Canada

Police investigate after man, two children found dead in apparent murder suicide

Montreal police are investigating the discovery of the bodies of two children and their father as an apparent double murder followed by a suicide. Police say a woman phoned 911 just after 9 p.m. ...

Oct 23, 2019

Three charged in connection with protest outside PPC event in Hamilton

Three people have been charged in connection with a protest outside an event featuring People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier in Hamilton last month, including a man whose famil...

Oct 23, 2019

Oilsands carbon liability at centre of closely watched New York fraud lawsuit

Alberta's oilsands are at the centre of a closely watched court battle in New York today. The state's attorney general is accusing Exxon Mobil of misrepresenting the risks the operations face as gover...

Oct 23, 2019

'Not taking shots:' Defacer of Thunberg mural in Edmonton wanted voice heard

EDMONTON - A man says he defaced a mural of teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg because he wanted to take a stand peacefully and the artist who created it says he doesn't mind. James ...

Oct 23, 2019

Jody Wilson-Raybould should use social media to amplify her voice: experts

VANCOUVER - In the early years of Confederation, there were members of Parliament known as "loose fish," who floated free from parties but swam back and forth between allegiances. In 1945, a cohort of...

Oct 23, 2019

AFN calls minority Liberals to 'maintain momentum' on Indigenous issues

VANCOUVER - The leader of the Assembly of First Nations says the minority government elected Monday presents an opportunity to keep moving the needle on issues affecting Indigenous Peoples in Can...

Oct 23, 2019

Where Brexit meets Wexit and a lighthouse; In-The-News for Oct. 23

In-The-News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 23. What we are watching i...

Oct 23, 2019

Most Crown attorneys walking off the job in Nova Scotia over loss of arbitration

HALIFAX - Most of Nova Scotia's Crown attorneys are going on strike today, with the leader of the prosecutors' union predicting "chaos" in courtrooms across the province. Rick Woodburn,...

Oct 23, 2019

Federal parties in for long night as voting heads into final hours

OTTAWA - Federal parties could be in for a long and tense night as the clock ticks toward the first polls closing in Newfoundland and Labrador in a few hours before the rest of the country begins to f...

Oct 23, 2019

Remains of 7 Canadians killed in Ethiopian Airlines crash return home

TORONTO - A Toronto man saw a months-long wait draw to a bittersweet end on Tuesday as he returned to Canada with the bodies of two relatives who were killed in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines...

Oct 22, 2019