92 minutes ago Jury begins deliberating case of three accused charged with murdering city man

Body found by firefighters in February 2022 inside his burned home in Douglasdale

Events

7 hours ago Quebecer, 81, sentenced to life in prison for killing ailing wife ’out of love’

LAVAL, Que. — An 81-year-old Quebec man said Friday he killed his ailing wife out of love and compassion, as he was sentenced to serve at least 10 years and six months in prison for her murder. Gilles Brassard told reporters on the way into the courtroom in a Montreal suburb that he couldn’t stand […]

Events

7 hours ago ‘Immoral depravity’: Two men convicted in case of frozen migrant family in Manitoba

Steve Shand and Harshkumar Patel were each convicted Friday on all four counts related to bringing unauthorized people into the U.S., transporting them and profiting from it.

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8 hours ago Jury deliberations begin in trial of human smuggling, frozen migrant family

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — Jurors began deliberations Friday in the trial of two men accused of human smuggling across the Canada-U.S. border between Manitoba and Minnesota. They are tasked with deciding whether to convict or acquit Steve Shand and Harshkumar Patel on four charges. The prosecution says the two men were part of a smuggling […]

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8 hours ago Quebec man, 81, to serve at least 10 years for killing ailing wife ‘out of love’

Gilles Brassard told reporters on the way into the courtroom that he couldn’t stand watching his wife of 50 years deteriorate from Alzheimer's disease.

Events

9 hours ago The pandemic is long over. One advocate says parents still can't go in some schools

Head of the Thames Valley Council of Home and School Associations says some principals are still prohibiting parents and volunteers from going back into London-area public schools.

Society

10 hours ago Decision expected today in trial for Freedom Convoy protester Pat King

His trial wrapped in July and, if convicted, King could be facing more than 10 years in prison

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11 hours ago Manitoba's James Ehnes says Brahms' concerto 'one of the reasons I play violin'

James Ehnes was 16 when he first publicly performed Johannes Brahms’ Violin Concerto. It was with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. This sounds extremely impressive … and it is. But it’s important to note that Ehnes, a former child prodigy, had been playing violin for more than a decade by that point. Nevertheless, that performance was […]

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12 hours ago David Staples: Will Alberta's radical changes to car insurance fix major mess? Hmm

Depending on your politics, that either sounds exciting to you or it leaves you wondering why Alberta simply didn't go with what appears to be working in B.C., Saskatchewan and Manitoba

Politics