Category Archives: Canada

Mark Norman lawyers protest 'strategy' talks between Crown, federal lawyers
OTTAWA - Vice-Admiral Mark Norman’s legal team has raised questions about the independence of federal prosecutors after the Crown and lawyers from the department that supports Prime Minister Jus...
Feb 11, 2019
One winter storm passes another looms as warnings posted on B.C.'s south coast
VANCOUVER - Thousands of students across much of Vancouver Island and parts of British Columbia’s south coast were off school Monday as the region recovered from a winter wallop and prepared for...
Feb 11, 2019

Federal Conservative leader looking to break Liberal hold on New Brunswick
FREDERICTON - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is on a campaign-style swing through New Brunswick as the party seeks to make gains in a province and region where it was shut out last time. The Libera...
Feb 11, 2019

Minister of Sport hints at big changes for handling of abuse cases
TORONTO - There could be a major shift in the way sexual abuse and harassment cases are handled in Canadian amateur sport. Kirsty Duncan, Canada’s Minister of Science and Sport, hinted Monday th...
Feb 11, 2019
Dozens of Mexican 'modern day slaves' freed by police in Ontario
Dozens of Mexican “modern day slaves” who were allegedly forced to work as cleaners at vacation properties in Ontario for as little as $50 per month have been freed and offered legitimate ...
Feb 11, 2019

PM asserts full confidence in Wilson-Raybould amid ethics investigation
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed Monday an investigation by the federal ethics commissioner into an allegation that his office pressured former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to ...
Feb 11, 2019

As blackface, assault scandals rage, Virginia's governor, lieutenant stand firm
WASHINGTON - It’s a high-stakes political dumpster fire the likes of which a Canadian scandal junkie would only dare dream. A white governor in the birthplace of American slavery admits to weari...
Feb 11, 2019
'They do not act:' Another lawsuit seeks to force federal species protection
The federal government is facing more legal problems over an alleged and ongoing failure to enforce its own environmental laws. “This is a chronic problem with both Environment Canada and (Fishe...
Feb 11, 2019

RCMP arrests 15 people allegedly tied to international money laundering scheme
The RCMP and other police forces arrested 15 people Monday in a series of raids in Montreal and Toronto targeting what investigators say is an extensive international money laundering network with tie...
Feb 11, 2019

In the news today, Feb. 11
Six stories in the news for Monday, Feb. 11 --- SCHEER DEMANDS PM LET WILSON-RAYBOULD TALK Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking him to waive solicitor-...
Feb 11, 2019