Canada

'The war has begun': Quebec coroner hears of stalking, custody concerns in familicide

MONTREAL - A former work colleague of a Montreal woman who was killed along with her children by her estranged spouse in December 2019 told an inquiry Wednesday that he was following her despite a cou...

Oct 25, 2023

Regulator to restart consultations on long-delayed drug-price reform guidelines

OTTAWA - The federal agency that regulates the price of patented medicines says it plans to relaunch consultations on the finer points of long-delayed drug-price reforms. The Patented Medicine Prices ...

Oct 25, 2023

Driver pleads guilty over 2021 crash that killed two University of B.C. students

VANCOUVER - The BC Prosecution Service says a Vancouver man accused in the dangerous driving deaths of two University of British Columbia students has pleaded guilty. Dan McLaughlin, a spokesman with ...

Oct 25, 2023

Canada needs to move faster than the rest of the world on renewable energy: Wilkinson

OTTAWA - Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says Canada needs to "get with the program" and move faster to become a renewable energy powerhouse, as a new international energy outlook forecasts demand ...

Oct 25, 2023

Jean Charest's son reacts after Legault says comparison to ex-premier is 'insulting'

QUEBEC - Jean Charest's son is sticking up for his father after Quebec Premier Franois Legault suggested it's an insult to be compared to the former premier. Antoine Dionne Charest wrote on the X plat...

Oct 25, 2023

Accused RCMP leaker never spoke of doing undercover operations: former colleague

OTTAWA - A former colleague of Cameron Jay Ortis, who is accused of disclosing secrets to people of interest to police, has testified in court that Ortis never mentioned taking part in undercover oper...

Oct 25, 2023

French-language university heads criticize tuition hike for non-Quebec students

MONTREAL - A group of French-language university heads in Quebec is coming to the defence of English schools who say a planned tuition hike for out-of-province students could devastate their finances....

Oct 25, 2023

Drought reveals cracks in Canada-U.S. Columbia River Treaty as B.C. lake dries up

Victoria Youmans says she hasn't seen Arrow Lakes Reservoir looking so low in more than 20 years. The resident of Nakusp on the shores of the reservoir in British Columbia's southern Interior says she...

Oct 25, 2023

'It's grim:' Community devastated by shooting deaths in Sault Ste. Marie

SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. - Halloween decorations still fluttered from the front porch of a home in Sault Ste. Marie where three children were found shot dead this week, the youngest victims of a rampage...

Oct 25, 2023

Health-care standards not met at Alberta correctional centre, report finds

EDMONTON - Alberta's public interest commissioner has found what he calls "serious lapses" in medical care at a provincial correctional centre. Kevin Brezinski's investigation, responding to a whistle...

Oct 25, 2023