Canada

A 36-year-old convicted killer has been charged with the attempted murder of Kamloops Mountie Cpl. Jean Rene Michaud during a traffic stop Wednesday. Kenneth Michael Knutson, who’s well known to police across the Lower Mainland, appeared in a Kamloops courtroom Thursday afternoon.

An older man’s body was found on school property at Lester B. Pearson Public School in Ajax this morning. A passerby found the body of an adult male near the baseball diamond on the Lester B Pearson Public School grounds, located at 21 Coughlen St., near Carrick Avenue.

A young man already charged with hacking into Canada Revenue Agency computers will find himself in even more trouble with the law when he returns to court later this month.

A 15-year-old Montreal boy is facing terrorism charges after allegedly stealing undisclosed items on behalf of a terrorist organization.

A Kamloops RCMP officer is undergoing surgery in hospital after being shot during a traffic stop.

A trauma dog helped an alleged sexual assault victim as the young girl testified in a criminal trial — a Canadian first seen in a Calgary courtroom Tuesday. The seven-year-old’s father is charged with sexual assault with a weapon and forcible confinement involving the child and his wife.

After months of relative peace within Montreal’s Mafia circles, one of its members was fatally shot in a restaurant in Rivière-des-Prairies Monday afternoon.

Charges have been laid in the murders of two young girls over three decades ago. The BC RCMP says Garry Taylor Handlen, 67, is facing first-degree murder charges in the deaths of 12-year-old Monica Jack and 11-year-old Kathryn-Mary Herbert.

Police-reported homicides hit a historic low last year, as Canada’s murder rate fell by eight per cent to its lowest level since 1966.

After days of rumours and votes of confidence from Canadian leaders, former Governor General Michaelle Jean was named Secretary General of La Francophonie Sunday.

Saskatchewan family loses 3 children in farm accidents, Arnal says most people can’t fathom the grief she and her family are suffering. “I could never imagine how or why I would be asked to have to do this,” she says. “You try to figure out whether you’re supposed to gain something or whether you’re supposed to change somehow or what …