Canada

Wildfire crews watching for dangerous wind shift in High Level, Alta.

HIGH LEVEL, Alta. - Winds that helped prevent the flames of a ferocious wildfire from spreading into the northern Alberta town of High Level began to shift on Sunday, but officials remained ...

May 28, 2019

Closing arguments at Winnipeg trial for suspect in death of woman in barrel

WINNIPEG - Lawyers are to present their closing arguments today at the Winnipeg trial of a man accused of killing a woman whose body was found in a barrel. Perez Cleveland, who is 46, has pl...

May 28, 2019

Family of Quebec man imprisoned in Oman seeks Ottawa's help to bring him home

MONTREAL - The family of a Quebec man imprisoned in Oman is asking the Canadian government to help repatriate him before he is extradited to the United Arab Emirates on fraud charges. A...

May 27, 2019

Divorcing couple owned home involved in deadly Calgary blast: court documents

CALGARY - Documents show that a Calgary house where there was a deadly explosion over the weekend was owned by a couple going through a divorce. Police responded to reports of an explosion on Sat...

May 27, 2019

Montreal MNA calls out privileged politicians who collect big money for leaving office

MONTREAL - Privileged Quebec politicians shouldn't accept generous cheques from taxpayers when they quit politics or lose elections, says a recently departed member of the legislature. Amir ...

May 27, 2019

N.L. climber says crowding on Mount Everest is just one factor in death count

A climber from Newfoundland and Labrador who made it to the top of Mount Everest during a season marked by multiple deaths says he feels that crowding at the final ascent is just one am...

May 27, 2019

B.C. court hears officer ambushed, shot from behind by accused

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - An Alberta man "ambushed" a police officer moments after he got out of his vehicle, shooting him from behind and then standing over his unmoving body and shooting him again, a ...

May 27, 2019

Judge tosses evidence, acquits Saskatchewan lovers of plotting to kill spouses

PRINCE ALBERT, Alta. - A Saskatchewan judge has acquitted a man and a woman of conspiracy to murder their spouses. The judge entered the verdict after ruling that a key audio recording was i...

May 27, 2019

Liberals push forward with ratification of new NAFTA in House of Commons

OTTAWA - The federal government has moved forward in Parliament with the ratification of the new North American free-trade agreement as the legislative clock ticks towards a summer adjournment and fal...

May 27, 2019

Some tech giants sign onto Canada's declaration on electoral integrity

OTTAWA - Facebook and Microsoft have signed onto a declaration promising a dozen initiatives to protect the integrity of the Canadian election this fall - including removing phoney social-me...

May 27, 2019