Category Archives: Canada

High Indigenous prison rate 'unacceptable': Supreme Court chief justice
OTTAWA - The over-representation of Indigenous people in prison is “unacceptable” and reveals a serious problem, says Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Wagner. “That’s a terr...
Jun 22, 2018

Members of Manitoba First Nation to return home after forest fire
WINNIPEG - People who fled a First Nation in east-central Manitoba that was threatened by a massive wildfire are to start returning to their homes this weekend. The fly-in community of Little Grand Ra...
Jun 22, 2018

Applause in Alberta courtroom as charges dropped against man in rural shooting
OKOTOKS, Alta. - A courtroom erupted in cheers and applause Friday as all charges were dropped against a man accused of firing shots at suspected thieves on his rural property in southern Alberta. The...
Jun 22, 2018

Lorne Grabher wins $750 from province amid lengthy battle over licence plate
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government has to reimburse a retiree for a court skirmish over a report suggesting a licence plate bearing his last name supports sexual violence against women. Lorne Grabhe...
Jun 22, 2018

More than 1,000 charges laid against 75 people after Toronto police raids
TORONTO - More than 1,000 charges were laid against 75 members and associates of a Toronto-based gang after police seized guns, drugs and thousands of dollars in cash during a series of early morning ...
Jun 22, 2018

Young N.B. mom jailed for life in murder of teenager stabbed 200 times
MONCTON, N.B. - In a case that captured attention across the East Coast, a young mother has been sentenced to life in prison in the slaying of a Moncton, N.B., teen who had been stabbed about 200 time...
Jun 22, 2018

Crucial Crown evidence ruled out as Dellen Millard's murder trial nears end
TORONTO - A police expert’s testimony suggesting that an aviation executive whose death was initially ruled a suicide could not have killed himself was dismissed Friday as biased and unreliable....
Jun 22, 2018
Quebec crane operators continue strike despite order to return to work
MONTREAL - Quebec’s striking crane operators defied an order to return to work on Friday, as the province’s transport minister announced the government’s intention make the union pay...
Jun 22, 2018

Family of alleged McArthur victim calls for public inquiry in police actions
TORONTO - The family of a man allegedly murdered by accused serial killer Bruce McArthur is calling for a public inquiry into the police investigation of several men who went missing from Toronto̵...
Jun 22, 2018
Here's a list May inflation rates for Canadian provinces, territories
OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 2.2 per cent in May, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Lab...
Jun 22, 2018