Canada

One man is dead after an overnight fire at a Calgary homeless shelter in Victoria Park. The fire started shortly after midnight. Read More »

Windsor police charge woman accused of streaming library sex shows. Alexandria Morra’s lawyer confirmed she turned herself in around 7 a.m. Friday. He said the 21-year-old woman, who goes by Alexa, has been shocked by the extreme public attention focused on her since news broke of her alleged sex videos. Read More »

Parliament Hill shooter Michael Zehaf-Bibeau tied his attack on Cpl. Nathan Cirillo to Canadian Forces missions in Afghanistan and Iraq in a cellphone video he recorded ahead of the fatal shooting on Oct. 22, 2014. Read More »

Quebec police are investigating after envelopes of unidentified white powder were sent to the offices of 3 cabinet ministers Thursday. Infrastructure Minister Denis Lebel’s office in the riding of Roberval, about 440 km north of Montreal, was evacuated at about 10 a.m. after an employee found the package. Read More »

A Quebec man is facing charges of obstruction after refusing to give his cell phone password to border officials. CBC reports the incident occurred on Monday night at Halifax’s Stanfield International Airport and Alain Philippon, 38, is currently out on bail. Read More »

CBC’s senior business correspondent Amanda Lang’s journalism adheres to the corporation’s journalistic standards, the public broadcaster said Thursday following a review. Read More »

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled not to reinstate the murder conviction for a man accused of killing a Winnipeg girl more than 30 years ago. Read More »

Two Halifax police “seal whispers” helped shoo a baby seal back into the harbour after it took “a leisurely stroll down the middle of Lower Water Street” early Thursday morning, according to a release. Read More »

A fire at the Port of Metro Vancouver Wednesday afternoon prompted a Hazmat response, the evacuation of hundreds of people and forced the closure of the port. Trichloroisocyanuric acid (a bleaching agent and industrial disinfectant) was burning for more than an hour. The fire started in one shipping container, quickly spreading to three containers. Read More »

The federal government is now calling for the public release of a video made by Michael Zehaf-Bibeau before his attack on Parliament Hill last fall. Read More »

A 22 year old aide to Monte McNaughton was in court Tuesday facing charges of criminal harassment. Rida Ali was arrested last week after Tory MPP Christine Elliott’s campaign said they received a series of threatening text messages. Read More »