Category Archives: Canada
Saint John deputy mayor calls for ban on bad news, wants more positivity
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - The deputy mayor of Saint John is calling for a four-month ban on negative news about New Brunswick’s port city. Shirley McAlary said the city of about 67,000 people has a gre...
Dec 13, 2018
Indigenous poet faces backlash for calling out NHL-themed totem poles
Halifax’s former poet laureate says she has received unprecedented online backlash for asking a drugstore chain to remove NHL merchandise that appropriates West Coast Indigenous culture. Rebecca...
Dec 13, 2018
Several potential leads not pursued after Oland murder, investigator admits
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Several potential leads that were not pursued by police investigating Richard Oland’s murder have been raised by the defence at Dennis Oland’s second-degree murder trial...
Dec 13, 2018
System failed Manitoba girl returned to parent without support, checks: advocate
WINNIPEG - Manitoba’s advocate for children and youth says a girl who suffered repeated sexual abuse and died of a drug overdose was failed over and over again by the province’s child welf...
Dec 13, 2018
Mark Norman was doing his job, had not 'gone rogue' on ship deal: lawyers
OTTAWA - Vice-Admiral Mark Norman’s lawyers started making their case in earnest for access to thousands of government files Thursday, saying the records will prove the suspended military office...
Dec 13, 2018
Committee ready for regular meetings on permanent Humboldt Broncos memorial
The president of the Humboldt Broncos says a committee is ready to discuss a permanent memorial site for those who died when the junior hockey team’s bus crashed in April. Jamie Brockman says th...
Dec 13, 2018
Supreme Court affirms privacy rights for Canadians who share a computer
OTTAWA - Sharing a computer with someone does not mean giving up privacy rights over the material stored on the machine, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. In a 9-0 decision Thursday, the high cou...
Dec 13, 2018
Supreme Court won't hear appeal from Quebec judge over hijab disciplinary probe
MONTREAL - A Quebec judge who tried to oblige a woman to remove her hijab in court has lost a legal bid to avoid appearing before the provincial judicial council. The Supreme Court of Canada announced...
Dec 13, 2018
Supreme Court won't hear case involving facts used in assisted-dying case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal from a severely ill woman who wants to accelerate a lawsuit that argues the right to assisted dying is unfairly limited by federal governme...
Dec 13, 2018
Tory senators stalling laws for political advantage, Independents say
OTTAWA - Conservative senators are being accused of deliberately stalling Liberal government legislation to keep it in the public eye for political benefit. That’s particularly true of Bill C-69...
Dec 13, 2018