Category Archives: Canada
Quebec pilot project to introduce sexual education to daycare-aged kids
MONTREAL - Sexual education, usually reserved for elementary and high school students, will be offered to some 1,200 Quebec daycare and kindergarten students beginning this fall as part of a pilot pro...
Jul 20, 2018
Supreme Court affirms protection for informers in case of accused former cops
OTTAWA - Canada’s top court says police officers accused of crimes have no special right to mount a defence using information gleaned from informers in the course of their work. In a unanimous r...
Jul 20, 2018

Manitoba court rejects demand from unions for injunction against wage freeze
WINNIPEG - Manitoba’s public-sector unions lost a bid Friday for a temporary court injunction against a provincial government bill that would freeze wages for 110,000 workers. Court of QueenR...
Jul 20, 2018
'We are doing the right thing:' Protesters dig in at anti-pipeline camp
BURNABY, B.C. - Protesters at an anti-pipeline camp in Burnaby, B.C., say they are ready to defy an eviction notice handed out from the city. The City of Burnaby issued a 72-hour notice to those occup...
Jul 20, 2018
Fraud case charges stayed because of judge shortage in Ontario Superior Court
TORONTO - Five men accused in an alleged multimillion-dollar fraud scheme have had all charges against them stayed because of a shortage of judges in Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice. Earlier...
Jul 20, 2018
Hoffman's fiancee asks to see all evidence she cyberbullied Erik Karlsson's wife
TORONTO - The fiancee of former Ottawa Senators winger Mike Hoffman has made a legal request to see all evidence related to allegations that she harassed and cyberbullied the wife of Senators captain ...
Jul 20, 2018

Ottawa says Japan has resumed Canadian wheat imports after temporary suspension
Ottawa says Japan has ended its temporary suspension of Canadian wheat imports. Japan had halted shipments after some unauthorized genetically modified wheat was found in southern Alberta. Ottawa says...
Jul 20, 2018

Nearly 1,000 homes on evacuation alert, order over wildfires in B.C.'s Okanagan
SUMMERLAND, B.C. - People living in nearly 1,000 homes have either been forced to evacuate or must be prepared to leave at a moment’s notice as wildfires rip through British Columbia’s sce...
Jul 20, 2018
No promises to change 'Kanata' after Robert Lepage meets with show's opponents
MONTREAL - A meeting between Quebec director Robert Lepage and a group of activists who are concerned with a lack of Indigenous representation in his upcoming stage show ended without a concrete promi...
Jul 20, 2018

Trudeau affirms importance of NAFTA amid rumbling of U.S.-Mexico deal
OTTAWA - Despite fresh rumblings of a bilateral deal between the United States and Mexico, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is convinced that a full North American Free Trade Agreement is best for all th...
Jul 20, 2018