Canada

Ex-Montreal cop Stéfanie Trudeau has been handed a 12-month suspended sentence and will do 60 hours of community service for assaulting a man four years ago. “I find this case to be unjust and unfair,” Trudeau told Quebec Court Judge Daniel Bédard before he sentenced her Thursday afternoon at the Montreal courthouse. At that point, Bédard had made it abundantly …

Halifax RCMP are investigating what led to a woman’s death Sunday afternoon at Peggys Cove, N.S. Emergency officials were called to the area shortly after 1:30 p.m. By the time they arrived, a local fishing vessel had recovered the woman’s body and brought it to a nearby wharf. “A woman was recovered from the water and was pronounced deceased,” a …

One of the two Canadians aboard the EgyptAir flight that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea was originally from Saskatoon. A friend confirmed to Postmedia Friday that Marwa Hamdy, a businesswoman, was on Flight 804, which disappeared from radar screens between Paris and Cairo. She was a “very attentive mother, kind, helpful… loved by everyone who knew her,” Haleh Banani told …

Legislation has been introduced to extend human rights protection to transgender Canadians. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in Montreal federal legislation about to be tabled, which will guarantee legal and human rights protection to transgender people across Canada. “In Canada, we celebrate inclusion and diversity. All Canadians should be safe to be themselves. The law should be clear and explicit: …

A pregnant woman is dead and her baby is in hospital in critical condition after being delivered by C-section following a shooting in Toronto late Sunday evening. The woman was shot in the chest while she sat in a vehicle near John Garland Boulevard and Jamestown Crescent around 11 p.m. Toronto police believe the shooter was in one vehicle and …

The cyclist killed in a fall at Kelso Conservation Area this morning has been confirmed as Sarah Rosen, 35, a 15-year veteran of Toronto Fire Services. Her union released a statement about her death late this afternoon offering their condolences to her friends and family and telling people what a kind and charitable person she was.

Hartley Bushell, A stubborn Canadian is defying the raging wildfire that’s been devouring the northern Alberta town of Fort McMurray. Hartley Bushell didn’t do it alone, either. He said he had his wife, Chalinee, at his side. “My wife was in tears and wanted to leave, but I wouldn’t do anything that would endanger her, ever, so I assured her …

Fort McMurray, Alberta is under a mandatory evacuation order after forest fires raged and took over the city. The mandatory evacuation order meant that about 80,000 people were told to flee their homes. Forestry manager Bernie Schmitte has warned that the worst of the blaze “is not over.” He told a late night news conference that today’s forecast calls for …

A Montreal family is accusing their child’s school of doing little to stop a bullying problem that ended with their son stabbed in the eye with a pencil last month. The incident happened at the François-La Bernarde school in Pointe-aux-Trembles, after young Alexandro Baiamonte and the bully had an altercation just off school grounds during the lunch hour on April …

A massive fire that forced a school and trailer park in Mayerthorpe to evacuate Tuesday afternoon is being investigated as a possible arson. The fire prompted an emergency alert after 2:30 p.m. The alert stated the fire started at about 1:30 p.m.

Crown is asking for a five year sentence for a convicted pedophile known as ‘swirl face’. Former Maple Ridge teacher Christopher Neil pleaded guilty in December to five charges relating to sex crimes he committed in Canada and overseas. This sentencing relates to two counts of sexual interference in Cambodia in 2003, as well as three child pornography counts related …