Canada

The RCMP officer who tasered Robert Dziekanski at the Vancouver airport more than seven years ago has been found guilty of perjury.

Oxford County OPP is investigating after the body of an elderly woman was found early Friday morning near an elementary school.

The parents of a nine-year-old boy who has autism say they’re angry that an Ottawa police officer used handcuffs to restrain their son after he became aggressive at his school Thursday. Lynne Thibodeau, who works with children with behavioural problems, says she has never heard of a child being handcuffed.

A 3-year-old boy, found Thursday morning with vital signs absent after wandering away from an apartment overnight, has died in hospital.

A missing three-year-old boy has been found between two houses in a North York neighbourhood. Shortly after 10 a.m., an ambulance was called to an address on Baycrest Avenue, about 300 metres from where the boy had disappeared during the early morning.

Students and faculty staged a “shit-in” at Simon Fraser University Feb 18, occupying a men’s washroom in the Academic Quadrangle to raise awareness about transphobia on campus.

RCMP have issued an amber alert for a missing Saskatchewan teen who they think has been abducted. 17 year old Kayla Natomagan was last seen on La Ronger First Nation around 3 a.m. Wednesday.

Newly-elected Liberal MPP Glenn Thibeault got a Sudbury-cold reception from opposition MPPs on his first appearance in the Ontario legislature.

Ottawa police have a woman in custody after police stations were forced to close access to the public for hours on Tuesday afternoon.

Quebec Education Minister Yves Bolduc said it’s OK to strip search students suspected of concealing drugs as long as it’s done respectfully and by the book.

Inverness District RCMP always get their man, and increasingly these days, their marine mammal. Inverness District Mounties were called to Newtown around 10 a.m. Saturday for a report of a seal close to Highway 19.