Canada

Mentally ill killer of five people in Calgary can be eased into community: board

EDMONTON - A review board has ruled that a mentally ill man found not criminally responsible after killing five young people at a house party can be eased back into the community under strict con...

Oct 03, 2019

Police investigating lawn sign showing target on foreheads of Trudeau, Sohi

Edmonton police say an election lawn sign depicting a target on the foreheads of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and local candidate Amarjeet Sohi is being investigated by their hate crime unit. A photo...

Oct 03, 2019

Edmonton police officer testifies about the night he was run down, stabbed

EDMONTON - An Edmonton police officer who was run down by a car before being stabbed in the street broke down in tears as he told a jury about the 2017 attack. Const. Mike Chernyk descr...

Oct 03, 2019

Alberta justice minister pushes for changes after killer allowed more freedom

CALGARY - Alberta's justice minister says he'll be pushing for changes after a review board ruled a schizophrenic man who killed five young people in Calgary can be eased back into the community....

Oct 03, 2019

Quebec won't appeal ruling that struck down assisted death provision

QUEBEC - The Quebec government says it won't appeal a court ruling striking down sections of the provincial law on medically assisted dying deemed unconstitutional. In a decision rendered la...

Oct 03, 2019

Prosecutor urges judge to find ex-hostage Joshua Boyle guilty of assaulting wife

OTTAWA - A Crown attorney is urging a judge to find former hostage Joshua Boyle guilty of assaulting his wife Caitlan Coleman, saying he used a calculated mixture of kindness and cruelty to ensna...

Oct 03, 2019

Border officers mistakenly gave Meng Wanzhou's phone passcodes to RCMP: Crown

VANCOUVER - Canadian border guards mistakenly gave the RCMP passcodes to electronic devices belonging to Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou, a Crown prosecutor said Tuesday. Officers with the ...

Oct 03, 2019

RCMP gave FBI serial numbers, other details about Meng Wanzhou's phones: defence

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou says the RCMP illegally passed on serial numbers and other crucial identifying details of her cellphones, laptop and tablet to the F...

Oct 03, 2019

Ex-hostage Boyle's testimony at assault trial was evasive, self-serving: Crown

OTTAWA - Former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle has woven a fictional, self-serving narrative to disguise the fact he demeaned, subjugated and assaulted his wife Caitlan Coleman, a Crown attorney&nbs...

Oct 03, 2019

Roger Taillibert, designer of Montreal's Olympic Stadium, dead at 93

MONTREAL - Roger Taillibert, the architect who designed Montreal's Olympic Stadium, has died at the age of 93. The renowned French architect also created the Parc des Princes stadium in Pari...

Oct 03, 2019