'Vulnerable' B.C. senior loses home, hundreds of thousands in equity after city sold house over unpaid taxes
A new report has found a vulnerable senior in Penticton, B.C., lost her home and hundreds of thousands of dollars in equity after the city auctioned off her house — for a third of its assessed value — over just $10,000 in unpaid property taxes.
U.S. Coast Guard recovers body from submerged car near Niagara Falls
A U.S. Coast Guard diver recovered a body from a submerged vehicle stuck in rushing rapids just metres from the brink of Niagara Falls on Wednesday.
Quebec man accused of using space agency status to negotiate contracts for Chinese company
A Quebec man has been charged with breach of trust for allegedly using his status as a Canadian Space Agency engineer to negotiate satellite station installation agreements with Iceland on behalf of a Chinese aerospace company.
Quebec man accused of using space agency status to negotiate contracts for Chinese company
A Quebec man has been charged with breach of trust for allegedly using his status as a Canadian Space Agency engineer to negotiate satellite station installation agreements with Iceland on behalf of a Chinese aerospace company.
Minnesota officer 'betrayed her badge' when she shot Daunte Wright, prosecutor says as trial begins
Kim Potter, the suburban Minneapolis police officer who killed Daunte Wright, violated her training when she shot the 20-year-old Black man with a handgun instead of a Taser during an April traffic stop, a prosecutor told jurors as her manslaughter trial began Wednesday.
Catholic order says it will open up residential school records in Rome — but survivor remains skeptical
A Catholic order that ran residential schools across Canada now says it will open up its archives in Rome to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. Many survivors have long been calling for the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate and other Catholic entities to make their records available.
Quebec and public daycare unions reach agreement in principle
Quebec's three public daycare union says they are close to resolving a labour dispute with the provincial government. The unions say they have reached a tentative agreement with the government that now needs to be presented to their members.
Damian Warner crowned Canada's top athlete of 2021 with Lou Marsh Trophy
Olympic decathlon champion Damian Warner was voted Canada's best athlete of 2021 on Wednesday. Warner, 32, collects the Lou Marsh Trophy after his record-setting performance at the Tokyo Games.
Old enough to choose: The case for letting younger Canadians vote
A new legal challenge filed in Ontario against Canada's federal voting age — coupled with the reintroduction of Sen. Marilou McPhedran's bill to lower the age limit — has reopened the debate over whether Canadians under the age of 18 should be allowed to vote. Some are ready to say the answer should be "no."
U.K. PM apologizes, aide resigns, as scandal over alleged Christmas party intensifies
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday ordered an inquiry and said he was "furious" after a leaked video showed senior members of his staff joking about holding a lockdown-breaching Christmas party.