Category Archives: Canada
Quebec justice minister worried about lawyers using jurors' Facebook pages
MONTREAL - A report that some Quebec defence lawyers are using Facebook to identify jurors and tailor their cases accordingly has prompted the province’s justice minister to create a working gro...
Apr 18, 2018
Halifax mall plotter penned suicide note to be published after mass shooting
HALIFAX - It’s a modern-day suicide note: Four paragraphs to be posthumously published online the day after a planned Valentine’s Day massacre at one of Atlantic Canada’s busiest sho...
Apr 18, 2018
Speedy test drive of customer's vehicle earns pink slips for Winnipeg mechanics
WINNIPEG - A pair of technicians at a Winnipeg garage have been fired after a dash camera caught them swearing, speeding and mocking a customer’s culture during a road test to check his vehicle&...
Apr 18, 2018
Toronto neurosurgeon charged with killing wife to stand trial next year
TORONTO - A Toronto neurosurgeon accused of killing his physician wife will stand trial next year, a judge ordered Wednesday. Dr. Mohammed Shamji is charged with first-degree murder and committing an ...
Apr 18, 2018
Buffy Sainte-Marie urges patience, empathy on road to reconciliation
HALIFAX - The road to reconciliation must include empathy and patience from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, famed Aboriginal singer-activist Buffy Sainte-Marie said Tuesday as she touched o...
Apr 18, 2018
'It's just really strange': Who is beheading the parking meters of St. John's?
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - In Washington, D.C., it was the fabled meter massacre back in the mid-1990s. In 2012, a man from the Bronx was accused of using super glue to thwart paid parking. In Chicago, ...
Apr 18, 2018
Workers at some 60 daycare centres in Quebec begin 2-day strike
MONTREAL - About 60 daycare centers in Montreal and Laval will be closed today and Thursday due to a strike. About 6,000 children are affected by the walkout, which also includes about a dozen daycare...
Apr 18, 2018
Canadian drug mule sentenced in Australia for cocaine cruise
CANBERRA, Australia - A Canadian drug mule broke down in tears in an Australian court on Wednesday when she was sentenced to eight years in prison for her part in an attempt to smuggle cocaine worth $...
Apr 18, 2018
Swede found guilty of rape based on online interactions has convictions upgraded
Swedish courts that found a man guilty of sex crimes against young girls in Canada and around the world based solely on the nature of his online interactions with them have set a bold new precedent by...
Apr 18, 2018
In the news today, April 18
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, April 18 --- TRUDEAU SET TO MEET WITH QUEEN, BRITISH PM An audience with the Queen will highlight Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s first full day in the Un...
Apr 18, 2018