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Saskatchewan stabbing alerts suggest RCMP learning from past mistakes: Experts

Saskatchewan stabbing alerts suggest RCMP learning from past mistakes: Experts

OTTAWA — The RCMP’s use of emergency alerts and public updates during their hunt for a stabbing suspect in Saskatchewan has prompted positive reviews from law enforcement experts, who see the moves as a sign the police force is learning from past mis
Bank of Canada raises key interest rate by 0.75%, says it likely needs to go higher

Bank of Canada raises key interest rate by 0.75%, says it likely needs to go higher

OTTAWA — Canadians should expect interest rates will climb even higher, the Bank of Canada said Wednesday after announcing another supersized interest rate hike.
Reaction to stabbing rampage at First Nation, village in Saskatchewan

Reaction to stabbing rampage at First Nation, village in Saskatchewan

JAMES SMITH CREE NATION — A stabbing rampage has left 10 people dead on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon, northeast of Saskatoon. At least 18 others have been injured.
Sask. fugitive remains at-large, interest rate announcement: In The News for Sept. 7

Sask. fugitive remains at-large, interest rate announcement: In The News for Sept. 7

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. What we are watching in Canada ...
Quebec election: public transit and agriculture on the menu for Day 11 of campaign

Quebec election: public transit and agriculture on the menu for Day 11 of campaign

On Day 11 of Quebec's election campaign one party leader is promising to support public transit in Montreal, while another leader is promising to cancel a tramway project in Quebec City.
RCMP come up empty after tip in search for Saskatchewan stabbing suspect

RCMP come up empty after tip in search for Saskatchewan stabbing suspect

JAMES SMITH CREE NATION — Saskatchewan Mounties surrounded a house on the James Smith Cree Nation Tuesday after reported sightings of a suspected mass murderer, but left soon afterward with no sign of the man. Emergency alerts blared yet again.
Mountie who got to know killer before N.S. mass shooting says they weren't friends

Mountie who got to know killer before N.S. mass shooting says they weren't friends

HALIFAX — A Mountie who got to know the man who later murdered 22 people in Nova Scotia told a public inquiry Tuesday he did not consider Gabriel Wortman a friend, even though he visited the killer's rural home 15 or 16 times between 2007 and 2011.
Ex-Quebec City health centre employee charged in alleged vaccine passport scam

Ex-Quebec City health centre employee charged in alleged vaccine passport scam

Quebec's anti-corruption unit says a former vaccination centre employee has been charged with fabricating information used to generate fake QR codes used for the province's vaccination passport.
Kenney says won't stay quiet as possible successor pitches separation plan

Kenney says won't stay quiet as possible successor pitches separation plan

EDMONTON — Premier Jason Kenney says his party was founded on a strong Alberta within Confederation and he won’t sit idly by while one of the candidates vying to replace him pitches a "risky, dangerous, half-baked" and "banana republic" plan for more
Timeline of the police response to stabbings in Saskatchewan that killed at least 10

Timeline of the police response to stabbings in Saskatchewan that killed at least 10

RCMP say two men went on a stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan on Sunday. They say 10 people died and 18 others were injured over 13 locations where the attacks took place.
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