Canada

Penticton RCMP have opened an active investigation after a body turned up Friday in a channel of water on the outskirts OK Falls Friday morning. Penticton RCMP received a call at 9 a.m. Friday of a male floating in the channel in OK Falls. Read More »

Flooding on Peguis First Nation has forced the evacuation of 34 people from the community and damaged 50 homes. Water levels appeared to have crested Saturday, but the Manitoba government has sent 100 Tiger Tube dams to assist in flood-fighting efforts. The federal government and the community are managing the situation, and evacuations are being coordinated by the Manitoba Association ... Read More »

BERWICK, N.S. (CP)  — Two men were charged Friday with first-degree murder in the death of a homeless man whose body was found last year in a burned out bus shelter, a tragedy that senior Mounties say shook a small Nova Scotia town and, ultimately, brought it together. Read More »

A scathing look at the sexual violence that plagues the Canadian military is the focus of an exclusive investigation by L’actualité, Maclean’s sister publication. Every day, five individuals in the Canadian military community become victims of sexual assault, according to statistics obtained through Canada’s Access to Information Act. Read More »

A magnitude-6.6 earthquake off the coast of Vancouver Island was felt by residents across the Island and on the mainland Wednesday night. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the quake, first reported as a 6.7, off the west coast of the Island at 8:10 p.m., about 94 kilometres south of Port Hardy and 11 kilometres deep. Read More »

As family and friends of the five students killed in the Brentwood stabbing spree prepare to lay their loved ones to rest, the family of the youngest victim said in a statement Sunday it’s a “struggle every day” to understand their son won’t be coming home. Zackariah Rathwell, 21, was the youngest of those killed at a house party turned ... Read More »

Provincial police say a 54-year-old woman was killed when her car went off the westbound lane of the 401 near Highway 6 north. There were three other people in the car who were treated for minor injuries but are expected to be alright. Read More »

One of two teens charged in the Rehtaeh Parsons child pornography case is now accused of threatening to kill the girl’s father, Glen Canning. Police said Saturday that a 19-year-old Eastern Passage, N.S., man is facing charges of uttering death threats and criminal harassment after allegedly making threats online. Read More »

A passenger on a recent Air Canada flight was stunned after witnessing a baggage handler carelessly tossing luggage from a stairway into a bin several feet below. Dwayne Stewart, a passenger on flight AC137 from Toronto to Vancouver, was shocked when he saw an Air Canada employee throwing several pieces of luggage into a cargo bin about a dozen feet ... Read More »

A northern Manitoba girl died after being mauled by dogs. Thompson RCMP were called to Lac Brochet on Tuesday around 6:00 p.m. Two large dogs of an unknown breed mauled the girl. The 10-year-old was rushed to the local nursing station, where she died. Read More »

Canadian police have arrested a 19-year-old man and charged him in connection with exploiting the “Heartbleed” bug to steal taxpayer data from a government website, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said. In what appeared to be the first report of an attack using a flaw in software known as OpenSSL, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) said this week that ... Read More »