Canada

David Lametti's legacy as justice minister is advancing cause of wrongfully convicted

OTTAWA - When David Lametti met David Milgaard in his office a few years back, he pulled a copy of The Tragically Hip's "Fully Completely" off a shelf and asked Milgaard to sign his record. Its song "...

Jul 27, 2023

B.C. police share photos of vehicles possibly being used in alleged abduction of kids

SURREY, B.C. - The mother of two British Columbia children who sparked an Amber Alert last week may be driving a distinctive van that police say has its steering wheel on the right-hand side. Mounties...

Jul 27, 2023

British Columbia's record-breaking wildfire season, by the numbers

British Columbia's wildfire season is the most destructive on record, with more than 15,000 square kilometres of the province burned, surpassing the previous high of 13,543 square kilometres set in 20...

Jul 27, 2023

Williams Lake, B.C., Mountie charged three years after car crash with suspect

VICTORIA - The BC Prosecution Service says it has approved several charges against an RCMP officer, three years after a suspect was seriously injured in a crash with a police cruiser. The prosecution ...

Jul 27, 2023

Renovations to Montreal's famed Olympic Stadium just got more complicated

MONTREAL - Repairs to the roof of Montreal's problem-plagued Olympic Stadium have become significantly more complicated. The agency in charge of the landmark sports complex that hosted the 1976 Olympi...

Jul 27, 2023

Man arrested in cold case of woman found in Ontario 'dumped her body' in river: docs

A man charged with murdering a woman who was found dead in eastern Ontario decades ago told police investigating the cold case that he dumped her body in a river, U.S. court documents show. The detail...

Jul 27, 2023

Montreal man, 27, who allegedly stabbed police officer charged with attempted murder

MONTREAL - A 27-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed a Montreal police officer Wednesday. Quebec prosecutors say Menachem Benaroch appeared in a Montreal cour...

Jul 27, 2023

Sammy Yatim's mother continues fight for justice 10 years after son's death

TORONTO - Ten years after her son was fatally shot on an empty Toronto streetcar, Sammy Yatim's mother said she's still fighting for justice. Eighteen-year-old Yatim was shot multiple times by Const. ...

Jul 27, 2023

Public Safety department says Liberal law did not factor into Bernardo's transfer

OTTAWA - The federal Public Safety department says Paul Bernardo would have been transferred to a medium-security prison even if the previous version of the corrections law was still been in place. Co...

Jul 27, 2023

CP NewsAlert: First victim of N.S. floods identified as member of local rock band

HALIFAX - A man who died during a torrential rainstorm last weekend in rural Nova Scotia has been identified as Nicholas Anthony Holland. Holland was one of four people, including two small children, ...

Jul 27, 2023