Tom Stoppard, renowned Oscar-winning playwright, dead at 88

British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s Shakespeare In Love, has died. He was ...

B.C., Ottawa co-ordinating to fight ‘unprecedented threat' from extortion crime, Eby says

There has been a surge in extortion-related crime largely affecting B.C.'s South Asian community, with reports centred in ...

Man dead after late-night shooting in Surrey, B.C.: police

Surrey police say a man is dead after a late-night shooting. It is the city's sixth homicide this year, according to a Surrey ...

Pembroke water service expected to return to normal next week

Crews are now working to repair a water main break that's affecting Pembroke, Ont., and neighbouring Laurentian Valley for ...

Flooding and mudslides kill dozens, displace tens of thousands in Sri Lanka

The death toll from Cyclone Ditwah is expected to rise. Social media posts on Saturday showed several areas affected by ...

Possible expansion of east-end landfill rankles councillor and residents

A notice from Waste Connections of Canada said it is beginning an environmental assessment for expanding the dump. The site, which has a capacity of 7.6 million cubic metres, is expected to be full by ...

Manitoba conservation officers assigned to U.S. border have seen 'no activity' in nearly a year: minister

The number of people apprehended by U.S. border patrol in the Grand Forks district — a wider area that includes North Dakota, Minnesota and other states — on suspicion of illegal entry has been ...

Simcoe man, 45, charged with murder of his mother now faces new murder charge

A 45-year-old man from Simcoe has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in connection with a homicide investigation that began in October, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said.