Category Archives: Canada

Old building housing temporary Senate makes new cameras shake
OTTAWA - The long-delayed introduction of cameras to broadcast meetings of the Senate is proceeding after a shaky start. The House of Commons has been televised for more than 40 years but the Senate i...
Feb 08, 2019

Federal public prosecutor asks court to strike SNC-Lavalin plea for deal
OTTAWA - The federal director of public prosecutions is officially asking a court to toss out a plea from SNC-Lavalin to spare the company from criminal proceedings. The director’s court filing ...
Feb 08, 2019
Microsoft offers online protection to politicos amid pre-election security fears
OTTAWA - As a federal election approaches, Microsoft is offering advanced online threat-detection tools to Canadian political candidates and parties to shore up their cyberdefences. Microsoft’s ...
Feb 08, 2019
Ottawa can't completely block long-term immigration detainee's lawsuit
TORONTO - A West African man who spent seven years in a maximum security prison awaiting deportation can pursue only part of his civil lawsuit against the federal government, an Ontario court has rule...
Feb 08, 2019

B.C. moves closer to money laundering public inquiry; feds vow 'crack down'
VICTORIA - Money laundering in British Columbia has become a top issue for the federal and provincial governments with federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau vowing a “crack down” Friday, w...
Feb 08, 2019

SNC-Lavalin viewed as jewel of Quebec Inc. that needs to be protected: professor
TORONTO - For more than a century, SNC-Lavalin has been viewed with pride in Quebec as it grew from a small firm specializing in hydraulics into a global engineering and construction giant. Founded in...
Feb 08, 2019

Trudeau Liberals face pushback on Indigenous child welfare legislation
OTTAWA - The federal government is working “day and night” to ensure concerns over proposed welfare legislation to benefit Indigenous children are taken seriously to enable the bill to be ...
Feb 08, 2019
Case of accused in Fredericton shooting spree delayed another month
FREDERICTON - The Fredericton man accused of murdering four people in an August shooting spree returned to court today, but his case was delayed because his psychiatric assessment is taking longer tha...
Feb 08, 2019
Timeline in the case of Toronto serial killer Bruce McArthur
A timeline of key events in the case of Toronto serial killer Bruce McArthur based on information released by police: September 2010 - Skandaraj Navaratnam, 40, disappears from Toronto’s gay vil...
Feb 08, 2019

Quebec City mosque killer Bissonnette sentenced to life, no parole for 40 years
QUEBEC - Alexandre Bissonnette was driven by “racism and hatred” when he stormed into a Quebec City mosque and gunned down six worshippers in 2017, a judge said Friday as he sentenced him ...
Feb 08, 2019