Canada

Bill Vigars, campaign manager for Terry Fox Marathon of Hope, dies at 78

WHITE ROCK, B.C. - Bill Vigars, who led the promotion of Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope in 1980, has died at the age of 78. His wife, Sherry MacDonald, confirmed the news in an interview, saying Vigars ...

Oct 12, 2024

Eby says no place for violence in politics as RCMP probe Campbell River bomb threat

LANGLEY, B.C. - New Democrat Leader David Eby says violence should have no place in politics after a party campaign office in Campbell River was evacuated following a bomb threat. Eby, who was campaig...

Oct 12, 2024

Bullet fired, window smashed at Jewish school in Toronto's north end: police

TORONTO - Police say they are investigating after a bullet was fired at a Jewish girls' school in Toronto's north end. Toronto Police Service says the shooting targeted Bais Chaya Mushka elementary sc...

Oct 12, 2024

2 men charged with second-degree murder, arson after Old Montreal fire killed 2

MONTREAL - Two men have been charged with second-degree murder and arson after a fire erupted in an Old Montreal building, killing a mother and daughter from France. Justin Fortier-Trahan, 20, and Juv...

Oct 12, 2024

Trade minister says she is 'disappointed by report of caucus revolt to oust Trudeau

OTTAWA - Trade Minister Mary Ng says she has full confidence in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as word began to spread late Friday about a growing revolt against his leadership within the Liberal cauc...

Oct 11, 2024

Vet tranquillizer increases overdose deaths in Yukon, health minister says

WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government says its coroner's service is investigating six suspected toxic drug deaths between Sept. 23 and Oct. 4. A statement from the health minister says four of the deaths ...

Oct 11, 2024

Mercury found in water near Yukon mine disaster, Yukon government says

WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government says mercury levels that "exceeded the water quality objective" were found in a creek near the site where a mine's ore containment facility failed, causing a torrent ...

Oct 11, 2024

Four-metre-long Great White Shark washes up on B.C. beach

A four-metre-long Great White Shark has washed up on a British Columbia beach. The Fisheries Department says their scientists confirmed the species by analyzing its tooth shape and the shape of its ta...

Oct 11, 2024

Report clearing Vancouver police in Myles Gray beating death 'flawed,' lawyer says

VANCOUVER - The lawyer for the family of a man beaten to death by Vancouver police says a disciplinary report clearing the officers of wrongdoing was flawed and didn't consider key evidence. Ian Donal...

Oct 11, 2024

Report says at least 55 children died or disappeared at B.C. residential school

A British Columbia First Nation says at least 55 children died or disappeared while attending a residential school near Williams Lake, more than triple the number recorded for the institution in the N...

Oct 11, 2024