Category Archives: Canada
Concerns raised after Saskatchewan minister's comments on Indigenous education
REGINA - Indigenous leaders and teachers are raising concerns after Saskatchewan’s education minister suggested there might be too much “infusion” of First Nations history in school ...
Nov 08, 2017
Toronto-area police warn of Bitcoin tax scam after more than 40 people defrauded
AURORA, Ont. - Police say more than 40 residents in communities north of Toronto have fallen victim to a Bitcoin tax scam, sending over $300,000 to fraudsters since August. York regional police say th...
Nov 08, 2017
'I just knew I had to do something': Nova Scotia honours four for bravery
HALIFAX - Travis Wolfe was helping plow his grandfather’s yard following back-to-back snowstorms in Port Joli, N.S., last February, when the older man alerted him to an ominous sound in the dist...
Nov 08, 2017
Criminal harassment finding upheld over sexually degrading Yahoo forum
TORONTO - A man who set up a private online forum devoted to trashing and sexually degrading a former friend had his criminal harassment conviction upheld on Wednesday. In its ruling, Ontario’s ...
Nov 08, 2017
Feds urged to expand Court Challenges Program to cover treaty rights cases
OTTAWA - The Liberal government’s failure to extend its Court Challenges Program to pay for Indigenous cases involving treaty rights doesn’t make sense at a time when reconciliation is sup...
Nov 08, 2017
Major Canadian brewer not a-moose-d by Vermont pub, waging trademark battle
Canada’s largest independent brewery is once again locking horns with a smaller competitor in a trademark dispute over its moose-themed names and logos. Moosehead Breweries has filed a trademark...
Nov 08, 2017
Mental-health workers kept busy by searing testimony at MMIW inquiry
EDMONTON - As disturbing stories emerge at the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women, it’s Melodie Casella’s job to ensure that testifying about trauma doesn’t ...
Nov 08, 2017
Deer with hammock festooned in antlers wins raves in northwestern B.C.
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - A deer with part of a purple hammock laced around his antlers has inspired a Facebook page, popular line of T-shirts and tremendous public interest in a northern British Columbia...
Nov 08, 2017
Roadsides not best place for planting monarch-critical milkweed, study finds
TORONTO - Efforts aimed at reversing a steep decline in the monarch butterfly population by planting traditionally unloved milkweed need to take into account the size and location of the planted patch...
Nov 08, 2017
Constitutional arguments in polygamy case delayed in British Columbia court
CRANBROOK, B.C. - A court case that challenges Canada’s ban on polygamy on constitutional grounds has been pushed back a month because of delays in filing legal documents. Dan McLaughlin, a spok...
Nov 08, 2017