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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...
rdnews@socastdigital.com Jun 22, 2018
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...
rdnews@socastdigital.com Jun 22, 2018
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...
rdnews@socastdigital.com Jun 22, 2018
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...
rdnews@socastdigital.com Jun 22, 2018
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 ...
rdnews@socastdigital.com Jun 22, 2018
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...
rdnews@socastdigital.com Jun 22, 2018
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....
rdnews@socastdigital.com Jun 22, 2018
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...
rdnews@socastdigital.com Jun 22, 2018
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...
rdnews@socastdigital.com Jun 22, 2018
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...
rdnews@socastdigital.com Jun 22, 2018