Canada

Quebec public security officials called for the immediate evacuation of an area along the Rouge River west of Montreal on Thursday because of the risk a hydro dam could fail. 1

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson has declared a state of emergency over flooding along the Ottawa River and other waterways. 14

With more rain in the forecast, several communities in Ontario’s cottage country are scrambling to prepare for even more flooding after a couple of towns declared states of emergencies and residents were asked to leave their homes. 14

When Lorne Grabher bought a personalized licence plate for his father 30 years ago, he thought it would make for a fine tribute to his family's Austrian-German heritage. 1

A Crown prosecutor says a female Winnipeg police officer's testimony that a male colleague pointed a shotgun at her on two occasions is consistent and credible, but his defence lawyer calls the claim outrageous.

The widow of an Alberta RCMP officer killed while trying to make an arrest spoke at a fatality inquiry Thursday to the mother of the man who pulled the trigger.

A five-year-old Ontario boy whose disappearance prompted an Amber Alert has been found safe, police say.

Lightning struck twice for a new Alberta MLA when she scooped a seat in the recent elections followed by a $100,000 lottery win just two days later. 1

A Hamilton officer accused of downplaying the shooting injury of a 19-year-old Good Samaritan has been cleared of wrongdoing in the young man's death, the province's police watchdog said Thursday.

A 95-year-old man who has had his citizenship revoked several times for lying about his membership in a Second World War Nazi death squad has lost yet another bid to have his case revisited.

According to a new Toronto Star report, investigators have a working theory in the ongoing murder case of billionaires Barry and Honey and Sherman. 2

A new report has detailed horrific abuse suffered by several siblings who were confined by their parents, often denied food and forbidden from brushing their teeth or using the bathroom at night.

Ontario is cancelling a tree planting program, with those involved warning the move will lead to the loss of jobs and environmental benefits that forests provide. 1

Toronto police have laid multiple charges in a series of alleged liquor store thefts valued at more than $38,000.

A broken Crown promise to forever protect Aboriginal lands is at the heart of a novel Indigenous claim to the waters of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay, an Ontario court heard Thursday.