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Witness of B.C. Sikh leader's shooting says the gunshots sounded like fireworks

Witness of B.C. Sikh leader's shooting says the gunshots sounded like fireworks

VANCOUVER — The B.C. gurdwara where a Sikh separatist leader was gunned down has launched an investigation into how an American newspaper was able to view security camera footage of the June killing.
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What ever happened to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s most important relationship?

What ever happened to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s most important relationship?

OTTAWA — The first mandate letters Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave his cabinet ministers in 2015 said no relationship was more important to him, and to the country, than the one with Indigenous Peoples.
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Bank records show accused was in the same city on day a B.C. girl was killed

Bank records show accused was in the same city on day a B.C. girl was killed

VANCOUVER — A bank account registered toIbrahim Ali shows transactions in Burnaby, B.C., on July 18, 2017, the same day a 13-year-old was murdered in a city park, a senior investigator at Vancouver City Savings Credit Union testified Wednesday.
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Company at centre of E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares faces licensing charges

Company at centre of E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares faces licensing charges

CALGARY — The company that runs a commercial kitchen at the centre of an E. coli outbreak that infected hundreds at numerous Calgary daycares has been charged with operating without a business licence.
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Nearly a billion in wildfire costs helps to push B.C.'s projected deficit to $6.7B

Nearly a billion in wildfire costs helps to push B.C.'s projected deficit to $6.7B

VICTORIA — A record-high $966 million in wildfire spending and lower natural gas prices have combined to add $2.5 billion to British Columbia's projected deficit for this fiscal year, pushing that number to $6.7 billion.
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Justice minister says Liberal bail-reform bill will work, but says he can't say how

Justice minister says Liberal bail-reform bill will work, but says he can't say how

OTTAWA — Federal Justice Minister Arif Virani said Wednesday he is confident the Liberals' bail-reform package will have an impact and make the country safer, but he says he cannot measure what exactly that will be.
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Quebec coroner hears from grieving families; concern over gunman's medication change

Quebec coroner hears from grieving families; concern over gunman's medication change

MONTREAL — The older brother of a mentally ill man who killed three people at random during a 24-hour shooting spree in the Montreal area last year told a coroner Wednesday he questions why his medication regime had been changed before the killings.
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Military's key witness takes stand at court martial for Lt.-Gen. Whelan

Military's key witness takes stand at court martial for Lt.-Gen. Whelan

GATINEAU, Que. — The complainant in the court martial for Lt.-Gen.
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Witnesses at Peter Nygard's sexual-assault trial describe bedroom suite at Toronto HQ

Witnesses at Peter Nygard's sexual-assault trial describe bedroom suite at Toronto HQ

TORONTO — The Toronto office of Peter Nygard's clothing company housed a bedroom suite featuring a door built into a mirrored wall that could only be opened by a control panel, his sexual-assault trial heard Wednesday as witnesses detailed the layout
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Report says Alberta energy regulator followed rules in Kearl mine wastewater release

Report says Alberta energy regulator followed rules in Kearl mine wastewater release

EDMONTON — A third-party report into the release of millions of litres of oilsands wastewater at Imperial Oil's Kearl mine has found Alberta's energy regulator followed its rules in keeping the public and area First Nations informed — but concludes t
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