Canada

Missing and murdered Indigenous women's inquiry wages court fight for RCMP files

OTTAWA - The national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women is fighting in court for access to two RCMP files the national police force is refusing to hand over. The inquiry is ...

Apr 17, 2019

Fought to unite Alberta conservatives: Jason Kenney voted Alberta's new premier

Jason Kenney's fight is over. Let the fight begin. The 50-year-old United Conservative Party leader, known for saying he can't help but march to the sound of rhetorical gunfire, soundly defe...

Apr 16, 2019

Kenney's United Conservatives win majority in Alberta

9:01 p.m. MT The United Conservative Party under leader Jason Kenney has won a majority government in the Alberta election. --- 8:56 p.m. MT Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel has been defeated in th...

Apr 16, 2019

One dead, one hospitalized, man in custody after shooting in B.C. church

VANCOUVER - A 25-year-old man is in custody following a shooting at a church in Salmon Arm, B.C., that left one person dead and sent another in hospital Sunday morning. Salmon Arm RCMP...

Apr 16, 2019

Quebec's Beauce region hardest hit by springtime flooding, province on alert

BEAUCEVILLE, Que. - Quebec's Beauce region has so far been the hardest hit by spring flooding affecting many parts of the province, Public Security Minister Genevieve Guilbault said Tuesday. Warm...

Apr 16, 2019

B.C. father killed daughters, attempted suicide, Crown argues at start of trial

VANCOUVER - A Crown lawyer says a Vancouver Island father stabbed his young daughters dozens of times before attempting to kill himself on Christmas Day in 2017. Clare Jennings delivered her opening s...

Apr 16, 2019

N.L. Liberals deliver optimistic budget with provincial election looming

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador tabled an optimistic election-year budget Tuesday, taking stock of economic improvements since the provincial Liberals took office and resisting any tax hi...

Apr 16, 2019

Recipient in rare paired living liver donation thanks "angel" donor

TORONTO - One of the recipients of what's believed to be North America's first paired living liver donation is calling the stranger who saved his life "an angel." Fifty-four-year-old Muhammad Khan of ...

Apr 16, 2019

Canada Post forecasts continuing sector losses despite booming parcel deliveries

OTTAWA - Canada Post says it will struggle to make a profit in coming years despite booming parcel delivery because of a continuing decline in letter mail, higher employee costs and billions in capita...

Apr 16, 2019

Mark Norman's lawyers target government over solicitor-client privilege claims

OTTAWA - Lawyers for Vice-Admiral Mark Norman and the federal government are back in court fighting over dozens of documents, including memos to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from the country's top bu...

Apr 16, 2019