Canada

Winnipeg police say a man has been charged after he punched another man who refused to buy him a cup of coffee. Just before 8 a.m. Monday, officers in the West Broadway area saw a man randomly approach a vehicle in a restaurant drive-thru and ask the driver to buy...

Ontario reported 834 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, including 299 cases in Toronto, 186 in Peel, 121 in York Region and 76 in Ottawa. The province reported five more COVID-19 deaths, brining the total to 3,108 in Ontario. There were 30,010 tests completed in the last day with 33,906 tests...

B.C. premier John Horgan says he’s received a second dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Horgan shared a photo of himself to social media on Friday afternoon holding a completed vaccination card. In the post on Twitter, he says the best vaccine is the first vaccine offered. The news comes as more...

Ontario reported 977 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, a slight dip from the day before when new diagnoses spiked above 1,000. The bulk of the latest cases remain in the province’s four infection hot spots, with 279 reported in Toronto, 238 in Peel, 130 in Ottawa and 113 in...

The Canada Border Services Agency says a 68-year-old Halifax area man faces numerous charges following a weapons smuggling investigation. The agency says Brian Burke Taylor, of Porters Lake, N.S., appeared in court Thursday on 23 charges in relation to the importation, possession, manufacture and unsafe storage of various firearms and...

New Brunswick reported one new case of COVID-19 on Thursday in the Saint John region (Zone 2). Four previously reported cases are now considered recovered, dropping the number of active cases in the province to 13. Public health says the new case involves an individual in their 30s, and is...

One year ago, the Alberta government pledged to tackle urban crime by allocating funds for the recruitment of 100 additional police officers in Edmonton and Calgary. The recently unveiled Budget 2024 reaffirms this commitment, focusing on bolstering the safety and security of communities across the province through strategic investments...

A 19-year-old Ottawa man has been arrested for allegedly posting threatening tweets targeted at Parliament Hill, the Department of National Defence and two embassies. In a media release the RCMP say they were notified on Nov. 8 of what they're calling "terrorism-related" threats and death threats by a Twitter user. Daniel...

A man in his 80s was pronounced dead in hospital Thursday after being hit by a car in what an ongoing Gatineau police investigation so far suggests was an “unfortunate accident.” The man was hit in the lot at a store on Boulevard de la Gappe at about 3...

Saskatchewan reported six new cases of COVID-19, bringing its total to 421. In a press release, Saskatchewan officials also said that there are eight additional presumptive cases in the La Loche area, but they have not yet been added to the province’s tally. Five more cases have also been marked...