Canada

Impact will 'reverberate across Canada for years to come': Judge who sentenced Sidhu to 8 years

It's been nearly one year since the deadly Humboldt Broncos crash, and the court proceedings have now concluded with an eight-year prison sentence for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu.Judge Inez Cardinal handed d...

Mar 22, 2019 Jaskirat Singh Sidhu will spend the next 8 years in jail for causing the Humboldt Broncos bus collision in April. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

Steering problem forces authorities to pull more than 600 Quebec buses off the road

MONTREAL - Quebec public transit corporations had to pull more than 600 buses off the road today after the manufacturer detected a technical problem. Nova Bus of St-Eustache, Que., orde...

Mar 22, 2019

Truck driver in fatal Humboldt Broncos bus crash to be sentenced

MELFORT, Sask. - A truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos crash is to be sentenced in a Saskatchewan courtroom today. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu of Calgary pleaded guilty earlier...

Mar 22, 2019

Montreal to remove crucifix from council chamber and place it in museum

MONTREAL - The City of Montreal announced Wednesday it will take down the crucifix that has hung in its council chamber for more than 80 years and move it to a ...

Mar 22, 2019

Speaker relegates Parti Quebecois to 4th-place status in Quebec legislature

QUEBEC - The struggling Parti Quebecois has suffered another setback with a decision by the Speaker relegating it to fourth place in the provincial legislature. Francois Paradis ruled W...

Mar 22, 2019

Father of seven children who were killed in Halifax house fire remains in coma

HALIFAX - The father of seven children killed in a ferocious fire remains in a coma, a month after flames engulfed their Halifax home. Muslim community leaders say Ebraheim Barho has undergone multipl...

Mar 22, 2019

Budget answers long-standing calls for federal strategy on dementia

OTTAWA - Health advocacy groups and MPs are cheering the Liberal government's proposal to spend $50 million over five years to support a national dementia strategy that's to b...

Mar 22, 2019

Extra project cash for cities needed to end-run laggard provinces, Morneau says

OTTAWA - A one-time $2.2-billion windfall in the federal budget to help Canadian cities improve roads, bridges, highways and water systems won't become an annual tradition, Finance...

Mar 22, 2019

NewsAlert: Wilson-Raybould to reveal more details on SNC-Lavalin affair

OTTAWA - Jody Wilson-Raybould plans to reveal more - in writing - about her accusation that she faced improper pressure to prevent the criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin. The former at...

Mar 22, 2019

Hungry wolves may get new home at Isle Royale National Park

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - A U.S.-Canadian team is preparing for another mission to relocate grey wolves to Isle Royale National Park in Michigan from a second Lake Superior island, where the predato...

Mar 22, 2019