KAMLOOPS, B.C. — A man whose speedboat crashed on a B.C. lake cradled the head of a dying houseboat operator and cried as he waited for help to arrive, a witness has testified.
The killing of a soldier as he stood guard at the National War Memorial spurred Ottawa to fill a gap in the benefit program for reservists who are injured during military service, putting the part-timers on equal financial terms with regular members of the Canadian Forces, the defence minister said Friday.
MONTREAL — A Quebec woman who was refused her day in court because she was wearing a hijab has said no thanks to $47,000 raised on her behalf through a crowdfunding campaign.
JOLIETTE, Que. — The number of confirmed measles cases in Quebec is up to 136 from 119 earlier in the week. Health officials northeast of Montreal are bracing for even more cases.
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has overturned an appeal court ruling and restored the manslaughter conviction of a Toronto man.
OTTAWA — Controversy over the face-covering niqab worn by some Muslim women is exposing a rift among New Democrat MPs.