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If he was American there would be a movie because Matthew Begbie had hero written all over him. He stood six-five, and when on a horse with his handlebar moustache and van dyke, he looked even bigger. Cutting a commanding figure, he tamed the Old West.
A circuit judge who brought bandits and outlaws to justice, he travelled the highways, biways and rivers of British Columbia before it joined Confederation. He went on horse, on foot, or by canoe, carriage or steamship, and carried out the law in a log cabin, under an oak tree, or in the open wilderness.
Begbie befriended the Native...
November 2, 2025 - 07:00 | Special to National Post | National Post
Canadian universities expect to be able to move quickly to hire researchers from abroad if the federal government announces new money to attract top scientists in the coming budget.Universities have been waiting to see what direction the federal government will take as other countries have jumped on the potential hiring opportunity created by recent instability in U.S. academic funding.
November 2, 2025 - 07:00 | Joe Friesen | The Globe and Mail
The Ipsos poll for Global News found 42 per cent of respondents want Tuesday's federal budget to prioritize helping with the increasing cost of everyday expenses.
November 2, 2025 - 06:00 | Sean Boynton | Global News - Canada
A female prisoner awaiting trial for a Cape Breton murder delivered more than 33 punches, kicks and knees to the head of another inmate known as “Crime Stoppers,” because women doing time at Halifax’s Burnside Jail believed she was a police informant.
The fight began with a handshake.
Pamela Hubley, who is left handed, had reached out to shake Carolyn Ann Dermody’s hand with her right in the jail’s “airing yard.” This was enough for the judge to consider the first few punches, thrown by Dermody in expectation of blows from Hubley’s dominant left, were in self-defence.
The fight...
November 2, 2025 - 06:00 | Chris Lambie | National Post
A Saskatchewan man who had to sell his hot dog truck a decade ago is getting back in business, thanks to a photographer who happened upon the truck as he drove through the province.
November 2, 2025 - 06:00 | | CBC News - Canada
The six and five-year-old siblings were reported missing from their Lansdowne Station, N.S. home in rural Pictou County on May 2.
November 2, 2025 - 05:00 | Rebecca Lau | Global News - Canada
