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Yukon voters will head to the polls on April 12
Yukon Liberal Leader Sandy Silver ended weeks of speculation Friday, announcing he’s asked Commissioner Angelique Bernard to dissolve the Legislative Assembly, setting an...
Provinces, territories are owed more than $1.3B in unpaid fines, investigation shows
More than 12 years after a propane explosion in Toronto killed two people, levelled large parts of a neighbourhood and sent thousands running from...
Commanding officers interfered in sexual assault investigations, retired military police officer says
A former military police officer says he faced commanding officers who interfered in his sexual assault cases and prosecutors who were reluctant to...
Canada and New Zealand both have hot housing markets, but only 1 has plan to cool things down
The idea that Canadian residential real estate prices are rising at an unsustainable pace is no longer just a subject for Twitter rants...
Botched no-knock raids prompt calls to limit police tactic
Police forces across Canada are conducting hundreds of no-knock raids each year to execute search warrants despite growing concern about the trampling of...
COVID-era school design takes lessons from Indigenous educators
A Saskatoon-based architect is already applying lessons learnt from the pandemic to the schools he is designing, and said the First Nations clients...
St. John’s firefighters grounded, as helicopter rescue team remains in ‘holding pattern’
The helicopter rescue team normally called in to pluck wayward wanderers from cliffs and transport injured hikers from remote inaccessible locations around St....
Hamilton officer found guilty after journalist arrests resigns, avoiding penalty
Hamilton police Const. Jeff Todoruk — who was found guilty of several charges after arresting two photojournalists in Waterdown in May 2017 —...
‘It’s not their fault’: Nunavut students who act violently let down by lack of counselling, educators say
This is Part 2 of a three-part series on violence in Nunavut’s schools. Teachers getting books thrown at their heads, punched in the...
In the shadow of her killer’s verdict, Cindy Gladue’s family wants to reclaim her humanity
Donna McLeod held her great-grandson Dayton by a firepit crackling flames in an Edmonton backyard last week and spoke about a dream she...
N.S. gunman’s spouse feared killing started while looking for her, documents say
The partner of a man who killed 22 people in Nova Scotia last April confided in a friend that she feared the gunman had...
‘My car’s on fire’: Drivers fear for their safety as years-long recall rollout drags on
Hyundai and Kia drivers say they fear getting behind the wheel of their own cars — with the risk of engine fires and...
Help for dying woman was 2 minutes away, but took 80 minutes to arrive
A grieving Nova Scotia husband wants to know why it took 80 minutes for help to come as his wife lay dying in...
‘Meant to be’: How this WW II veteran cheated death 4 times to find love
Reg Harrison slides his leather wallet out of his pocket and removes a weathered black-and-white photo of a beautiful woman. “I’ve been carrying...
Special Forces pulls new pistols from service after soldier injured in misfire
A member of Canada’s elite special forces counterterrorism unit was wounded last fall when a newly-purchased handgun, with a history of misfires and...
