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Quebec girl, 9, dies after snow fort collapses behind residence
SAINT-UBALDE, Que. - A nine-year-old girl has died after a snow fort collapsed in a forest behind a rural Quebec home. The young victim was building a fort with another girl, 7, when it collapsed on t...
Mar 27, 2023
Canada sanctions more Iran guard corps members, police after Toronto rally criticism
Ottawa is adding more Iranian individuals and companies to its sanctions list after the government faced heavy criticism at a diaspora event this weekend. The new sanctions apply to eight people, as w...
Mar 27, 2023
Zelenskyy meets with UN atomic agency chief in Ukraine
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with U.N. atomic energy chief Rafael Mariano Grossi in Ukraine. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's earlier story follows ...
Mar 27, 2023
Israeli embassy in Canada joins strike against Netanyahu's judicial overhaul
OTTAWA - Israeli diplomats in Canada have joined a strike against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to overhaul the country's judiciary. Israeli Embassy spokesman Eli Lipshitz confirmed that th...
Mar 27, 2023
UN-backed probe cites crimes against humanity in Libya
GENEVA (AP) - U.N.-backed human rights experts said on Monday there is evidence that crimes against humanity - including sexual slavery - have been committed against Libyans and migrants in the North ...
Mar 27, 2023
Court update: Sentence in murder case, trial date in sexual assault, and guilty plea after drugs and weapons seizure
Second accused in murder case given jail timeAlberta Justice says one of the people charged after the 2020 murder of a Clairmont man has been given jail time.Melissa Aletha Healey was handed a two-yea...
Mar 27, 2023
In The News for March 27 : A final goodbye to two fallen Edmonton police officers
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 27 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Mar 27, 2023
Funeral for two Edmonton police officers shot and killed responding to family dispute
EDMONTON - A regimental funeral is set to be held today for two Edmonton police officers who were shot and killed by a 16-year-old boy. Police say a 2 1/2-kilometre procession from the Alberta legisla...
Mar 27, 2023
Sask. judge to decide on bail for sisters who say they were wrongfully convicted
YORKTON, Sask. - A Saskatchewan judge is set to deliver his decision on whether to give bail to two sisters who have spent nearly 30 years in prison for what they say are wrongful murder convictions. ...
Mar 27, 2023
Canada argues court misconstrued Charter in directing feds to bring men in Syria home
OTTAWA - The Canadian government says a federal judge misinterpreted the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in directing officials to secure the release of four men from detention in northeastern Syria. G...
Mar 27, 2023