KAMLOOPS, B.C. — A 41-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in Kamloops, B.C., after the city's only homicide of the year.
The RCMP found a woman's body while responding to a call on Tuesday afternoon.
Christopher Frank Butler has appeared in court and will remain in custody until his next appearance on Jan. 12.
Court documents identify the victim as Deanne Wheeler.
Police have released little information about the case.
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — The family of Dennis Oland said they were devastated Friday after he was ordered to stand trial on a charge of second-degree murder in his father's death.
WINNIPEG — The family of a man who died during a 34-hour wait in an emergency room says an inquest into his death was "a wasted opportunity" to get at the root causes of racism against aboriginal people in Canada's health-care system.
BIG RIVER, Sask. — RCMP have charged a woman with more than 100 counts of fraud and forgery for allegedly running a court scam out of a reserve in northern Saskatchewan.
Calgary's mayor says a now-delayed Alberta government bill about gay-straight alliances in schools would have focused international attention on "what kind of hillbillies we are."
OTTAWA — The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. is cutting 215 jobs in a organization of the Crown corporation, which provides mortgage loan insurance and market statistics.
The BC Coroners Service says workers at the Catalyst Paper Mill couldn't find 66-year-old Perry Thomas about a half hour after he arrived on Tuesday.