Category Archives: Canada
Tina Fontaine's death and Raymond Cormier's trial: What the jury heard
WINNIPEG - The Crown in Manitoba has decided it will not appeal the acquittal of a man who was accused of killing 15-year-old Tina Fontaine in Winnipeg. Jurors who sat through three weeks of evidence ...
Mar 13, 2018
'No grounds:' Manitoba Crown won't appeal acquittal in Tina Fontaine murder case
WINNIPEG - The Crown will not appeal the acquittal of a man who was accused of killing 15-year-old Tina Fontaine and dumping her body in a Winnipeg river. Prosecutors said in a statement Tuesday that ...
Mar 13, 2018
Transport Canada to launch First Nations vessel traffic monitoring program
VANCOUVER - Transport Minister Marc Garneau says efforts to protect Canada’s coastlines from vessel spills includes an “unprecedented level of collaboration” with Indigenous communit...
Mar 13, 2018
B.C. judge says undisclosed murder is reason to renege on mansion purchase
VANCOUVER - The former owner of a mansion in Vancouver’s exclusive Shaughnessy neighbourhood must repay a $300,000 deposit after the sale of the property fell through because she didn’t te...
Mar 13, 2018
Auditor general says Nunavut, territories not ready for climate change
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut isn’t doing enough to prepare for climate change, says the federal auditor general’s office in a report to the territorial legislature. “Although (Nunavut)...
Mar 13, 2018
Steel workers in the Sault used to bad news, anxious about tariff threats
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. - David Beauregard shrugs as he walks out of the Algoma Steel plant during an afternoon shift change. “It’s scary,” he said, describing the mixture of resignat...
Mar 13, 2018
Tories hire Toronto lawyer to lead probe into party's handling of Dykstra case
OTTAWA - A Toronto employment lawyer will run the investigation into how the Conservative party handled a sexual assault allegation made against former Tory MP Rick Dykstra by a young staffer in the m...
Mar 13, 2018
N.S. to house people with disabilities who fought for release from hospital
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s government has committed to finding homes in the community for two complainants in a human rights inquiry who have fought for years to move out of a psychiatric unit and ...
Mar 13, 2018
Calgary researchers say new tool will make testing for infections easier
CALGARY - University of Calgary researchers say a new device based on the simple glucose meter used by diabetics should make it easier to test humans and animals for infections. “I realized that...
Mar 13, 2018
Loblaw criticized for personal information requests in gift card roll out
Loblaw Companies Ltd. isn’t providing details as to why some Canadians have been singled out with requests to hand over additional personal information to secure their $25 gift card related to t...
Mar 13, 2018