Category Archives: Canada
Court upholds $700K libel award for relentless internet smear campaign
TORONTO - Two businessmen who waged a vicious and relentless internet smear campaign against a former associate must pay their victim $700,000 in damages, Ontario’s top court affirmed on Wednesd...
Jan 31, 2018
Liberal senator Colin Kenny resigning months before December retirement date
OTTAWA - Longtime Sen. Colin Kenny is calling it quits months before his scheduled retirement later this year. Kenny officially notified the Governor General on Wednesday morning that he will leave th...
Jan 31, 2018
Doctors who object to treatment on moral grounds must give referral: court
TORONTO - Ontario doctors who have a moral or religious objection to treatments such as assisted dying, contraception or abortions must refer patients to another doctor who can provide the service, af...
Jan 31, 2018
B.C. to face consequences over plan to ban increased oil shipments: Alberta
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says there will be consequences for British Columbia over the province’s latest attempt to hinder expansion of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain oil pipel...
Jan 31, 2018
Man shot in head after altercation with constable at Maniwaki courthouse
MANIWAKI, Que. - An 18-year-old man was shot in the head on Wednesday at a Quebec courthouse, after he was involved in a fight with a constable that was purportedly caught on video. Quebec’s ind...
Jan 31, 2018
Nova Scotia's Tory caucus backs handling of allegation against former leader
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservative caucus has closed ranks, saying they are satisfied with the process that ended in last week’s sudden resignation of former leader Jamie Bai...
Jan 31, 2018
Discovery of remains, police belief of serial killer at work has experts musing
TORONTO - The recent discovery of dismembered skeletal remains in backyard planters and a Toronto police allegation that a serial killer is responsible for the gruesome crimes have prompted at least o...
Jan 31, 2018
Appeal court orders new trial for Halifax taxi driver acquitted of sex assault
HALIFAX - A Halifax taxi driver acquitted of sexually assaulting a drunk and unconscious woman has been ordered to again stand trial in a case that sparked a national debate over intoxication and the ...
Jan 31, 2018
Friend of man shot on Saskatchewan farm breaks down at photos of his body
BATTLEFORD, Sask. - A friend of an Indigenous man shot during an altercation on a Saskatchewan farm broke down in tears in court when forced to examine a photo of Colten Boushie’s body. “H...
Jan 31, 2018
B.C. First Nation claims Victoria-area island, alleging treaty rights violated
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia First Nation is claiming title to a private island off Victoria that is currently owned by one of the world’s richest men and is valued at more than $54 million. J...
Jan 31, 2018