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Final witness at Quebec Halloween murder trial says suspect had no signs of psychosis

QUEBEC - The final witness testifying at the trial of the man accused of murdering two people and injuring five others on Halloween 2020 in Quebec City says the accused did not show signs of schizophr...

May 05, 2022

RCMP officers who shot at Nova Scotia firehall during mass shooting stand by actions

HALIFAX - Two RCMP officers who mistakenly fired at a man standing outside a rural Nova Scotia firehall as they searched for a rampaging gunman say they still believe they reacted properly. Const. Ter...

May 05, 2022

Alghabra says logistical challenges delaying charter flights for Ukrainian refugees

OTTAWA - Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says Canadian airlines are standing by to help bring charter flights of Ukrainian refugees to Canada as soon as some logistical hurdles are overcome. More tha...

May 05, 2022

'Colonialism and cucumbers': Governor General gets lukewarm reception in Quebec

Quebec Premier Franois Legault says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon still has some work to do on her French. The premier made the comments in Quebec City today after meeting with Simon on Wednesday during her fi...

May 05, 2022

Tory leadership debate, youth eating disorders rising : In The News for May 5

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 5 ... What we are watching in Canada ... F...

May 05, 2022

Financial intelligence agency highlights criminal risks of underground banking

OTTAWA - Canada's financial intelligence agency is warning that unregistered money-transfer services are ripe for abuse by criminals trying to launder cash and fund terrorist activities. In a new advi...

May 05, 2022

Firefighters say recognition of cancer risk is tough battle, especially in Quebec

VANCOUVER - Jenn Dawkins remembers the spring day in 2016 when she joined four other female firefighters at British Columbia's legislature to lobby for the inclusion of breast cancer as a presumed occ...

May 05, 2022

Five Conservative leadership hopefuls square off in debate tonight in Ottawa

OTTAWA - Five out of the six candidates vying for Tory leadership will appear on stage tonight for a debate before a room of conservative faithful. It's not an official leadership debate, but is being...

May 05, 2022

Last summer's B.C., Alberta heat wave was among most extreme since 1960s, study shows

The record-breaking heat wave that scorched western North America last June was among the most extreme ever recorded globally, new modelling and analysis by researchers at universities in the United K...

May 04, 2022

Not 'fuddle-duddle:' Conservatives accuse Trudeau of swearing in Parliament

OTTAWA - Much has been made of the political legacy Justin Trudeau has to live up to as he follows in the footsteps of his father, a former prime minister. On Wednesday, he invoked one of Pierre Ellio...

May 04, 2022