Category Archives: Canada

Report on use of force by Calgary police stresses better training, mental health
CALGARY - A wide-ranging report on the Calgary Police Service’s use of force stresses the need for continuous on-the-job training, speedier reviews of fatal confrontations and a better understan...
May 29, 2018

Judge orders jail, fines for convicted Saskatchewan human smugglers
ESTEVAN, Sask. - A Saskatchewan couple has been sentenced after admitting to their roles in a human smuggling operation involving a group of Nigerian asylum-seekers. In a ruling brought down on Monday...
May 29, 2018

New Brunswick premier off to Toronto to court more cybersecurity jobs
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Premier Brian Gallant is off to Toronto this week in an effort to attract more cybersecurity jobs to his province. Gallant will meet with officials of Siemens, who are look...
May 29, 2018
Timeline: Key dates in the history of the Trans Mountain pipeline
VANCOUVER - Here are some key dates in the history of the Trans Mountain pipeline and Kinder Morgan Canada’s efforts to expand its capacity: October 1953: The Trans Mountain pipeline begins ship...
May 29, 2018
Gonorrhea, other STIs on rise in Canada; social media networks one possible reason
TORONTO - Rates of sexually transmitted infections are continuing to rise across Canada, say public health experts, who point to a number of possible reasons for the uptick in cases of gonorrhea, chla...
May 29, 2018

Deal by Kinder Morgan Canada to sell Trans Mountain welcomed with misgivings
CALGARY - Canada’s energy industry welcomed news Tuesday that the Trans Mountain expansion pipeline is more likely to be built, but expressed grave misgivings over Ottawa’s decision to buy...
May 29, 2018

Feds fail to measure social, economic gaps between First Nations, others: audit
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Canada is failing to measure and accurately report the social and economic gaps between First Nations people on reserves and other Canadians, auditor general Michael Fergu...
May 29, 2018

Ten cases dropped due to delays in military justice system: auditor
OTTAWA - The federal auditor general fired a rocket at Canada’s military justice system Tuesday, citing a failure to deal with persistent and unnecessary delays as the reason several serious cas...
May 29, 2018

Diplomats taking too long to report torture of Canadians: auditor
OTTAWA - Canada’s diplomatic service has come under fire for taking months to notify the foreign affairs minister and top officials about cases where Canadians detained abroad are being tortured...
May 29, 2018

Auditor general says 'cultural' shift needed to prevent another Phoenix
OTTAWA - The failed federal public service pay system was the result of a “government culture” that stands in the way of helping people, auditor general Michael Ferguson said Tuesday as he...
May 29, 2018