Finance Minister Joe Oliver says the country was not in a recession in the first half of the year despite economic data to the contrary.
Derek James Saretzky didn't even appear in a Lethbridge court as the matter was quickly adjourned to Sept. 30.
A coroners' inquest has been called into the death of a 48-year-old man who was shot by police during an armed standoff outside a casino in New Westminster, B.C.
Sixty-two per cent of Metro Vancouverites rejected a proposal by area mayors to raise $7.5 billion for transit upgrades through an extra half-per cent sales tax.
The 0.5 per cent increase from June's level was helped by rising sales of new motor vehicles — mostly trucks — as well as clothing and clothing accessories, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.
Seven men and five women will decide Guy Turcotte's fate at a trial that is expected to last three months and feature about 30 witnesses called by the Crown.