Canada

Review board hears mass killer takes medication, should have trips into Edmonton

EDMONTON - A review panel has reserved its decision on what privileges it may allow a man found not criminally responsible for killing five young people at a Calgary house party while suffering s...

Sep 19, 2019

Even the sparrows: Extensive new study finds three-billion-bird decline

An extensive study of hundreds of bird species across decades worth of data has for the first time estimated how badly numbers of even the most common birds have shrunk. The paper, published Thursday ...

Sep 19, 2019

Naked B.C. man who jumped in Toronto shark tank pleads guilty to mischief

TORONTO - A British Columbia man accused of stripping naked and jumping into a shark tank at a Toronto aquarium has pleaded guilty to mischief. David Weaver, of Nelson, B.C., was arrested an...

Sep 19, 2019

Freedom of expression or personal attack? Nurse appeals fine for Facebook post

REGINA - Saskatchewan's highest court is to decide what's next for a registered nurse who was fined $26,000 for criticizing her grandfather's care on Facebook. Carolyn Strom from Prince Albe...

Sep 19, 2019

Four Mounties sue attorney general over 2014 Moncton shootings

MONCTON, N.B. - Four RCMP officers who responded to the 2014 shootings in Moncton, N.B., that claimed the lives of three of their colleagues are suing the attorney general of Canada for negl...

Sep 19, 2019

Appeal court rules 3-2 in favour of law that slashed Toronto city council

TORONTO - Ontario's top court says a provincial law that slashed the size of Toronto's city council nearly in half last year is constitutional. In a split decision, the Ontario court of appe...

Sep 19, 2019

RCMP commissioner says info in FBI probe led to arrest of intelligence director

OTTAWA - An RCMP employee charged with trying to disclose secret information was discovered after a joint probe with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation pointed to a mole in the force, top M...

Sep 19, 2019

Quebec Provincial Police question 17 people about Desjardins data breach

MONTREAL - Quebec Provincial Police have questioned 17 people of interest and conducted property searches relating to the breach of personal information of 2.9 million Desjardins Group membe...

Sep 19, 2019

Man who pleaded guilty in killing of unborn child wants to withdraw plea

MONTREAL - A Montreal man who pleaded guilty just 12 days ago to fatally stabbing his unborn child told a Quebec Superior Court justice on Tuesday that he now wants to withdraw his plea. Tha...

Sep 19, 2019

Federal government posts $14B shortfall in 2018-19

OTTAWA - The federal government ran a $14-billion deficit in 2018-19, according to its latest annual financial report, the third year in a row with a shortfall bigger than $10 billion. The&n...

Sep 19, 2019