Category Archives: Canada
Visits to Montreal's four supervised drug injection sites double since last summer
MONTREAL - Monthly visits to Montreal’s four, supervised drug-injection facilities have more than doubled since they opened last summer and crime rates have not increased in the neighbourhoods t...
Jun 19, 2018
Manitoba judge upholds former law that banned switching political parties
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba law that forbade members of the legislature from switching party caucuses - an action commonly called floor-crossing - did not violate the Charter of Rights, a Court of QueenR...
Jun 19, 2018
Suspect arrested in connection with right-wing group storming Vice Quebec office
MONTREAL - A 34-year-old man was arrested in connection with an incident in May when members of a nationalist, far-right group stormed the Montreal newsroom of Vice Quebec, police said Tuesday. Montre...
Jun 19, 2018
Widely used pesticides found in Ontario wild turkeys: study
Widely used pesticides blamed for decimating honeybee and other pollinator populations have found their way into wild turkeys in Ontario, according to a new study from Canadian researchers. Scientists...
Jun 19, 2018
Committee calls for restrictions to content, labelling, marketing of drinks
OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee is calling on the federal government to place severe restrictions on the contents and advertising of sugary alcoholic drinks. A report tabled today recommends tha...
Jun 19, 2018
National sports organizations have to report allegations of abuse immediately
OTTAWA - Sports Minister Kirsty Duncan says national sporting organizations will lose their federal funding if they don’t immediately disclose to her office any allegations of abuse or harassmen...
Jun 19, 2018
Lawyer challenges female military officer's story in sex-assault case
HALIFAX - A defence lawyer suggested Tuesday that a female military officer who says she was sexually assaulted initially reported just enough to superiors to cover the fact she slept with a subordina...
Jun 19, 2018
Crown recommends 150-year prison term for Quebec City mosque shooter
QUEBEC - The man who gunned down six Muslim men in a Quebec City mosque deserves to spend 150 years in prison, a Crown prosecutor said Tuesday as he recommended Alexandre Bissonnette receive the longe...
Jun 19, 2018
Opioid death toll in Canada nearly 4,000 last year, new data shows
OTTAWA - Nearly 4,000 Canadians died from apparent opioid overdoses last year, with men the most likely victims and fentanyl the clear culprit, new government figures show. The numbers released Tuesda...
Jun 19, 2018
Commons committee calls on Liberals to subject parties to privacy laws
OTTAWA - A committee of MPs is calling on the federal government to make political parties and players subject to federal privacy laws to prevent nefarious actors from manipulating Canadian elections....
Jun 19, 2018