Canada

1 dead, four injured in Quebec’s Outaouais region after car swerves into guardrails

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say a collision in the province's Outaouais region this morning has left a 22-year-old man dead and four others seriously injured. They say emergency services were ...

May 25, 2024

'Crime of vengeance': Saskatchewan RCMP say witnesses key to solving brutal slaying

Mounties suspected Tiki Laverdiere was dead before her burned, bludgeoned body was found wrapped in a carpet under rocks in a Saskatchewan pond in the summer of 2019. She was a 25-year-old mother of t...

May 25, 2024

Private property or public space? Encampments spark debate over campus status

MONTREAL - After four weeks that have featured torrential downpours, blistering heat and two failed legal bids to have them removed, pro-Palestinian protesters remain encamped on McGill University's d...

May 25, 2024

Border intelligence program needs improved training, analytical tools: evaluation

OTTAWA - Better training and information-processing tools are needed to help the intelligence program at Canada's border agency fight everything from firearms smuggling to human trafficking, says an i...

May 25, 2024

RCMP officer's social media posts prompt calls for suspension from First Nation chief

BELLA BELLA, B.C. - A British Columbia First Nation is calling for the suspension and removal of an RCMP officer from Bella Bella over social media posts he made before joining the Mounties. Heiltsuk ...

May 24, 2024

Mayor says Fort Nelson, B.C., evacuation order 'very close' to being lifted

The mayor of the northeast British Columbia municipality where thousands have been evacuated due to wildfires says officials are "very close" to letting residents go home before next Tuesday. Northern...

May 24, 2024

Police watchdog investigates RCMP over threats against B.C. woman, later found dead

SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's police watchdog has launched an investigation into the RCMP's handling of alleged threats made five months ago against Tatjana Stefanski, who disappeared from her hom...

May 24, 2024

B.C. sex offender Randall Hopley gets another 18 months in jail after going on run

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia judge has ordered convicted sex offender Randall Hopley to spend another 18 months in jail after he pleaded guilty to breaching the conditions of his long-term supervisi...

May 24, 2024

UN experts warn Canada lacks proper oversight, safeguards for people behind bars

OTTAWA - A panel of United Nations experts say Canada is failing to ensure equitable justice, citing trial delays and problems with initiatives meant to lower the rate of Indigenous people behind bars...

May 24, 2024

House of Commons committee recommends feds tackle 'excessive' profits in food sector

The House of Commons committee studying food prices recommends that the federal government consider policies to tackle "excessive net profits" in the food industry. In a report, the committee detailed...

May 24, 2024