Category Archives: Canada
Top soldier expected to issue directive encouraging participation in Pride
OTTAWA - Canada’s top soldier is planning to issue a directive in the coming days encouraging military personnel to attend Pride events in uniform, as part of a larger effort to make the Forces ...
Jun 23, 2017
Trudeau to march in Toronto Pride Parade for a second time
TORONTO - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be returning to one of Canada’s largest Pride celebrations this weekend. Pride Toronto, organizers of the city’s festival celebrating the LGBTQ...
Jun 23, 2017
School district makes 31 recommendations after fatal stabbing in B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A British Columbia school district is making 31 recommendations to improve security after a fatal stabbing last year at a secondary school in Abbotsford. A report by the Abbotsford ...
Jun 23, 2017
Licence revocation warranted after lawyer's mortgage fraud, Appeal Court finds
TORONTO - A lawyer involved in mortgage fraud deserved to be kicked out of the profession as the provincial regulator had originally decided, Ontario’s top court ruled on Friday. In its decision...
Jun 23, 2017
Mulcair raises red flags after Canadian sniper breaks record in Iraq
OTTAWA - NDP leader Tom Mulcair is forgoing the celebration and raising red flags following reports that a Canadian sniper in Iraq shattered the world record for the longest confirmed kill. In a lette...
Jun 23, 2017
Activist vying for non-binary birth certificate taking N.L. to court
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A transgender activist vying for a non-binary birth certificate is taking legal action against the Newfoundland and Labrador government as part of an effort to have a gender o...
Jun 23, 2017
Info reforms would put Canada 46th among countries, just behind Peru: centre
OTTAWA - Even once reforms proposed by the Trudeau government are in place, Canada would sit only 46th on a list of global freedom-of-information rankings - sandwiched between Peru and Bulgaria. The H...
Jun 23, 2017
QuickList: 10 cannabis guidelines released in American Journal of Public Health
OTTAWA - Public health and medical experts are supporting 10 new recommendations to help reduce health risks associated with using cannabis. The recommendations, published in the American Journal of P...
Jun 23, 2017
Money key: Leaders say damaged rail line to Churchill could be fixed in 2 months
WINNIPEG - Indigenous leaders say a broken train line that has cut off land access to Churchill in northern Manitoba could be fixed in two months if governments and the railway’s owner would put...
Jun 23, 2017
Ottawa seeks 'clarity' in court on tribunal findings on First Nations health
OTTAWA - The Liberal government said Friday it is going to Federal Court to seek “clarity” on two aspects of a compliance order issued in May by a quasi-judicial human rights tribunal on t...
Jun 23, 2017