Category Archives: Canada
Halifax police chief proposes publishing suicide stats to start conversation
Halifax’s police chief says his officers are seeing a disturbing rise in suicide calls, and is suggesting the city’s suicide rate be released to help start a conversation around the issue....
Jun 21, 2017
Reported rate of hate crime in Thunder Bay 'appalling,' says local MP Hajdu
OTTAWA - A Thunder Bay MP says she’s not surprised by “appalling” new numbers that suggest the Ontario city has the highest rate of metropolitan hate crime in Canada. Patty Hajdu, wh...
Jun 21, 2017
Five stories in the news for today, June 21
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, June 21 --- SENATORS VOTE TO REMOVE SECTION OF BUDGET BILL The Senate voted late Tuesday to ditch a so-called escalator tax on booze from the federal budget, de...
Jun 21, 2017
Triple murder trial hears testimony about remains found in firepit
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The trial of a man accused of killing a young father, his two-year-old daughter and a senior in southern Alberta is hearing testimony about the firepit where the girl’s remai...
Jun 20, 2017
Montreal man smuggled guns via U.S.-Canada border library: prosecutors
MONTPELIER, Vt. - A Montreal man was brought to the U.S. to face charges he smuggled handguns into Canada, including some that were hidden in the bathroom of a public library that straddles the nation...
Jun 20, 2017
10 things about the Liberal government's security bill introduced Tuesday
OTTAWA - The Liberal government introduced long-anticipated security legislation Tuesday following consultations that drew comments from tens of thousands of Canadians. The wide-ranging package of mea...
Jun 20, 2017
Quebec waiting on feds to appoint Superior Court justices to help curb delay
Quebec Justice Minister Stephanie Vallee is calling on the federal government to appoint 10 new Superior Court justices in the province in short order. Vallee said measures taken by the province to cu...
Jun 20, 2017
QuickQuotes: Just what was said Tuesday about new national security legislation
OTTAWA - The Liberal government finally introduced its long-awaited new national security legislation Tuesday. Some quotes: “Canadians expect their governments to do two things: protect our comm...
Jun 20, 2017
Convicted killer Luka Rocco Magnotta getting married: report
MONTREAL - A Quebec TV network is reporting that convicted murderer Luka Rocco Magnotta will be getting married this month. TVA Nouvelles says the man who killed and dismembered Chinese student Jun Li...
Jun 20, 2017
Montreal-born author appointed new chair of UBC's creative writing program
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia has announced a new head for its creative writing program, nearly two years after the former chair was suspended amid “serious allegations.” ...
Jun 20, 2017