Canada

Trudeau regrets negative tone of campaign, promises co-operation ahead

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed regret Wednesday for the nastiness of the federal election campaign and vowed to find a way to work co-operatively with other parti...

Oct 25, 2019

Man guilty of attempting to murder Edmonton police officer, 4 pedestrians

EDMONTON - A man who struck a police officer with a car before stabbing him multiple times outside an Edmonton football game has been found guilty of attempted murder. Jurors have also ...

Oct 25, 2019

Power fully restored two weeks after major snowstorm hit Manitoba

WINNIPEG - Electricity is back on in all communities that lost power two weeks ago, when Manitoba was hit by a major snowstorm that brought down power poles and transmission towers. Manitoba Hydr...

Oct 25, 2019

Halifax ceremony marks 50th anniversary of Navy's worst peacetime accident

HALIFAX - Allan "Dinger" Bell has no idea how long he was in the flames that engulfed the HMCS Kootenay engine room after the destroyer was rocked by an explosion that led to the worst peacetime accid...

Oct 25, 2019

Oilsands part of second U.S. fraud lawsuit against Exxon over carbon pricing

Alberta's oilsands are at the centre of a second major fraud lawsuit filed in the United States against ExxonMobil. The lawsuit, filed on Thursday by the state of Massachusetts, accuses the oil multin...

Oct 25, 2019

People's Party had minimal impact on election results, but sentiments persist

OTTAWA - The long-predicted vote split on the right between the federal Conservatives and the People's Party of Canada failed to materialize in Monday's election, but that doesn't mean the s...

Oct 25, 2019

'Blaze of destruction:' Crown says Edmonton attack accused meant to cause chaos

EDMONTON - A man accused of stabbing a police officer and striking four pedestrians with a cube van was trying to cause as much chaos and destruction as possible, the Crown said in its closing st...

Oct 25, 2019

Police investigate after man, two children found dead in apparent murder suicide

MONTREAL - A steady stream of shocked locals stopped Wednesday outside the east-end Montreal house where two children and their father were found dead the night before in what police are investigating...

Oct 25, 2019

Three charged in connection with protest outside PPC event in Hamilton

Three people have been charged in connection with a protest outside an event featuring People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier in Hamilton last month, including a man whose famil...

Oct 25, 2019

Lawsuit alleges Exxon lowballed impact of carbon pricing on oilsands projects

Alberta's oilsands are at the centre of a court battle in New York this week that legal experts say could affect future climate lawsuits in Canada. "The evidence that's coming out through this ca...

Oct 25, 2019