads, RCMP reminded, adding the majority of the riders its officers are encountering are youths.

Underage riders and their parents both risk substantial fines, the seizure of the bike and could face criminal charges, Harsulla said.

“Typically it’s the parents that have bought them that think, ‘Oh, it’s just an e-bike. They can ride around the city,’ when that’s not the case, as we can see here with what happened.”

“These are dangerous, high-speed, off-highway vehicles that need to be ridden out in the back 40 and not in the cities.”

Doctors agree.

“They’re not toys and you have to have a certain maturity to be able to use them,” Francescutti said.

Hospitalizations among children and adults riding e-scooters have risen by almost 40 per cent in the last year, according to data released this week by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).

Head and brain injuries and fractures were among the most common reasons. The data doesn’t surprise Francescutti.

“Kids are actually dying across the country, being seriously injured, ending up in the intensive care unit and getting injuries that are going to be permanently disabling.”

The teenager, who was wearing a helmet, was taken to the Stollery Children’s Hospital in an ambulance. RCMP said he was treated for “concerning injuries” and has since been released to go home.

Francescutti is frustrated with the rise in such incidents.

“These are not accidents. These are totally predictable and totally preventable events. Our emergency departments are busy enough without wasting our time treating these stupid injuries.”

The rise in injuries showing up in emergency rooms also appears to coincide with more complaints.

Since the spring, St. Albert RCMP say they’ve has an increase in complaints not just about electric dirt bikes, but also e-bikes and scooters.

“People are driving them at increased speeds. The technology is advanced to make them faster and quieter,” Harsulla said.

RCMP also noted just because the technology powering dirt bikes has changed — the law has not.

“An electric dirt bike is considered an off-highway vehicle in Alberta and it needs to abide by everything that an ATV would, or a side-by-side and those kind of things: so licence plates, insurance and cannot be operated on any public roadway in Alberta,” Harsulla said.

RCMP also said changes are expected to Alberta legislation to catch up with technology.

The teenager, who can’t be named due to the Youth Criminal Justice Act, faces violation tickets totalling nearly $1,400 in fines.

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