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U.S. takes 2-0 lead in women's hockey Rivalry Series with Team Canada
MONCTON, N.B. - Canada's women's hockey team fell 2-1 to the United States Tuesday night in Moncton, N.B., and now trail their five-game Rivalry Series two games to none. The U.S. got on the scor...
Dec 17, 2019

Wheeler, Scheifele with goal and two assists each, Jets beat Flyers 7-3
WINNIPEG - Blake Wheeler continued his dominance over Philadelphia as Winnipeg used the power play to break the game open. Already the Jets career leader versus the Flyers, th...
Dec 17, 2019

Bus with Victoria students rolled after it moved for Jeep on logging road: RCMP
VANCOUVER - A bus loaded with University of Victoria students moved over for an oncoming vehicle just as a logging road narrowed before it rolled over in September, killing two stu...
Dec 17, 2019

Raymond man found guilty of sexual assault at second trial
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 51-year-old man from Raymond, already convicted of three counts of sexual assault, and one count of indecent assault as a youth, has now been convicted of two counts of sexual assau...
Dec 17, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse

Smart gun argument makes Danforth shooting class action hard to win: expert
TORONTO - Arguing that the use of smart technology in gun manufacturing could have prevented a deadly mass shooting in Toronto's Greektown will take a proposed class action&nb...
Dec 17, 2019

Ottawa's consultation with Indigenous groups on pipeline was meaningful: Lawyer
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for the Canadian government say it conducted a new round of consultations with Indigenous groups about the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion that was reasonable, adequate...
Dec 17, 2019

Wilkinson 'wrestling' with how oilsands mine would fit into climate commitments
CALGARY - The federal environment minister says he's spoken with his Alberta counterpart about how Canada's climate commitments could weigh into his decision about a large proposed oils...
Dec 17, 2019

Mom of slain girls tells court her life is like a nightmare she never wakes from
VICTORIA - A mother of two murdered girls says her life has become a living nightmare from which she never awakes. Sarah Cotton told a B.C. Supreme Court sentencing hearing for her...
Dec 17, 2019

Canadians will see drop in carbon tax rebates in 2020
OTTAWA -- The federal government has decreased the carbon tax rebates Canadians can expect in the new year in three provinces. These provinces have not adopted carbon pricing models that meet federal ...
Dec 17, 2019 Tractor in the field

Montreal caleche drivers seek injunction to try to save their industry
MONTREAL - A group of Montreal carriage-horse owners and drivers are going to court in a last-ditch effort to save their industry weeks before a city-imposed ban is set to take effect. The group ...
Dec 17, 2019