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Update: Innisfail RCMP no longer seeking distressed Penhold man reportedly carrying shotgun

Update: Innisfail RCMP no longer seeking distressed Penhold man reportedly carrying shotgun

Mounties say Penhold man could have been in Red Deer
Charges laid in Ottawa under new crime of harassing a health worker

Charges laid in Ottawa under new crime of harassing a health worker

A 58-year-old Ontario man is facing charges under a new law against intimidating a health-care worker after making threatening phone calls.
Here's how a recession could affect your work, housing and expenses

Here's how a recession could affect your work, housing and expenses

Though plenty of Canadians remember living through a recession or two, for millions of others it will be the first major downturn in their adult lives.
'Over so fast': Alberta man killed in Las Vegas stabbing remembered by widow

'Over so fast': Alberta man killed in Las Vegas stabbing remembered by widow

The wife of an Alberta man who was fatally stabbed in a random attack on the Las Vegas Strip last week is remembering him as a kid at heart.
B.C. judge sentences 'sextortionist' to 13 years

B.C. judge sentences 'sextortionist' to 13 years

A B.C. judge has sentenced a man she called an "internet sextortionist" to 13 years in prison for tormenting teen Amanda Todd before she died by suicide.
Residents not overly worried about bear roaming neighbourhood

Residents not overly worried about bear roaming neighbourhood

Residents of a sleepy Cochrane neighbourhood have frequently been awakened to the sound of a black bear rummaging in their green recycling bins.
‘There was fear,’ Emergencies Act inquiry hears about life in Ottawa convoy protest

‘There was fear,’ Emergencies Act inquiry hears about life in Ottawa convoy protest

An inquiry into the use of the Emergencies Act got a blaring introduction to life in Ottawa during the "Freedom Convoy" protest as the deafening chorus of big-rig horns was played for the commission.
Man fends off black bear with coffee mug

Man fends off black bear with coffee mug

“I just swung down, as hard as I could, with a porcelain mug I had and it just exploded over his head,” man says of encounter with black bear in North Vancouver.
Alberta city implored not euthanize problem beavers

Alberta city implored not euthanize problem beavers

The FurBearers organization penned a letter to Airdrie last week asking municipal representatives to no longer trap and euthanize beavers that are considered a nuisance.
Police charge man with hate-motivated crimes after Russian-Calgarians threatened

Police charge man with hate-motivated crimes after Russian-Calgarians threatened

Police say they believe the suspect targeted the All Saints Russian Orthodox Church on Tuesday because of its Russian heritage.
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