Category Archives: Canada
Ford orders public sector hiring freeze, excludes essential frontline staff
TORONTO - Ontario’s incoming premier has put the public service under a hiring freeze as part of a series of measures meant to limit spending as he re-examines the province’s books, raisin...
Jun 18, 2018
Shotgun wounds show homeowner shot Indigenous man at close range, court told
HAMILTON - Either one of two shotgun blasts that hit an Indigenous man from within a couple of metres would have killed him, a second-degree murder trial heard on Monday. However, an experienced foren...
Jun 18, 2018
Ethics watchdog says Bill Morneau didn't break law with pension bill
OTTAWA - The federal ethics watchdog has closed the last in a series of probes facing Bill Morneau, deciding that the finance minister didn’t violate any conflict of interest laws last year as t...
Jun 18, 2018
Hope fading for whale beached in Newfoundland: 'The animal may die here'
HARBOUR GRACE, N.L. - Hope was fading for a beached whale as night fell Monday on a small coastal community in eastern Newfoundland. Wayne Ledwell of Whale Release and Strandings said the adult minke ...
Jun 18, 2018
Judge cites threat to global community in sentencing Lindhout kidnapper
OTTAWA - A judge has sentenced a Somalian man to 15 years in prison for the kidnapping of Amanda Lindhout, saying hostage-taking is a threat to the international community that deserves significant pu...
Jun 18, 2018
Crane operators off the job in Quebec, protesting new training rules
MONTREAL - Crane operators disrupted work sites across Quebec on Monday with an illegal strike, according to the provincial agency that enforces construction labour rules. A spokeswoman for QuebecR...
Jun 18, 2018
Mosque shooter a troubled youth, doesn't deserve exemplary sentence: defence
QUEBEC - Alexandre Bissonnette, who murdered six men in a Quebec City mosque in January 2017, is a fragile narcissist, a man unable to overcome the hardships he suffered in his youth, his lawyer argue...
Jun 18, 2018
Blue Jays pitcher Roberto Osuna to plead not guilty to assault: lawyer
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Roberto Osuna intends to plead not guilty to an assault charge, his lawyer said Monday. The 23-year-old closer was arrested last month in connection with what his lawyer, Dom...
Jun 18, 2018
Just For Laughs production company promotes COO Bruce Hills to president
MONTREAL - Just For Laughs Group has appointed a familiar face to oversee operations going forward, tapping a longtime executive as president on Monday. Bruce Hills, who had served as chief operating ...
Jun 18, 2018
Halifax military police officer pleads not guilty to sexual assault
HALIFAX - The complainant in a sex assault case against a Halifax-based military policeman says she woke up confused in her hotel bed and felt the sensation of “skin to skin” as a man̵...
Jun 18, 2018