Category Archives: Canada
Nova Scotia's freedom of information web portal down, no word on why
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s Freedom of Information and Privacy web portal has been down for six days and there’s no word from the minister responsible whether there’s been a privacy brea...
Apr 10, 2018
WTO creates two dispute settlement panels to review U.S. softwood lumber duties
MONTREAL - The World Trade Organization says its dispute settlement body has agreed to establish two panels to examine Canada’s complaint about duties imposed by the United States on softwood lu...
Apr 10, 2018
New technologies dull but don't cure Canada's export oil pipeline headaches
CALGARY - The potential cancellation of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is putting a spotlight on oilpatch innovations that might mitigate the need for export capacity as oilsands production ris...
Apr 10, 2018
Edmonton dangerous offender files notice of appeal of convictions, sentence
EDMONTON - An Edmonton man with a history of making violent attacks is appealing his latest convictions and his designation as a dangerous offender. The dangerous offender designation handed to Lance ...
Apr 10, 2018
New DNA analysis could crack 30-year-old murders of Victoria couple
EVERETT, Wash. - Cutting-edge DNA analysis is opening new investigative avenues for police, including sheriffs in Washington state who have been looking into the 30-year-old murders of a young couple ...
Apr 10, 2018
Honestly given work reference immune from defamation lawsuit, court rules
TORONTO - A woman who sued her former supervisor over a bad reference that cost her a new job lost her bid on Tuesday to overturn a decision throwing out her defamation claim. In its ruling, the Ontar...
Apr 10, 2018
Alberta judge quashes parts of federal sex offender registry law
EDMONTON - Alberta sex criminals convicted of at least two offences will no longer be automatically placed on the national sex offenders registry after a Queen’s Bench judge rejected attempts to...
Apr 10, 2018
Man accused in military centre stabbings should be acquitted of terror charges:defence
TORONTO - Lawyers for a Toronto man accused of attacking soldiers at a military recruitment centre two years ago say he should be acquitted of terror-related charges and found not criminally responsib...
Apr 10, 2018
Judge gets first-hand look at site of bobsled crash that killed twins
CALGARY - The judge leading an inquiry into the deaths of teenage twins who died during an after-hours bobsled run at Canada Olympic Park had a first-hand look Tuesday at the scene of the 2016 crash. ...
Apr 10, 2018
Judicial council rules no discipline for Calgary judge after comments to class
CALGARY - The Canadian Judicial Council says no action will be taken against a Calgary judge who made what she called inappropriate comments to university students. The council says it reviewed four c...
Apr 10, 2018