OROMOCTO, N.B. — A military spokesman says the RCMP has informed the Canadian Forces that the death of a soldier in New Brunswick was not the result of foul play.
Capt. Jamie Donovan of CFB Gagetown says the body of Cpl. Scott Smith was found in his home off the base on Wednesday.
Smith was an infantryman with the Second Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment.
Donovan said the RCMP informed the military that Smith's death was not suspicious in nature.
He did not release any other details.
MONTREAL — On a day when the elite of the hockey world and Canadian politics turned out to honour Jean Beliveau, it was another Montreal Canadiens star who summed it up best.
TORONTO — Canada's largest medical regulator wants to change its policies so that doctors who refuse to perform certain procedures — such as abortions — on moral grounds must refer patients to another doctor.
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says its new housing price index rose 0.1 per cent in October, following an identical rise in September.
OTTAWA — The topic of sliding oil prices is expected to surface this weekend when provincial finance ministers from across Canada have their first face-to-face meeting with federal counterpart Joe Oliver.
TORONTO — A decision by the Supreme Court of Canada to hear the federal government's challenge of Omar Khadr's youth status stunned his lawyers on Thursday, although not much would have changed for him if the decision had gone the other way.
OTTAWA — A long-awaited market analysis into which fighter jet could replace the CF-18s tells the Harper government it can postpone a decision and keep flying the current fleet until 2025, but it will cost roughly $400 million.