Category Archives: Canada
B.C. chief says they didn't give up rights for gas pipeline to be built
SMITHERS, B.C. - No elected band council or Crown authority has jurisdiction over the land, a Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief told a crowd of supporters and First Nations leaders gathered in...
Jan 16, 2019
'It's a joke': Quebec comic Ward appeals $42K penalty for joke about disabled boy
MONTREAL - Comedians in Quebec will be afraid to make controversial jokes if a 2016 ruling against Mike Ward by the province’s Human Rights Tribunal is upheld, lawyer Julius Grey said Wednesday....
Jan 16, 2019
Defence chief Vance slated to testify this month in Vice-Admiral Norman case
OTTAWA - Canada’s top military officer is expected to take the stand later this month in a pre-trial hearing for Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. Norman’s lawyer, Marie Henein, said Gen. Jonathan...
Jan 16, 2019
Fortified Arctic infrastructure needed in face of climate change: study
The impact of climate change on roads and other crucial structures in Canada’s North is likely to be even greater than feared, says new detailed research. “These are greater impacts than a...
Jan 16, 2019
Byelection turmoil: Liberal quits after singling out Jagmeet Singh as Indian
VANCOUVER - The Liberal candidate running against NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in a Metro Vancouver byelection dropped out of the race Wednesday after drawing criticism for an online post singling out Sin...
Jan 16, 2019
Canadian mining employee kidnapped in northern Burkina Faso: local officials
A Canadian national has been kidnapped in Burkina Faso’s northern Sahel region, government officials said Wednesday. A spokesman for Burkina Faso’s security ministry identified the man as ...
Jan 16, 2019
Murder trial hears that woman with Alzheimer's was not at end of life
MONTREAL - Jocelyne Lizotte’s Alzheimer’s disease left her unable to care for herself, but she was not considered to be at the end of life before she was allegedly murdered, a physician te...
Jan 16, 2019
Nova Scotia judge to deliver verdict in British sailor's gang rape case
HALIFAX - A decision is expected Friday in the high-profile case of a British sailor accused in a gang rape at a Halifax-area military base, even as the Crown mulls whether to reinstitute a sexual ass...
Jan 16, 2019
U.S. calls Chinese death sentence against Canadian 'politically motivated'
OTTAWA - The United States has denounced a death sentence imposed on a British Columbia man in China as “politically motivated,” adding heft to Ottawa’s effort to intensify internati...
Jan 16, 2019
Sentence issued by B.C. judge who refused recusal after crying during statement
KELOWNA, B.C. - A British Columbia provincial court judge who teared up over a victim impact statement in a sex crimes trial has sentenced the accused to 14 months in jail. Jeremy Carlson, also known ...
Jan 16, 2019