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Amanda Todd shrieked over topless photo on Facebook, mother tells 'sextortion' trial
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Amada Todd's mother has told the B.C. Supreme Court that her daughter let out "a shriek" before running downstairs to show her a Facebook profile using a topless photo of the P...
Jun 07, 2022

Amanda Todd shrieked over topless photo on Facebook, mother tells 'sextortion' trial
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Amada Todd's mother has told the B.C. Supreme Court that her daughter let out "a shriek" before running downstairs to show her a Facebook profile using a topless photo of the P...
Jun 07, 2022

'This fire would have been dramatically different a month from now:' homeless encampment torched in Bowen Park
NANAIMO - Wet conditions substantially aided fire crews after multiple propane tanks exploded, igniting a fire near the Millstone River.Nanaimo Fire Rescue crews were called out to Bowen Park on Tuesd...
Jun 07, 2022

Issuing alert about N.S. gunman would have led to more dead police: RCMP official
HALIFAX - A senior Nova Scotia RCMP official says she has no regrets that an emergency alert was not sent during a killer's 13-hour rampage in 2020, saying doing so would have led to more dead police ...
Jun 07, 2022

Hoggard case highlights need for clarity on reforms to sex assault trials: experts
TORONTO - The sexual assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard has highlighted the need for clarity on how to navigate legal changes meant to protect the privacy of complainants, some legal obs...
Jun 07, 2022

Figure skating's minimum age rises to 17 before 2026 Olympics
An impassioned plea from Canadian physician Dr. Jane Moran may have played a part in figure skating's decision to raise the eligible age limit for competition. No 15-year-old skaters will be allowed t...
Jun 07, 2022

Quebecers not interested in sovereignty, says ex-PQ candidate now running for Legault
LVIS, Que. - A former Parti Qubcois cabinet minister now running for the Coalition Avenir Qubec says Quebecers are no longer interested in talking about sovereignty. Bernard Drainville made the commen...
Jun 07, 2022

Party divide prompts 2 Ontario MPs to switch allegiances in Conservative leadership
OTTAWA - Two Ontario members of Parliament are switching allegiances in the Conservative leadership race from Patrick Brown to Pierre Poilievre, citing the need to unite the fractured party. Flamborou...
Jun 07, 2022

Bureaucrat tried to undercut cabinet's powers with shipbuilding project leak: Crown
OTTAWA - Crown prosecutors accused a federal public servant of attempting to undercut cabinet's decision-making powers by intentionally leaking sensitive documents about a $700-million shipbuilding pr...
Jun 07, 2022

Federal Court says it lacks jurisdiction to hear CSIS employee's discrimination claim
OTTAWA - A federal judge has tossed out a Canadian Security Intelligence Service employee's discrimination lawsuit against the spy service, saying Sameer Ebadi should have followed the internal grieva...
Jun 07, 2022