Canada

Alberta RCMP say no charges after voter fraud probe into 2017 UCP leadership race

EDMONTON - Alberta RCMP say there will be no charges following a probe into potential voter identity fraud in the 2017 United Conservative Party leadership race that saw former premier Jason Kenney el...

Sheldon Spackman Mar 8, 2024

Manitoba government urged to keep promise to search of landfill for women's remains

WINNIPEG - The families of two slain First Nations women are continuing to press the Manitoba government to search a landfill for their remains. The families, along with supporters and Indigenous lead...

Mar 8, 2024

More local politicians in Quebec report facing harassment, intimidation: survey

MONTREAL - A survey of hundreds of elected municipal officials across Quebec shows a rise in the last decade in the percentage of politicians who report facing harassment and intimidation. Thirty-nine...

Mar 8, 2024

Supreme Court of Canada affirms appeal review standards, rejects novel approach

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed the standards that appeal courts have long used to review trial judgments, saying they promote the fair assessment of testimony. In a ruling today in ...

Mar 8, 2024

'Daylight saving time confuses me:' Canadians prepare to adjust clocks

SASKATOON - The general manager of a movie theatre in Saskatchewan says it'll be an extra early Oscars watch party this weekend as the award show airs after most Canadians wind their clocks ahead an h...

Sheldon Spackman Mar 8, 2024

Canada sanctions Iranians accused of violently repressing women and girls

OTTAWA - The Canadian government is imposing new sanctions on two Iranians it accuses of participating in the violent repression of women and girls in Iran. Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is mak...

Mar 8, 2024

In the news today: Vigil for slain Ontario family held, and February jobs numbers due

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Ottawa residents remember family slain in mass stabbing, hold vigil Residents i...

Mar 8, 2024

Ottawa residents remember family slain in mass stabbing, hold vigil

OTTAWA - Residents in Ottawa are still reeling after a mass stabbing that killed a mother, her four young children and a family friend. On Thursday evening, neighbours and community members gathered i...

Mar 8, 2024

Victims of Ottawa mass stabbing threw birthday party for alleged killer just days ago

OTTAWA - A family slain in a stabbing spree at an Ottawa home late Wednesday threw a birthday party for their alleged killer just days ago, says a religious leader who knew them. The father who surviv...

Mar 7, 2024

B.C. health authority warns of possible privacy breach after police recover documents

VERNON, B.C. - An RCMP investigation has revealed a possible privacy breach for thousands of employees who worked or work at a health authority in British Columbia's Interior. Interior Health says pol...

Mar 7, 2024