Canada

Montreal billionaire Robert Miller arrested on sex charges involving 10 victims

MONTREAL - Montreal police say billionaire Robert Miller, founder of the company Future Electronics, has been charged with sex crimes involving 10 victims, many of whom were minors. Police told a news...

May 30, 2024

Court certifies flooding lawsuit against Abbotsford, B.C., as class action

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A judge has certified a class-action lawsuit alleging destruction in the November 2021 atmospheric river flooding in the Fraser Valley was magnified by improper operations of a pump...

May 30, 2024

Man charged with murder after knife fight that left three dead in Montreal

MONTREAL - Montreal police say they have identified the suspects directly involved in a triple murder last week, with one suspect appearing in court today and the other two confirmed among the dead. N...

May 30, 2024

Mélanie Joly 'forward-leaning' in debate on Ukraine using NATO arms inside Russia

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is suggesting Canada would support a policy of allowing Ukraine to use NATO-provided arms inside Russia. Joly says Canada is "forward-leaning on this ques...

May 30, 2024

Saskatchewan farmer who found space junk in field not alone; others discover debris

ITUNA, Sask. - A Saskatchewan man who found a giant piece of space junk on his farm says he is not alone. Barry Sawchuk says five more fragments of debris from high in the sky have been found by his n...

May 30, 2024

Pro-Palestinian protesters at UQAM agree to dismantle encampment, say demands met

MONTREAL - Pro-Palestinian protesters at Universit du Qubec Montral say they will dismantle their encampment by the end of next week after the university agreed to many of their demands. One of the ac...

May 30, 2024

Mountie transferred from Bella Bella, B.C., after complaints about Facebook posts

BELLA BELLA, B.C. - The leadership of a First Nation on British Columbia's central coast says an RCMP officer has been transferred after the community called for his removal from Bella Bella over soci...

May 30, 2024

Trudeau: Russia should be part of D-Day ceremony, despite egregious Ukraine invasion

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he supports France's decision to invite Russian officials to a D-Day commemoration, despite the invasion of Ukraine. Trudeau says Canada is in "extreme disa...

May 30, 2024

Supreme Court won't hear appeal in Montreal brainwashing experiments case

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not review a Quebec ruling that bars people from suing the U.S. government in Canada over its role in notorious brainwashing experiments at a Montreal psychia...

May 30, 2024

National task force not lowering age for routine breast cancer screening to 40

A national task force that provides guidance for primary health-care providers is not lowering the recommended breast cancer screening age to 40, despite urging from several cancer specialists, surgeo...

May 30, 2024