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N.L. cyberattack shows Canada needs national rules to protect personal data: experts
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The cyberattack on Newfoundland and Labrador's health-care system is yet another urgent signal that Canada needs better rules around protecting personal health information from hack...
Nov 17, 2021
Williams Lake RCMP seek info on woman missing since Nov. 6
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - RCMP in Williams Lake are putting out the call for help finding a missing woman.Vallie Tremblay has not been seen since November 6, though police believe she is still in the Will...
Nov 17, 2021
Defendant takes stand in trial over killing of Ahmaud Arbery
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - The defendant who fired the shotgun that killed Ahmaud Arbery took the stand Wednesday as defense attorneys began presenting their case in the murder trial of three men, saying, ...
Nov 17, 2021
Jan. 6 rioter who carried spear and wore horns got 41 months
Jacob Chansley, the spear-carrying Jan. 6 rioter whose horned fur hat, bare chest and face paint made him one of the more recognizable figures in the assault on the Capitol, was sentenced Wednesday to...
Nov 17, 2021
Quebec pushes Ottawa to act on handguns after Montreal teen murdered
QUEBEC - Public Security Minister Genevive Guilbault is calling on the federal government to do more to take guns off the street, following the fatal shooting of a Montreal teenager. Guilbault told re...
Nov 17, 2021
B.C. pot sector bracing for delivery challenges and shortages after extreme weather
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Canada's cannabis industry is bracing for supply chain challenges after extreme weather in B.C. flooded some marijuana facilities and forced the evacuation of many communities hosti...
Nov 17, 2021
WA redistricting panel urges high court to look at its maps
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - The head of Washington state's bipartisan redistricting commission that failed to meet its deadline for redrawing political maps urged state Supreme Court justices to still consi...
Nov 17, 2021
Trudeau arrives in Washington for Three Amigos, meetings with U.S. officials
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Washington, D.C., for two days of meetings with U.S. officials and the Three Amigos summit. The busy tour marks Trudeau's first visit to the U.S. capital since the ...
Nov 17, 2021
Expelled Conservative Sen. Denise Batters defends petition, lashes out at O'Toole
OTTAWA - Sen. Denise Batters is taking off the gloves in her fight with Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole. O'Toole announced late Tuesday that the Saskatchewan senator was being expelled from the Conse...
Nov 17, 2021
The latest news on mudslides and flooding in British Columbia for Nov. 17, 2021
The latest news on mudslides and flooding in British Columbia (all times Eastern): --- 10:23 Federal Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the federal government is sending Canadian Forces personnel ...
Nov 17, 2021
