Isaac and Mathew Auchterlonie were heavily armed, had strong anti-government views and did not expect to survive 2022 incident

Two brothers who died in a hail of gunfire last summer outside a Canadian bank had been planning their attack for years, with a goal to kill as many officers as possible, police said on Friday.

An investigation by the Vancouver Island integrated major crime unit found that 22-year-old Isaac Auchterlonie and his brother, Mathew, showed up at the Victoria, British Columbia, area bank on 28 June 2022 wearing full body armor and carrying semi-automatic rifles. Isaac and Mathew were two-thirds of a set of triplets.

Eight have been charged with murder over death of Ken Lee, but none can be identified under Canada’s Youth Criminal Justice Act

The family of the Toronto man allegedly killed by teen girls in a “swarming” attack have denounced “flaws” in the criminal justice system, criticizing the opacity surrounding youth cases involving serious crimes.

Eight teenage girls have been charged with murder over the death of Ken Lee, who was repeatedly stabbed at a plaza near the main rail station in Canada’s largest city in the early hours of 18 December. Three of the girls are 13, three are 14 and two are 16.

In the tiny community of Pouce Coupe, a candidate was accused of using cinnamon rolls as bribes at a campaign event

Efforts to bribe unsuspecting voters, allegations of candidate intimidation and a court challenge to an election result have cast a spotlight on the tumultuous, ruthless politics of a tiny west Canadian community.

British Columbia’s supreme court this week weighed in on the row, upholding the fiercely contested results of a recent municipal election, Pouce Coupe, a town of fewer than 800 people near the border with Alberta.

Elnaz Hajtamiri woman was abducted on 12 January 2022 from an Ontario house by three men disguised as police officers

Investigators in Canada are offering a C$100,000 reward in a bid to solve the brazen kidnapping of an Iranian Canadian woman by assailants disguised as police officers that continues to baffle detectives.

Elnaz Hajtamiri was violently abducted on 12 January 2022, from a house in an Ontario beach community, by three men disguised in police gear, who hauled her barefoot through the snow and into a waiting SUV.

Company tells Canadian tribunal it installed software on Karlee Besse’s laptop after finding files over budget and behind schedule

A Canadian woman has been ordered by a civil tribunal to compensate her former employer for “time theft” after she was caught misrepresenting hours worked by controversial tracking software.

Karlee Besse, who worked remotely as an accountant in British Columbia, initially claimed she was fired from her job without cause last year and sought C$5,000 ($3,729; £3,066) in compensation – both in unpaid wages and severance.