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WARNING: This story contains distressing details.Alberta's top court has dismissed a Crown appeal of the sentence handed to an Ontario truck driver convicted in the 2011 death of a woman found in an Edmonton hotel bathtub.   Cindy Gladue, a…

Two Nova Scotia women forced to pay for out-of-country surgeries to treat debilitating medical conditions have won their legal challenges, with a judge criticizing the mishandling of their cases and ruling the province's Department of…

Maureen Anderson lost both her sons to their overseas service in the Canadian Army, even if they died years later and a continent away from the hot dust and violence of the Afghanistan war.Growing up, Ron Anderson was more serious, "a…

EntertainmentRandy Bachman is taking Bachman-Turner Overdrive on the road — minus Fred Turner. Bachman announced plans for the Back In Overdrive Tour 2025 on Friday, more than a year after he revealed he was reviving the "Takin' Care of…

Ontario's transportation minister says bike lanes on three major Toronto streets could be removed entirely, not just in sections, under a proposed regulation.The Progressive Conservative government tabled a bill last week that would require…

The Ontario government proposed new penalties around fraudulent vehicle identification numbers (VINs) on Friday — including a fine of up to $100,000 and six months in jail if convicted — on the same day Toronto police said they've laid…

The mayor of a northern B.C. municipality says he's found a new job in Saskatchewan — but he still intends to keep his mayoral role and make regular 2,600-kilometre round trips to fulfil his duties.Fort Nelson and Northern Rockies Regional…

Collins Dictionary has declared "brat" — the album title that became a summer-living ideal — its 2024 word of the year.The word, used by singer Charli XCX as the title of her sixth studio album, has been defined as "characterized by a…

Serums that promise firm skin. Powders that claim to eliminate night sweats. From skin care to supplements to special snacks, menopause may be a new gold rush in the wellness industry.Perimenopause and menopause affect the estimated 10…

Ports in British Columbia are waking up to the possibility of another provincewide labour disruption as employers say they will lock out members of the union representing more than 700 foremen after it served a strike notice.The B.C.…

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has issued an order to establish a buffer zone around Vancouver's biggest Sikh temple this Saturday to prevent anticipated confrontations between protesters and Indian consulate officials.Leaders of the Ross…

Scientists have discovered the oldest-known fossil of a giant tadpole that wriggled around over 160 million years ago, among the dinosaurs of the Jurassic Period.The new fossil, found in Argentina, surpasses the previous ancient record…

With the U.S. election less than a week away, Karen Routledge's phone keeps ringing with clients wondering what will happen to their investments after Tuesday.The Calgary investment adviser hears wide-ranging concerns about the impact of…

One look inside the car and it's obvious someone has been living in it.There are shirts on hangers dangling from the passenger-side window hook. In the back seat, there's a blanket, a pillow and an eye mask.The vehicle has been home to an…

Myriam Estrella was excited to take her partner to a Montreal Canadiens game in her hometown on Tuesday night. But when she checked her account, her tickets were gone.The tickets had been claimed by someone else — an account she didn't…

There appears to be only one person in the musical Emilia Pérez who knows the kind of inconsistent movie they're making. That would not be Zoe Saldaña, here playing Rita Moro Castro: a disaffected defence lawyer who starts off criticizing…

WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it.Women are taught to run in groups, run in daylight and change up their routes often, in case someone is watching them.They can…

The day before Ripudaman Singh Malik was murdered in July 2022, a pair of hired hit men showed up at his B.C. business, "scoping out the scene" for several minutes before driving away. The next morning, Tanner Fox and Jose Lopez appeared…

The union representing foremen at British Columbia ports has issued 72 hours strike notice, according to the association representing its employers.  The B.C. Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) said Thursday that if the International…

Police say they have arrested one man and are searching for another as part of their investigation into a shooting at the Vancouver Island home of popular singer and music producer AP Dhillon earlier this year.RCMP say that on Oct. 30,…

There are hundreds of thousands of voting-age U.S. citizens living on this side of the border who are able to cast ballots in Tuesday's presidential election.But an arm of the Democratic party is urging them to consider using a private…

Thirteen Ontario city mayors are asking Premier Doug Ford to use the notwithstanding clause to override a court decision preventing municipalities from clearing homeless encampments if their shelters are full.In the letter dated Thursday,…

For most of Dean Morgan's 67-year life, he wasn't able to drink clean water in his home."It's just like a real slime…. It was like what they called beaver fever water."Sometimes, he would go to the creek near his home on IR #1 of St'uxwtéws…

The Alberta government introduced bills Thursday to prohibit minors from receiving certain types of gender-affirming care, require parents be notified when a child wants to use a different name or pronoun in the classroom, and also require…

Displacement has affected the majority of Palestinians in Gaza living through the year-long war between Israel and Hamas. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Center, an international non-governmental organization, set the number of…

John Little, the artist whose brush captured the grit and charm of Montreal's working-class neighbourhoods and the people who lived there, has died.Little, who was 96, died in his sleep on Monday night.In interviews, two of his close…

The fractured Métis National Council (MNC) delayed its presidential election for the second time in about a month on Thursday, after the council's British Columbia affiliate walked out and refused to take part in the vote.The Métis Nation…

RCMP in B.C. say they have taken down "the largest, most sophisticated drug superlab in Canada."The police force says federal investigators focused on combating illicit drug production in Canada busted the lab, which is believed to be run…

A U.S. senator is raising concerns that TB Bank Group executives did not face charges as part of the bank's settlement over its failure to detect large-scale money laundering.Sen. Elizabeth Warren said in a letter to the U.S. attorney…

Social media marketing of fast food, soft drinks, chocolate and other snacks contribute to "normalizing" unhealthy eating, say Canadian researchers calling for policies to protect children and teens.Social media is emerging as a top source…