With flowers, altars and candles, Mexicans are honouring deceased relatives on the Day of the Dead

Residents of southern Mexico's Oaxaca state wait with anticipation for Day of the Dead celebrations every Nov. 1, when families place homemade altars to honour their dearly departed and spend the night at the cemetery, lighting candles in the hope of illuminating their paths.

Special Police Act investigation underway after privacy breach involving B.C. gang document

A special investigation has been launched into the unauthorized release of a sensitive law enforcement document, the B.C. government announced Wednesday, two weeks after the investigation apparently began.
Lawsuit accuses Sean Combs, 2 others of raping 17-year-old girl in 2003; Combs denies allegations

A woman sued the hip-hop mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs on Wednesday, claiming he and two other men raped her 20 years ago in a New York City recording studio when she was 17.
Las Vegas police say suspect dead after reports of university shooting

Las Vegas police on Wednesday said they responded to reports of an active shooter on the local campus of the University of Nevada, where there appeared to be multiple victims, and then reported the suspect was 'deceased.'
Coroner's inquest hears from correctional officer who had Soleiman Faqiri filmed

A former correctional officer testifying at a coroner's inquest into the death of a mentally ill man at an Ontario jail on Wednesday recalled getting an “incredibly bad sinking feeling” as soon as he saw the man in his segregation cell.
St. Marys, Ont. teen has sky-high dreams after fleeing bombs in Ukraine

Alina Shyshkivska was a gymnast in Ukraine before the Russian invasion forced her family to run. Now settled in St. Marys, Alina said aerial acrobatics have helped her forget painful memories.
Child, adult taken to hospital after N.E. Calgary crash

A child and an adult were taken to hospital following a crash in northeast Calgary on Wednesday afternoon.
Paramedics stuck waiting in hallway with patients due to Saskatoon hospital overcrowding

A Saskatoon paramedic could spend the majority of their shift standing beside a stretcher in a hospital hallway.
Information of hundreds of drivers trafficked in auto-theft ring involving ServiceOntario employees: police

Toronto police say the information of hundreds of drivers in the province was trafficked to suspects allegedly running an auto-theft ring involving employees at ServiceOntario.
B.C. chief coroner Lisa Lapointe retiring, saddened by overdose crisis policy

British Columbia's Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe has announced she is leaving her post after 13 years, deeply saddened the province has been unable to reduce the "tragic impacts" of toxic drugs on thousands of people.