Category Archives: Canada

Man accused of threatening call to public safety minister found not guilty
CALGARY - A judge has found an Alberta man not guilty of making threats against Canada’s public safety minister. Alberta Justice says the charge against Sebastien Taylor has been dismissed. The ...
Oct 29, 2018

Debate over sex work, Islamic head scarf, divides Quebec women's federation
MONTREAL - Members of Quebec’s most prominent women’s group are divided over whether to acknowledge prostitution as a freely chosen career and whether to support all Muslim female public s...
Oct 29, 2018

Singh accuses Trudeau of disrespect for voters after PM leaves 3 ridings vacant
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh is accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of playing games with his decision to call one byelection while leaving three other ridings vacant - including the one in which the NDP...
Oct 29, 2018

SNC-Lavalin preliminary inquiry begins in Gadhafi-era fraud and corruption case
MONTREAL - A month-long preliminary inquiry into SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. kicked off Monday, more than three-and-a-half years after federal authorities slapped the construction and engineering giant wit...
Oct 29, 2018

Yazidi refugee woman urges government for help navigating new world
OTTAWA - A Yazidi refugee woman who was among the 1,200 Yazidis the Liberal government vowed to resettle in Canada says the women who have arrived here have been all but left on their own. She’s...
Oct 29, 2018

Can't always treat everyone the same, commissioner says of straight-pride flag
CHIPMAN, N.B. - A New Brunswick village’s controversial straight-pride flag shows that we must sometimes go beyond treating everyone the same, the chair of the province’s human rights comm...
Oct 29, 2018

Study suggests bedrock stress a factor in fracking-caused earthquakes
New research is digging in to why fracking causes earthquakes in some areas but not in others. A paper published Monday in Geophysical Research Letters suggests the likelihood of an artificial earthqu...
Oct 29, 2018

Ontario, Saskatchewan premiers vow to reduce provincial trade barriers
TORONTO - The premiers of Ontario and Saskatchewan said Monday they are working together to reduce trade barriers between their provinces. Speaking at a joint news conference in Toronto, Ontario Premi...
Oct 29, 2018

Eaton Centre shooter seeked 'street justice' after being stabbed: prosecution
TORONTO - A man opened fire at Toronto’s Eaton Centre six years ago as a form of “street justice” in retaliation for being stabbed months before, a murder trial heard Monday. Christo...
Oct 29, 2018

Exhausted workers a danger on land, sea and air, transportation board warns
OTTAWA - Fatigue is prevalent in rail, marine and air transportation, the Transportation Safety Board reported on Monday, and it called for “profound change” including to views held by man...
Oct 29, 2018