Category Archives: Canada
Prison watchdog says politicians need to put McClintic transfer 'behind us'
OTTAWA - When politicians use particular criminal cases to inflame their supporters it doesn’t help public safety, Canada’s corrections ombudsman said Tuesday. While ombudsman Ivan Zinger ...
Oct 30, 2018
New statistics point to increases in pot, cigarette smoking
OTTAWA - New Health Canada figures say Canadians over 25 smoked more tobacco and cannabis last year than they did two years before. Health Canada closely tracks trends in tobacco, alcohol and drug use...
Oct 30, 2018
Manitoba Tories show some support for Liberal bill banning weight discrimination
WINNIPEG - A move to ban discrimination based on weight and size under Manitoba’s human rights code has moved a step closer to becoming law, although the Progressive Conservative government has ...
Oct 30, 2018
Mongohouse sues Canada's largest real estate board, claims it has lost $50K
TORONTO - Property listings website Mongohouse is striking back at the Toronto Real Estate Board, claiming that it has suffered losses in excess of $50,000 after it was forced to abruptly shut down it...
Oct 30, 2018
Saskatchewan introduces climate change legislation as feud with Ottawa continues
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government has introduced its own climate change law as its feud with Ottawa over a carbon tax continues to play out in the courts. The bill, which amends current climate leg...
Oct 30, 2018
Bernardo's low self-esteem 'mantra' sign of poor insight, parole board says
TORONTO - The fact that convicted killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo resorted to blaming his sadistic behaviour on an anxiety disorder and low self-esteem underlines his lack of insight into his c...
Oct 30, 2018
Kelly Ellard, killer of B.C. teen Reena Virk, has day parole extended
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia woman who brutally beat and drowned 14-year-old Reena Virk near a Victoria-area bridge in 1997 has been granted an extension to her day parole. Kelly Ellard, 35, was con...
Oct 30, 2018
B.C. implements most recommendations made after Health Ministry firings: report
VICTORIA - Goodwill payments of more than $1 million and a university scholarship in the name of a student who died by suicide are among key actions taken by British Columbia’s government after ...
Oct 30, 2018
Mentally disabled urge class suit over loss of government services at age 18
TORONTO - Making thousands of mentally disabled people wait indefinitely for provincial government supports after they turn 18 amounts to pushing them off a cliff without a safety net, an Ontario Supe...
Oct 30, 2018
Father, now a woman, gets 18-month sentence for sexually assaulting daughter
QUEBEC - A Quebec City father who sexually assaulted his young daughter will be serving a sentence in a women’s jail after undergoing a sex change between the time of the crime and the convictio...
Oct 30, 2018