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A look at the lives lost in the April 18-19 Nova Scotia mass shooting

PORTAPIQUE, N.S. — The victims in one of Canada's worst mass killings include an RCMP officer, a teacher, two nurses, neighbours of the shooter and two correctional officers killed in their home.

Apr 24, 2020 3:03 PM Read more >

Emergency alert issued to Nova Scotians over report of shots outside Halifax

Police in Nova Scotia issued the all-clear on Friday evening, hours after a warning about possible shootings in several Halifax suburbs rattled the fragile nerves of a wounded province.

Apr 24, 2020 3:02 PM Read more >

Mass killing in Nova Scotia possibly triggered by assault on girlfriend: RCMP

HALIFAX — A murderous rampage in Nova Scotia that left 22 victims dead could have been triggered by a violent domestic assault, the RCMP confirmed during a news conference Friday that provided grim details of killings that spanned 90 kilometres.

Apr 24, 2020 2:40 PM Read more >

RCMP offer details about timeline for mass killing in Nova Scotia

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia RCMP provided a partial timeline of what happened last weekend when a man posing as an RCMP officer killed 22 people before he was fatally shot by police on Sunday — a little over 12 hours after he started what would become

Apr 24, 2020 2:27 PM Read more >

COVID-19 will force feds to reconsider health-care funding, Trudeau says

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government will have to consider increasing health-care funding after seeing the toll the novel coronavirus has taken on the country.

Apr 24, 2020 2:26 PM Read more >

Alberta's top court overturns oilsands project approval over Aboriginal concerns

EDMONTON — Alberta's highest court has overturned regulatory approvals for a $440-million oilsands project that would have encroached on land a First Nation considers sacred.

Apr 24, 2020 2:24 PM Read more >

Medical regulator revokes licence of Toronto neurosurgeon who murdered wife

TORONTO — A Toronto neurosurgeon who killed his wife two days after she filed for divorce lost his medical licence Friday, nearly a year after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in her death.

Apr 24, 2020 2:18 PM Read more >

Municipalities plead for emergency help to keep vital services going

OTTAWA — The voice of Canadian municipalities says communities across the country are facing a financial crisis due to COVID-19 that puts people at further risk.

Apr 24, 2020 2:00 PM Read more >

Canada's prison ombudsman calls COVID isolation 'extremely concerning'

TORONTO — Measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country's prisons violate their human rights even if authorities are acting in the context of a public health emergency, Canada's prison ombudsman said on Friday.

Apr 24, 2020 1:19 PM Read more >

Expecting mothers to get financial help following omission: Qualtrough

OTTAWA — Pregnant women will receive help from a key COVID-19 emergency-aid program and will be given a way to access federal maternity benefits even if they aren't working due to the pandemic, says Canada's employment minister.

Apr 24, 2020 12:58 PM Read more >