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Toronto Boxing Day killer granted full parole months before Montreal shooting

Toronto Boxing Day killer granted full parole months before Montreal shooting

The man convicted in the 2005 Toronto Boxing Day murder of a 15-year-old was granted full parole in January after being assessed as having a 76 per cent chance of recidivism.
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Yukon prepares for vote on possible switch to ranked-ballot elections

Yukon prepares for vote on possible switch to ranked-ballot elections

The last time Yukon residents voted in a territorial plebiscite it was about allowing the sale of alcohol, this time the vote will be on the equally dizzying question of electoral reform.
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Scouts Canada selling historic Quebec camp it has owned for more than 100 years

Scouts Canada selling historic Quebec camp it has owned for more than 100 years

MONTREAL — Scouts Canada says it has accepted an offer to sell a historic camp site north of Montreal that first opened more than 110 years ago.
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Scouts Canada selling historic Quebec camp it has owned for more than 100 years

Scouts Canada selling historic Quebec camp it has owned for more than 100 years

MONTREAL — Scouts Canada says it has accepted an offer to sell a historic camp site north of Montreal that first opened more than 110 years ago.
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Toxic gas leak injures four workers, 80 evacuated, in Burnaby, B.C.

Toxic gas leak injures four workers, 80 evacuated, in Burnaby, B.C.

BURNABY — A release of toxic bromine gas into the air in an industrial area of Burnaby, B.C., sent four workers to hospital and forced the evacuation of 80 others.
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Provincial programs will assist landowners and farmers preserve natural areas

Provincial programs will assist landowners and farmers preserve natural areas

The provincial programs are designed to provide better protection for natural areas across Alberta while allowing landowners to use their land for farming, ranching, and other purposes.
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In American life, a growing and forbidding visual rises: The law-enforcement officer in a mask

In American life, a growing and forbidding visual rises: The law-enforcement officer in a mask

NEW YORK (AP) — In a matter of months, it has become a regular sight around the country — immigration enforcement agents detaining people and taking them into custody, often as public anger and outcry unfold around them.
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Canada, New Zealand settle trade dispute regarding supply management of dairy sector

Canada, New Zealand settle trade dispute regarding supply management of dairy sector

OTTAWA — Canada and New Zealand have settled a trade dispute over Ottawa's dairy-sector protections that regulate the cost and supply of products such as milk and cheese.
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Belgium's Tomorrowland music festival opens after main stage was destroyed by fire

Belgium's Tomorrowland music festival opens after main stage was destroyed by fire

BOOM, Belgium (AP) — Fans roared in excitement and organizers sighed with relief as the Tomorrowland music festival kicked off Friday — two days after a massive fire engulfed the main stage and threw one of Europe's biggest summer concert events into
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Supreme Court sets standard for prosecutors seeking adult sentences for youth

Supreme Court sets standard for prosecutors seeking adult sentences for youth

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada on Friday upheld the sentence handed to one youth offender but overturned another, in parallel judgments that clarify the standard courts should use when determining whether a youth should be sentenced as an adult
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