Category Archives: Canada
A glance at the alleged victims of accused serial killer Bruce McArthur
TORONTO - Here is a glance at the alleged victims of Bruce McArthur, a 66-year-old Toronto landscaper charged with eight counts of first-degree murder: MAJEED KAYHAN The 58-year-old Toronto man was re...
Apr 16, 2018
Quebec asks for federal help and a game plan as number of asylum seekers spikes
MONTREAL - The Quebec government says it is facing the prospect of even more asylum seekers entering the province from the United States this year and wants the federal government to come up with a pl...
Apr 16, 2018
Documents show feds saw few hurdles to overhaul under-used victims fund
OTTAWA - Federal officials expressed concerns about possible changes to a grant program for parents of missing and murdered children that only doles out a tiny fraction of its multimillion-dollar budg...
Apr 16, 2018
After 40 years, federal government removes barriers to disabled immigrants
OTTAWA - After four decades, the federal government is getting rid of rules that turned away would-be immigrants with intellectual or physical disabilities, Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen said Mond...
Apr 16, 2018
Newfoundland and Labrador will target 'revenge porn' with new law
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador is joining a growing list of provinces targeting so-called revenge porn with new legislation aimed at those who threaten or actually share intimate i...
Apr 16, 2018
Quebec bar files motion calling on province to change law-drafting process
MONTREAL - Quebec’s law society is heading to court to challenge the way the provincial government goes about drafting and passing laws. The Quebec Bar Association, along with the Montreal bar, ...
Apr 16, 2018
A timeline of key events in the case of alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur
A timeline of key events in the case of alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur based on information released by Toronto police: ___ September 2010 _ Skandaraj Navaratnam, 40, disappears from TorontoR...
Apr 16, 2018
Halifax mall plotters admired Columbine killers, court document reveals
HALIFAX - They started sending online messages to each other on Dec. 21, 2014, an innocuous online chat about coffee and creative writing. But the conversation between Lindsay Souvannarath and James G...
Apr 16, 2018
Former FBI boss Comey to speak at Ottawa conference just before G7 summit
OTTAWA - Former FBI director James Comey, whose new book has provoked angry tweets from President Donald Trump, is scheduled to speak at an Ottawa conference just before the G7 summit in early June. C...
Apr 16, 2018
Possible class action after Freedom of Information web breach in N.S.
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia law firm is investigating the potential for a class action lawsuit following a breach of the province’s freedom-of-information Internet portal affecting thousands of sens...
Apr 16, 2018