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Mendicino offers no answers on why he, PM were among last to know of Bernardo move

Mendicino offers no answers on why he, PM were among last to know of Bernardo move

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino's office said Thursday that it was informed about Paul Bernardo's pending prison transfer at several key junctures leading up to the move.
Reaction to highway crash that killed 15 in Manitoba

Reaction to highway crash that killed 15 in Manitoba

CARBERRY, Man. — RCMP say 15 people are dead and 10 are in hospital after a bus carrying people from Dauphin, Man., many of them seniors, collided with a semi truck.
Evacuation orders lifted in B.C. and Alberta towns as wildfires recede

Evacuation orders lifted in B.C. and Alberta towns as wildfires recede

Tumbler Ridge resident Joline Couture feared the worst last week when she prepared to pack up and leave under an evacuation order as wildfires loomed outside the small community in British Columbia's northeast.
Senate passes long-delayed bill aimed at unblocking Canadian aid in Afghanistan

Senate passes long-delayed bill aimed at unblocking Canadian aid in Afghanistan

OTTAWA — The Senate has passed a bill intended to unblock Canadian aid in Afghanistan without amendment.
Liberals table 'sustainable jobs' bill to back up pledge to help workers transition

Liberals table 'sustainable jobs' bill to back up pledge to help workers transition

OTTAWA — The fact Liberals are tabling new legislation to force the federal government to create and protect jobs is a recognition that the shift to a clean-energy economy is already happening, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Thurs
Four found dead in Prince Rupert, B.C., home; police say deaths considered homicide

Four found dead in Prince Rupert, B.C., home; police say deaths considered homicide

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. — A large police presence remains at a home in the northwest British Columbia city of Prince Rupert where four people were found dead.
Ottawa confirms land expropriations for rail bypass after Lac-Mégantic tragedy

Ottawa confirms land expropriations for rail bypass after Lac-Mégantic tragedy

MONTREAL — Residents who will lose land after the federal government expropriates properties in and around Lac-Mégantic, Que., for rail bypass say they are mulling a legal challenge.
Quebec to exhume remains of Innu boys whose families have questions about 1970 deaths

Quebec to exhume remains of Innu boys whose families have questions about 1970 deaths

MONTREAL — For more than 50 years, two Innu families have been haunted by the question of whether their children actually died in a Quebec hospital and whether the coffins they were given really contained their child's remains.
'Vindication': Appeal court reinstates justice of the peace who critiqued bail system

'Vindication': Appeal court reinstates justice of the peace who critiqued bail system

OTTAWA — Justice of the peace Julie Lauzon will return to the bench following an Ontario Court of Appeal ruling in her favour, which found the punishment she received for writing a 2016 column criticizing Canada's bail system was unjust.
Bill that would force Meta, Google to bargain with publishers closer to becoming law

Bill that would force Meta, Google to bargain with publishers closer to becoming law

OTTAWA — A bill aimed at getting tech giants such as Meta and Google to pay publishers for news that appears on their platforms is one step closer to becoming law.