Canada

Thousands of unionized municipal employees took to the streets of Montreal on Saturday in the largest protest yet against the Quebec government’s proposed pension reform legislation, Bill 3.

One man is dead following a shooting in a normally quiet Surrey neighbourhood early Saturday morning.

Even though he’s recovering in a hospital bed, Mayor Rob Ford is still working to make the city better. Ford released a proclamation officially declaring Saturday “Recovery Day.” In the missive (featured below) Ford admits to the terrible burden drug and alcohol addiction has had on his life and hopes others don’t make the same mistake he did.

After a few stalled starts, Doug Ford is set to officially begin campaigning this weekend, saying he plans on spending Saturday canvassing Etobicoke, and making his debate debut next week.

George Radwanski, a prominent and controversial figure in Canadian journalism and public life, died Thursday from a sudden heart attack at his Toronto home. He was 67.

Two U.S. Air Force jets intercepted six Russian planes near Alaska, while Canada’s air force intercepted two bombers that had almost reached its airspace, reports said, citing North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD. U.S. officials reportedly believe the incidents were connected to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s visit to the region.

CP-An emergency official says three workers were injured, one of them seriously, when the roof of a building under construction in southwestern Nova Scotia collapsed Thursday.

A woman convicted in the death of a motorcyclist and his daughter who crashed into her car when she stopped to help a family of ducks will be sentenced on December 18.

Toronto Police have now released the identities of both the suspects and victim, following a shooting death in the city’s north end.

The death of a missing teen in Surrey this week has now been ruled a homicide and is also being considered a random attack.

Fish and Wildlife officers have shot and killed a cougar that was on the grounds of the South Health Campus. Police said the big cat was at a spot very close to an entrance of the hospital.