Canada

Fraud, corruption trial underway for former SNC-Lavalin executive Sami Bebawi

MONTREAL - The fraud and corruption trial of a former executive with the Montreal engineering giant SNC-Lavalin has gotten underway at the Montreal courthouse. Jurors were selected earlier this week i...

Oct 31, 2019

High court to review disclosure of Barry and Honey Sherman estate files

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will review an appeal court's decision to unseal files related to the estates of wealthy Toronto couple Barry and Honey Sherman, who were found murdered ...

Oct 31, 2019

High court won't look at officer's bid for military disability benefits

OTTAWA - A decorated military officer who suffered serious injuries in a car accident won't get a chance at the Supreme Court of Canada to argue her case for disability benefits. Following a 2006 coll...

Oct 31, 2019

Supreme Court won't hear appeal of sentence in Quebec election shooting

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada won't hear Richard Henry Bain's appeal of his sentence for shooting a man on election night in Quebec seven years ago. Bain was convicted of killing ligh...

Oct 31, 2019

Peter MacKay again denies he's angling for run at Conservative leadership

OTTAWA - Former cabinet minister Peter MacKay is again trying to quell rumours that he's planning to seek the leadership of the Conservative party should the job come open in the n...

Oct 31, 2019

Court sides with university in case of missing professor's pension

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says an Ottawa university can reclaim almost $500,000 in pension payments to a professor who went missing before being found dead in the woods near his home. Georg...

Oct 31, 2019

Working like dogs: Canadian special forces quietly build up canine units

OTTAWA - The only publicly acknowledged hero of the U.S. military operation that took down Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has become an internet sensation and a carefully guarded secret - al...

Oct 31, 2019

Pamela Anderson asks Trudeau to serve inmates vegan meals to save cash

OTTAWA - Actress Pamela Anderson is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take meat and milk off prison menus to help the planet and the health of federal inmates - and save taxp...

Oct 31, 2019

Sedentary adults and the rise of mushroom poisonings; In-The-News for Oct. 29

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 Oct. 29. What we are watching i...

Oct 31, 2019

Insect snacks and delayed Halloweed in parts of Quebec; In-The-News for Oct. 31

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 Oct. 31. What we are watching i...

Oct 31, 2019