Category Archives: Canada
B.C. judge stays charges against 2 Mounties due to delays getting cases to trial
NANAIMO, B.C. - A British Columbia judge has stayed assault charges against two Mounties accused of pepper spraying a man in custody while proceedings against a third officer are set to go ahead in th...
Apr 17, 2018
Canadian minister calls for G7 'naming and shaming' on ocean overfishing
OTTAWA - Canada’s fisheries minister wants the G7 to use military and other surveillance technology to name and shame countries that are conducting massive illegal overfishing operations. Domini...
Apr 17, 2018
Montreal scientist takes to skies over Ottawa to recreate the gravity of Mars
MONTREAL - A Montreal university scientist took to the skies over Ottawa last month to recreate the gravity of Mars for a future unmanned mission. Any visit to Mars involves trying to master its gravi...
Apr 17, 2018
B.C.'s attorney general calls Alberta fuel-restriction bill a 'bluff'
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s attorney general says Alberta’s proposed fuel restriction law is a politically motivated “bluff” that will result in an immediate lawsuit from his...
Apr 17, 2018
'Neglected and degraded:' Alberta defence lawyers demanding boost to Legal Aid
CALGARY - Members of a Calgary defence lawyers group are halting work they do for free to pressure the Alberta government to boost Legal Aid funding. The Criminal Defence Lawyers Association wants a 6...
Apr 17, 2018
Police 'overreach' feared in arrest of teen accused in breach of website:experts
HALIFAX - Internet law experts are questioning the arrest of a 19-year-old Halifax man for an alleged breach of a provincial website after the youth came forward to say he believed he was simply downl...
Apr 17, 2018
NDP urges Liberals to take quicker action on pay equity
OTTAWA - The New Democrats say that if the Liberals were serious about ensuring men and women get equal pay for work of equal value, they would be moving faster on introducing legislation - and attach...
Apr 17, 2018
Maurice (Mom) Boucher pleads guilty to murder conspiracy charge involving rival
MONTREAL - A former Hells Angels boss already serving a life sentence in the death of two prison guards pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to kill another underworld figure. The Crown says a sentenc...
Apr 17, 2018
Alberta move to cut energy shipments expected to hit more than B.C. fuel prices
CALGARY - Economic damage will extend far beyond the fuel budgets of British Columbia residents if Alberta successfully enacts a bill allowing it to restrict oil and gas exports, observers say. The Bi...
Apr 17, 2018
Toronto man charged in military centre stabbing acted as 'terrorist group of one,' Crown says
TORONTO - A man with schizophrenia acted as a “terrorist group of one” when he attacked soldiers at a military recruitment centre in Toronto, federal prosecutors said as they argued the 30...
Apr 17, 2018