The father accused in the Kingston, Ont., canal deaths told police in an interrogation video shown during his trial Thursday that he wondered if someone drugged or choked his daughters prior to their deaths. Mohammad Shafia was interrogated a day after the bodies of his three daughters were found in June 2009. Shafia told police [...]

The body of an alleged Mafia boss, who U.S. authorities said once headed New York’s notorious Bonanno crime family, has been fished out of a river near Montreal. Salvatore Montagna’s body was found in the Assomption River Thursday morning, in Charlemagne, northeast of the city. Nicknamed Sal The Iron Worker, Montagno owned and operated a [...]

Occupy Montreal protesters started tearing down camp Thursday afternoon after the city asked them to vacate Victoria Square on the spot. Police posted a second round of eviction notices Thursday morning that were more strongly worded than a previous warning issued the previous night. Thursday’s notice asked occupiers to vacate “immediately.” A city spokesman says [...]

One of the most respected MLAs in the B.C. legislature is stepping down to practice law in Vancouver. Former Liberal attorney general Barry Penner announced Thursday it would be his last day in the house. “To everything there is a season and for me the season of serving in electoral office is drawing to a [...]

A citizen’s group says it might use B.C.’s Recall and Initiative Act to try to stop BC Hydro’s plans to install smart meters. Stop Smart Meters.ca says the government is ignoring information that proves the new devices are a health hazard and pose a potential invasion of privacy.Organization spokesman Walt McGinnis said the minister responsible [...]