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Reports shed new light on Chicago police chief’s firing
Chicago's fired police chief was having drinks with a woman for hours the mid-October night officers found him sleeping behind the wheel of his SUV, according to two newspapers citing unidentified sou...
Dec 03, 2019
Kamala Harris ends Democratic presidential campaign
Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris told supporters on Tuesday that she was ending her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020. "I've taken stock and looked at this from every angle, and over...
Dec 03, 2019
Student, officer hurt in 2nd Wisconsin high school shooting
OSHKOSH, Wis. - An armed student confronted a school resource officer at a Wisconsin high school Tuesday morning and both were wounded, police said, in the second such shooting at a school in the stat...
Dec 03, 2019
B.C. sawmill explosions report calls for more investigative independence
VANCOUVER - A report reviewing responses by the British Columbia government and WorkSafeBC after two fatal sawmill explosions is calling for a more streamlined investigative process and new ways for w...
Dec 03, 2019
RCMP warn Surrey budget will hurt services, health of officers
SURREY, B.C. - The assistant commissioner of the RCMP in Surrey, B.C, is warning that the city's 2020 budget will hurt services as well as the health of its members and support sta...
Dec 03, 2019
Council consensus: what premiers are hoping for out of Monday's meeting
OTTAWA - Premiers of all the provinces and territories gather Monday in Toronto to try to shape a collective agenda for their relationship with the federal government, after an election that left the ...
Dec 03, 2019
Commuters forced to walk through smoky tunnel after fire shuts down Toronto subway
TORONTO - Nearly 200 commuters were forced to evacuate a train and trudge through a smoky tunnel after a small fire shut down a stretch of Toronto's busy crosstown line for several hours Mon...
Dec 03, 2019
Alberta legislature adjourns after shooting on steps; police say 'non-criminal'
EDMONTON - The Alberta legislature adjourned for a few hours Monday after a shooting on the front steps of the building. Edmonton police said they were called to the building mid-afternoon and that wh...
Dec 03, 2019
Alberta 'Fair Deal Panel' starts public town hall meetings in Edmonton
EDMONTON - An Alberta government panel looking at ways to make the province more independent is holding its first town hall meeting tonight in Edmonton. United Conservative Premier Jason Kenney announ...
Dec 03, 2019
Trudeau to hold first post-election meeting with Trump on NATO sidelines
LONDON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday on the sidelines of a major gathering of NATO leaders. The meeting between the Canadian and American leader...
Dec 03, 2019