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Water cannons aimed at container ship that has been burning for five days
HALIFAX - Two big tugs are making progress fighting a stubborn fire aboard a container ship that has been burning off Canada's east coast for five days, a spokesman for the German shipp...
Jan 09, 2019
'That's all I needed to hear:' Truck driver in Broncos crash pleads guilty
MELFORT, Sask. - Scott Thomas was sitting nearby in the courtroom Tuesday when a truck driver pleaded guilty to every charge against him in a highway crash that killed 16 people on a ju...
Jan 09, 2019
Donation bin-related deaths prompt manufacturer to stop production
TORONTO - The manufacturer of clothing donation bins used by charities across Canada said Tuesday it has stopped producing the metal containers, which were involved in at least two recent deaths, ...
Jan 09, 2019
Observers raise concerns about RCMP tactical unit used in B.C. pipeline arrests
The use of heavily armed RCMP officers to enforce a court injunction and breach an Indigenous blockade along a remote northern British Columbia logging road Monday was unnecessary given the circumstan...
Jan 09, 2019
Plaintiff in assisted-death case says he wants an end to suffering
MONTREAL - Afflicted with an incurable degenerative condition, Jean Truchon says he considered all possibilities to end his life, including starvation, drowning and a lethal overdose. He ruled them ou...
Jan 09, 2019
Protests and marches sparked by RCMP arrest at B.C. pipeline protest camp
The arrest of 14 people at an Indigenous blockade in a remote area of northern British Columbia became a flash point Tuesday that sparked protests across the country. Protest...
Jan 09, 2019
Liberals told to rethink child care policy to claim to be 'feminist government'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's efforts to run a feminist government should take an extra step to create a universal daycare system, and prevent the funding from being lost in ...
Jan 09, 2019
High-profile death of cousin sparked slain woman's meth use: trial
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg court has heard a woman started using methamphetamine after her teenage cousin's body was found in the Red River before she herself was killed in what the Crown says&nb...
Jan 09, 2019
Disappointment emerges as Canada's Mali mission nears halfway mark
OTTAWA - Nearly halfway through Canada's 12-month mission in Mali, questions and disappointment are emerging over what some experts see as the Trudeau government's lack of interest in the country -&nb...
Jan 09, 2019
Pipeline protesters delay Trudeau speech to First Nations with drums, chants
OTTAWA - Dozens of pipeline protesters delayed an appearance by the prime minister in Ottawa on Tuesday afternoon, drumming and chanting in a government building where Justin Trude...
Jan 09, 2019
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