Canada

Girl recalls stabbing that injured her and killed her friend at B.C. high school

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A teenage girl wrote the words "this is amazing grace" on a piece of paper moments before she and her friend were attacked by a man with a knife inside a British Columbia high ...

Oct 11, 2019

Pedestrians hit by U-Haul van in Edmonton testify at trial of alleged attacker

EDMONTON - Paul Biegel was about to light a cigarette moments before he found himself lying on the ground with a broken vehicle mirror beside him. Biegel was in an alley outside a downtown Edmont...

Oct 11, 2019

Canada condemns Turkish military incursion in northern Syria as destabilizing

OTTAWA - Canada has joined its major allies on Wednesday in firmly condemning Turkey's military incursion into northern Syria. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland made Canad...

Oct 11, 2019

Alberta incorporates energy war room as Canadian Energy Centre, work starts soon

EDMONTON - Alberta's energy war room is now a legal entity with a new name, a new managing director and a plan to be running by Christmas. Energy Minister Sonya Savage said the Canadian Energy Centre ...

Oct 11, 2019

Syrian restaurant owners filing complaint about hate messages, Toronto cops say

TORONTO - A Toronto family who said it was forced to close their popular Syrian restaurant after receiving a series of hate messages and death threats has filed a complaint with ci...

Oct 11, 2019

Unemployment rate down after country adds 54,000 jobs in September, StatCan says

OTTAWA - Canada's unemployment rate nudged down to a near four-decade low last month as the economy added more jobs than analysts expected - dropping an economic figure into a tight electoral race, an...

Oct 11, 2019

Two women testify at Edmonton trial of man accused of hitting them with van

EDMONTON - A pedestrian who was struck by a speeding U-Haul van in downtown Edmonton says she woke up in hospital unable to understand language. Kim O'Hara has testified in court that was able to...

Oct 11, 2019

Class action seeks damages for sexual abuse of minors in N.L. institutions

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A class action lawsuit certified last month, alleges the government of Newfoundland and Labrador ignored sexual abuse suffered by children living in government-run in...

Oct 11, 2019

Canadian woman held in Iran after husband died now home safe: Freeland

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is confirming that a dual Iranian-Canadian citizen who has been denied permission to leave Iran is now safe at home in Canada. Freeland tweeted that...

Oct 11, 2019

Two-day bail hearing in RCMP secrets case set for next week

OTTAWA - An RCMP employee charged with breaching the official-secrets law will get a chance next week to argue he should be released on bail. A bail hearing is set for Oct. 17 and 18 for Cameron Jay O...

Oct 11, 2019