Category Archives: Canada

Court to hear application to extend Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership race
TORONTO - A Toronto lawyer representing a disenfranchised member of Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives says he’s taken legal action in an effort to extend the party’s leadership rac...
Mar 08, 2018
Ontario reviewing Toronto mayor's call for public inquiry related to McArthur case
TORONTO - Ontario’s attorney general says the government is reviewing a call from Toronto’s mayor for a public inquiry into the police handling of missing persons cases, including six men ...
Mar 08, 2018
Ontario passes law overhauling policing rules in province
TORONTO - The Ontario government has passed a bill overhauling policing regulations in the province, saying it will strengthen oversight of law enforcement and redefine officers’ duties. Bill 17...
Mar 08, 2018

Shock and oil: Alberta premier threatens to turn off taps in B.C. dispute
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is threatening to turn off the oil taps in a fight with British Columbia over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Notley won’t say if she would cut of...
Mar 08, 2018
Central bank warns of fallout from trade fights, signals patience on rates
OTTAWA - Even with reassuring trade news out of the United States, a senior Bank of Canada official warned Thursday of serious consequences related to steel and aluminum tariffs as he sent signals the...
Mar 08, 2018
Quebec man charged with manslaughter in infant's death
SHERBROOKE, , Que. - A 19-year-old Quebec man has been charged with manslaughter in the death of his six-week-old child. The infant died after being allegedly shaken. The man was originally charged la...
Mar 08, 2018

'Not a happy day:' Farmer's family relieved no Crown appeal in murder acquittal
REGINA - The lawyer for a Saskatchewan farmer acquitted in the shooting death of a young Indigenous man says his client is relieved the Crown won’t be appealing the case, but it is not a happy d...
Mar 08, 2018

B.C. politicians support move to allow children in legislature during sittings
VICTORIA - One of the longest serving members in British Columbia’s legislature was overcome with emotion Thursday as politicians from all parties voted to allow children on the floor of the cha...
Mar 08, 2018
A timeline of events in the Jaspal Atwal affair
OTTAWA - Controversy has swirled since a man who was convicted of trying to kill an Indian cabinet minister in 1986 showed up at a reception for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in India last month. Here...
Mar 08, 2018

Air Canada union files human rights complaint over flight attendant treatment
TORONTO - The union representing Air Canada flight attendants says it has filed a human rights complaint alleging “systemic discrimination and harassment” of its members. The Canadian Unio...
Mar 08, 2018