Canada

Jury sequestered in case of Quebec man charged in murders of ex-wife, stranger

ST-JEROME, Que. - The fate of Ugo Fredette, a Quebec man charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his ex-wife and a stranger he met at a highway rest stop, is now...

Oct 18, 2019

Crews working to restore power after Manitoba snowstorm will be able to vote

WINNIPEG - Hundreds of Manitoba Hydro staff working to restore power after the province was hit by a major snowstorm will be able to vote in Monday's federal election. The storm last week cr...

Oct 18, 2019

Alberta takes second look at trucking changes after meeting Broncos families

EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it will take a second look at training requirements for truck drivers after meeting with Humboldt Broncos families. Sixteen people were killed and 13 were injure...

Oct 18, 2019

Repeat rent-dodger dubbed 'professional squatter' prompts call for reform

HALIFAX - A Halifax coffee shop owner who says he tried for more than four months to evict a tenant he called a "professional squatter" is calling for reforms to Nova Sco...

Oct 18, 2019

B.C. working to move away from established illegal pot industry: minister

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's solicitor general says the government has been working hard to transition away from the province's "well-entrenched" illegal marijuana industry. Mike Farn...

Oct 18, 2019

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg in Edmonton on Friday for climate strike

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said he hopes Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg is warmly welcomed in Edmonton on Friday, but there are no plans to meet with her. Climat...

Oct 18, 2019

Bail hearing for alleged RCMP leaker wraps, decision due Tuesday

OTTAWA - Cameron Jay Ortis, a senior RCMP official accused of breaching Canada's official-secrets law, should learn next week whether he will be released on bail. A two-day bail hearing wrap...

Oct 18, 2019

Roughly 9,000 still without power in Manitoba after snowstorm

WINNIPEG - Slogging through drenched fields and exposed to open prairie in near-freezing temperatures, Manitoba Hydro crews continued to restore power Wednesday to homes and businesses hit by last wee...

Oct 18, 2019

Scheer takes fight to Bernier, Greens and NDP go head to head on West Coast

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer returns to Quebec today, a province he just left, to campaign alongside the candidate hoping to knock People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier out of the House o...

Oct 18, 2019

Alleged sex assault victim to file lawsuit against Toronto private school

TORONTO - A former student of an all-boys Catholic school in Toronto alleges in court documents that the bullying and sexual assault he suffered at the hands of his schoolmate...

Oct 18, 2019