Canada

Four bodies found in Markham, Ont., home; one man in custody

MARKHAM, Ont. - Police say one person is in custody after four bodies were found in a home north of Toronto on Sunday afternoon. York regional police did not say what charges the 20-year-old man ...

Jul 28, 2019

U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders joins group seeking cheaper insulin in Canada

U.S. presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said it's an "embarrassment" that Americans have to travel to Canada to buy cheaper medicine, pointing once again to Canada's health-care system as a...

Jul 28, 2019

B.C. murder suspect's father reveals details of troubled life in book

VANCOUVER - The father of a British Columbia murder suspect has written a book that sheds new light on his mental health, explains harassment convictions involving his ex-wife and provides greater ins...

Jul 28, 2019

Inquiry into Glen Assoun wrongful conviction should be led by Nova Scotia: Lametti

HALIFAX - The federal justice minister says he feels sorry for a man wrongfully convicted of murder, but he's leaving the decision about an inquiry into the rol...

Jul 28, 2019

Deadline coming: Scientists tell environment minister to speed up conservation

Some of North America's top conservation scientists have written to the federal government urging it to speed up land protection in Canada. The 32 scientists from 23 universities and other o...

Jul 28, 2019

Scientists in Gulf of St. Lawrence see four of seven right whale calves born this year

HALIFAX - A recent scientific trip in the Gulf of St. Lawrence made multiple sightings of endangered North Atlantic right whales, including four of the seven calves born last winter. Amy Knowlton, a l...

Jul 28, 2019

Liberals complain to elections commissioner about groups' co-ordination

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are asking the elections commissioner to look into what they allege is possible improper co-ordination between two conservative pressure groups, a claim the groups' spoke...

Jul 28, 2019

No winning ticket for Saturday night's $7 million Lotto 649 jackpot

TORONTO - There was no winning ticket for the $7 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. However, the draw's guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackpot for...

Jul 28, 2019

Via's case for major rail project better without Montreal-Quebec leg: internal doc

OTTAWA - Via Rail's business case for a multibillion-dollar high-frequency-rail project between Toronto and Quebec City would receive a boost if it ditched the stretch fr...

Jul 28, 2019

Police going door to door in northern Manitoba hunt for B.C. homicide suspects

GILLAM, Man. - More personnel and equipment are being poured into the gruelling hunt for two B.C. homicide suspects in the bug infested and bog strewn landscape surrounding the tiny nor...

Jul 28, 2019