Canada

Renovations to Montreal's famed Olympic Stadium just got more complicated

MONTREAL - Repairs to the roof of Montreal's problem-plagued Olympic Stadium have become significantly more complicated. The agency in charge of the landmark sports complex that hosted the 1976 Olympi...

Jul 27, 2023

Man arrested in cold case of woman found in Ontario 'dumped her body' in river: docs

A man charged with murdering a woman who was found dead in eastern Ontario decades ago told police investigating the cold case that he dumped her body in a river, U.S. court documents show. The detail...

Jul 27, 2023

Montreal man, 27, who allegedly stabbed police officer charged with attempted murder

MONTREAL - A 27-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed a Montreal police officer Wednesday. Quebec prosecutors say Menachem Benaroch appeared in a Montreal cour...

Jul 27, 2023

Sammy Yatim's mother continues fight for justice 10 years after son's death

TORONTO - Ten years after her son was fatally shot on an empty Toronto streetcar, Sammy Yatim's mother said she's still fighting for justice. Eighteen-year-old Yatim was shot multiple times by Const. ...

Jul 27, 2023

Public Safety department says Liberal law did not factor into Bernardo's transfer

OTTAWA - The federal Public Safety department says Paul Bernardo would have been transferred to a medium-security prison even if the previous version of the corrections law was still been in place. Co...

Jul 27, 2023

CP NewsAlert: First victim of N.S. floods identified as member of local rock band

HALIFAX - A man who died during a torrential rainstorm last weekend in rural Nova Scotia has been identified as Nicholas Anthony Holland. Holland was one of four people, including two small children, ...

Jul 27, 2023

Sign outside Quebec Ukrainian summer camp vandalized with pro-Russian graffiti

CHERTSEY, Que. - Officials who run a summer camp north of Montreal for Ukrainian children say one of its signs has been vandalized with pro-Russian graffiti. A photo shows the Camp Ste-Sophie sign van...

Jul 27, 2023

Pat Carney, former MP, senator, remembered as kind, 'wise leader'

VANCOUVER - Pat Carney is being remembered as a life force and a woman who got things done. The former member of Parliament, senator and trailblazer died Tuesday at the age of 88. Former Conservative ...

Jul 27, 2023

Aging infrastructure struggling to keep up with storms, wildfires, changing climate

FREDERICTON - The torrential rain that washed out roads, bridges and a key rail link in Nova Scotia on the weekend is is being described as another sign that engineers cannot rely on past weather patt...

Jul 27, 2023

Accused in Ottawa east-end explosion expected to plead guilty next month

OTTAWA - The man charged with causing an explosion that destroyed several new homes in Ottawa earlier this year is expected to plead guilty next month. Kody Troy Crosby, 35, is scheduled to appear in ...

Jul 27, 2023