Category Archives: Canada
Dalhousie profs ask university to confirm blackface violates code of conduct
HALIFAX - Dalhousie University’s leadership is facing mounting pressure to take a clear stance on blackface, with a group of law professors asking the school’s top academic administrator t...
Feb 05, 2019
Toronto cop involved in '16 McArthur arrest wants case heard by judge
TORONTO - A Toronto police officer facing disciplinary charges in connection with a 2016 arrest of serial killer Bruce McArthur wants his case heard by a judge. Sgt. Paul Gauthier’s lawyer told ...
Feb 05, 2019
Cape Breton coal mine cited for breaking reporting rules in 'massive' cave-in
HALIFAX - Officials at an undersea Cape Breton coal mine broke a provincial regulation by not reporting a massive roof cave-in until government inspectors showed up 15 days after the first rock crashe...
Feb 05, 2019
U.S., Mexico surpass Canada in efforts to restore monarch butterfly habitat
One of nature’s greatest migrations may be returning to health after a stunning growth in the number of monarch butterflies that fluttered across North America last year. But if populations of t...
Feb 05, 2019
In the news today, Feb. 5
Four stories in the news for Tuesday, Feb. 5 --- BRUCE McARTHUR SENTENCING HEARING CONTINUES A sentencing hearing continues today for Bruce McArthur, a serial killer who preyed on men from TorontoR...
Feb 05, 2019
Loved ones of Bruce McArthur's victims say they are shattered by his crimes
TORONTO - One by one, family and friends of men murdered by Bruce McArthur walked to the front of a crowded courtroom and spoke of the devastation, anger and personal struggles they experienced as a r...
Feb 05, 2019
Man accused of assaulting women pleads guilty after charge reduced
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - A man who faces a series of charges including alleged assaults of escorts in British Columbia’s North Okanagan has pleaded guilty to assault in an unrelated incident invol...
Feb 04, 2019
Wettlaufer confessed to trying to harm other patients, commission says
TORONTO - A commission examining the circumstances that allowed an Ontario nurse to kill eight elderly patients says it learned more than a year ago that she had confessed to additional crimes. The co...
Feb 04, 2019
Injured Metro Vancouver transit officer says thanks to his supporters
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - An officer with Metro Vancouver Transit Police who was shot last week in the line of duty will undergo surgery for his injuries this week. In a statement, Const. Josh Harms exp...
Feb 04, 2019
Kingston youth facing terror charges held at least one more week
OTTAWA - A youth facing terrorism-related charges in Kingston, Ont., will be back in court next week following a brief video appearance Monday. The RCMP charged the youth last month with knowingly fac...
Feb 04, 2019