Canada

'Buckets of tears': The four women who died at the hands of a Winnipeg serial killer

WINNIPEG - Jeremy Skibicki admitted to police that he killed four women in Winnipeg in 2022. Court heard he targeted them at homeless shelters. A judge was set to rule Thursday whether Skibicki is gui...

Jul 11, 2024

Timeline of slayings of 4 women in Winnipeg, demands to search landfill for remains

WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg man has admitted to killing four women in Winnipeg but claims he's not criminally responsible because of mental illness. A judge was scheduled to give a verdict Thursday in the f...

Jul 11, 2024

Surrey, B.C., police transition deal from RCMP to local force complete, says minister

VANCOUVER - A long-running and fractious dispute between the British Columbia government and the City of Surrey over its police department has ended with a cash agreement. Solicitor General Mike Farnw...

Jul 10, 2024

Former Quebec junior hockey players sentenced for sex assault to appeal sentences

QUEBEC CITY, Que. - Two former Quebec junior hockey players will appeal their prison sentences for sexually assaulting a minor at a hotel in June 2021 during a celebration of a Victoriaville Tigres ch...

Jul 10, 2024

B.C. war veteran John Hillman, dead at 105, raised thousands for children's charity

OAK BAY - Second World War veteran John Hillman, who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity in the last years of his life, died Monday at the age of 105. In 2020, Hillman gained widesprea...

Jul 10, 2024

Feds invest $15M in health-care AI development through Vancouver tech cluster program

VANCOUVER - Canada is investing about $15 million toward the development of artificial intelligence in health care that Federal Innovation Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne calls a "game changer" fo...

Jul 10, 2024

Eels writhe on Vancouver airport's tarmac after escaping from Air Canada cargo box

RICHMOND - It was not quite the 2006 film "Snakes on a Plane" at Vancouver International Airport, but there were real eels - dozens of them - writhing on the tarmac during a recent incident captured o...

Jul 10, 2024

Longtime Liberal MP representing Northwest Territories not seeking re-election

OTTAWA - Liberal MP Michael McLeod says he has made the "bittersweet" decision to not seek a fourth term in the next federal election. McLeod was first elected as the MP for Northwest Territories in 2...

Jul 10, 2024

Fisher protest interrupts environment ministers' press conference

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The union representing inshore fishers and fish plant workers Newfoundland and Labrador interrupted a press conference of the country's environment ministers in St. John's today. Th...

Jul 10, 2024

AFN calls for independent inquiry into killings of four Indigenous women in Winnipeg

MONTREAL - The Assembly of First Nations passed a resolution today calling for an independent inquiry into the killings of four Indigenous women in Winnipeg. Chiefs supported the bid by Betsy Kennedy ...

Jul 10, 2024