Canada

Prison officials 'intervened' to stop Paul Bernardo from making public statement

OTTAWA - Newly released documents show that Correctional Service Canada stopped Paul Bernardo from having his lawyer make a statement to the media as controversy swirled around the notorious killer's ...

Oct 25, 2023

B.C. helicopter lands safely after being hit by lightning, Helijet says

VICTORIA - A commercial helicopter with 14 people on board landed safely in Victoria Tuesday after it was hit by lightning. Rick Hill, the vice-president of Helijet, says aircraft was at approximately...

Oct 24, 2023

Quebec anti-corruption police note proliferation of small-scale schemes

Quebec's anti-corruption police force says although the scandals that defined the province's construction industry in the last decade have subsided, corrupt activities have sprouted on a smaller scale...

Oct 24, 2023

Former N.W.T. priest sentenced for indecent assault on child in 1980s

FORT SIMPSON, N.W.T. - A former priest is beginning a two-year sentence after pleading guilty to indecent assault on a child in the 1980s. Camille Pich, now 85, was sentenced Monday in Fort Simpson, N...

Oct 24, 2023

Woman killed by husband had filed police complaint, Quebec coroner's inquest hears

MONTREAL - A Montreal woman killed along with her two young sons by her estranged husband in 2019 told police more than a year earlier that she had received death threats and believed her husband was ...

Oct 24, 2023

Montreal fire department carries out hundreds of inspections after deadly March blaze

Montreal's fire department says that since a fire in Old Montreal killed seven people in March, it has carried out 460 targeted inspections as part of a push to secure potentially hazardous buildings....

Oct 24, 2023

Freeland says feds will strike 'challenging' balance in fall budget update

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government's fall economic statement will focus on housing and affordability within a fiscally responsible framework. In an news conference today, ...

Oct 24, 2023

Province asks court to prevent feds from intervening on Highway 413, Ontario Place

TORONTO - Ontario is asking the courts to stop the federal government from using the impugned Impact Assessment Act to prevent the province from moving ahead with Highway 413 and Ontario Place constru...

Oct 24, 2023

Very 'clear rules' on undercover operations, former intel unit member tells jury

OTTAWA - A former employee of an RCMP intelligence unit says members would never directly contact targets of a criminal investigation. Dan Morris told the Ontario Superior Court trial of Cameron Jay O...

Oct 24, 2023

MPs want big tech held responsible for misinformation spread online by foreign actors

OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee is calling on Canada to hold tech giants accountable for publishing false or misleading information online, especially when it is spread by foreign actors. That was ...

Oct 24, 2023