Canada

Weeks-long trial to begin in Calgary for man accused of kidnapping, sex assault

CALGARY - A French-language trial for a man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting five women at a rural property east of Calgary is to begin today at the Alberta Court of Justice. Richard Robe...

Jan 15, 2024

'Dealing with a lot': Coroner's inquest into Saskatchewan mass killing set to begin

MELFORT, Sask. - A coroner's inquest into the mass killing on a Saskatchewan First Nation is set to begin today. Myles Sanderson killed 11 people and injured 17 others on the James Smith Cree Nation a...

Jan 15, 2024

B.C. police secretly took DNA from Kurdish community in tea-cup sting to solve murder

VANCOUVER - Undercover police investigating the murder of a 13-year-old girl in British Columbia disguised themselves as tea marketers to secretly collect the DNA of about 150 Kurdish community member...

Jan 15, 2024

Quebec's common front unionized workers to begin voting on new deal with province

MONTREAL - About 420,000 unionized public sector workers will begin voting Monday on an agreement in principle reached with the Quebec government over a new collective deal. The workers, who are part ...

Jan 14, 2024

Montreal police confirm first homicide of 2024 after man found dead in vehicle

Montreal police say a man found dead in a parked truck on Saturday morning is the city's first homicide victim of the year. Const. Vronique Dubuc says investigators are confirming a 30-year-old man su...

Jan 14, 2024

'Still grieving:' Saskatchewan First Nation prepares for stabbing rampage inquest

JAMES SMITH CREE NATION - The chief of a Saskatchewan First Nation says he knows wounds will likely be torn open as his community prepares to revisit the day a mass killer went door to door stabbing p...

Jan 14, 2024

Sister wants voice for mentally ill man allegedly beaten, bound on Saskatchewan farm

Shanda Tansowny says her brother loved talking with farmers. Chris Hawkins went to a Saskatchewan farm in August 2022 to find work, says his sister. Butthe farm's owner and a family member allegedly b...

Jan 14, 2024

Conservationists still waiting on years-overdue recovery plan for Quebec's caribou

MONTREAL - Conservationists are urging the Quebec government to finally publish its plan to protect caribou habitat, several years after it first promised a strategy to save the dwindling herds. The l...

Jan 14, 2024

B.C. civil forfeiture law will be put to 'reasonable limits' Charter test

VANCOUVER - In July 2019, Vancouver police announced they had dismantled a multimillion-dollar drug operation after raiding two warehouse laboratories in South Vancouver allegedly making illegal canna...

Jan 14, 2024

Winter weather continues to grip Canada, with snow coming for West followed by rain

Frigid temperatures are expected to continue to grip British Columbia and the Prairies today as high winds and wintry conditions make their ways across Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada. Temperature...

Jan 14, 2024