VANCOUVER — A series of plans proposed by a British Columbia man on trial for plotting to blow up the provincial legislature was "hokey and harebrained," an undercover officer has told a Vancouver court.
Almost 13 years after American soldiers captured him as a grievously wounded 15-year-old boy in Afghanistan, Omar Khadr found himself on the verge of his first taste of freedom on Friday after a judge granted him bail.
The case involving El Mahdi Jamali and Sabrine Djermane was postponed today to allow defence lawyers to consult evidence they received.
The Harper government is sending Immigration Minister Chris Alexander to Armenia to attend the commemoration of the 1915 massacre of Armenians at the hands of Ottoman Turks. It's a historic tragedy that Ottawa calls genocide, to the anger of Turkey.
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jim Prentice traded barbs with NDP Leader Rachel Notley — mock commiserating with her that "math is difficult" — and literally turned his back on Brian Jean of the Wildrose in a flinty debate Thursday night.
OTTAWA — Justice Marshall Rothstein is retiring from the Supreme Court of Canada effective Aug. 31, just months short of his mandatory retirement on his 75th birthday in December.