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'I miss my father terribly': daughter of man shot dead in 2017 mosque shooting

QUEBEC — The 14-year-old daughter of the man considered a hero after he died trying to stop the Quebec City mosque shooter gave moving testimony Thursday about how much she misses her father.

Apr 19, 2018 6:18 PM Read more >

Humboldt Broncos player transferred to Calgary hospital for rehabilitation

CALGARY — One of the Humboldt Broncos hockey players injured in a bus crash in Saskatchewan earlier this month has been transferred to Foothills Hospital in Calgary. Ryan Straschnitzki, a 19-year old from Airdrie, Alta.

Apr 19, 2018 6:17 PM Read more >

Tory unity must have room for Bernier despite book, strategist says

OTTAWA — A Montreal strategist says the Conservative party was wise not to publicly shame MP Maxime Bernier for a now-stalled book that accuses Andrew Scheer of pandering to "fake Conservatives" in the Quebec dairy lobby during last year's leadership

Apr 19, 2018 6:08 PM Read more >

C-section rate rises, despite lower overall birth rate: report

TORONTO — A higher proportion of Canadian women are giving birth by caesarean section, even while the overall rate of in-hospital births across the country is declining, says a report released Thursday.

Apr 19, 2018 6:00 PM Read more >

Man accused of killing Abbotsford, B.C., school girl is unfit for trial: lawyer

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A defence lawyer says his client's ongoing psychosis makes him unfit to stand trial for the murder of a high school girl in Abbotsford, B.C.

Apr 19, 2018 5:54 PM Read more >

Wife of real estate developer gets $95,000 monthly alimony in Quebec divorce

MONTREAL — The ex-wife of a Quebec-based property developer has been awarded $95,000 in monthly alimony in what her lawyers are calling one of the largest divorce settlements in the province's history.

Apr 19, 2018 5:54 PM Read more >

Liberal Scott Simms says he doesn't regret voting for Tory motion on summer jobs

OTTAWA — Liberal MP Scott Simms does not regret voting with the Conservatives over a controversial change to the student summer jobs program — even though it ended up costing him his job as chair of the Commons fisheries committee.

Apr 19, 2018 5:53 PM Read more >

Man accused of killing Kristin Johnston takes stand in own defence

HALIFAX — Nicholas Butcher testified in his own defence at his murder trial Thursday, describing affectionate messages he exchanged with the Montreal-born yoga instructor he's accused of killing.

Apr 19, 2018 5:48 PM Read more >

New auto rules will be the 'core' of future NAFTA deal, Freeland predicts

WASHINGTON — New automotive rules will be the centrepiece of a new NAFTA agreement, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Thursday during a round of negotiations she characterized as being focused on cars.

Apr 19, 2018 5:47 PM Read more >

Funeral for Victoria officer who spent 30 years mostly unresponsive after crash

VICTORIA — Hundreds of people lined a procession route of uniformed officers as some wiped away tears outside a church Thursday before the funeral of a Victoria constable who'd been in an unresponsive state for most of 30 years. Const.

Apr 19, 2018 5:39 PM Read more >