Category Archives: Canada

Northern Quebec circuit court should be adapted to local conditions: report
MONTREAL - The justice system in Quebec's northern Nunavik region should be better adapted to local culture and have a more permanent presence in the area, according to a new report. Jean-Claude Latra...
Aug 07, 2022

Man accused in Amanda Todd harassment case found guilty on all charges
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A Dutch man accused of tormenting British Columbia teen Amanda Todd via online threats has been found guilty of all charges he faced in connection with the case, a jury ruled o...
Aug 06, 2022

Hockey Canada's board chair Michael Brind’Amour steps down
CALGARY - The chair of Hockey Canada's board of directors has resigned. Michael Brind'Amour told the board Friday evening he was stepping down immediately, Hockey Canada said Saturday in a statement. ...
Aug 06, 2022

Artists to cash in when work is resold with update of copyright laws
OTTAWA - Artists are to get paid when their work is resold in a shakeup of copyright laws that would give them a slice of collectors' profits. Painters, sculptors and other visual artists stand to get...
Aug 06, 2022

Pandemic benefits were too generous with businesses, stringent with workers: experts
OTTAWA - Benefits rolled out at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic allowed vulnerable Canadians to stay healthy while maintaining an income, but business supports were excessive and show the outsized ...
Aug 06, 2022

Amanda Todd's mother highlights impact of 'sextortion', as jury deliberates
NEW WESTMINSTER - The mother of Amanda Todd hopes her daughter's case brings increased awareness of the devastating impacts of "sextortion", as a jury in the trial of a Dutch man accused of blackmaili...
Aug 06, 2022

Sextortion boom coincides with pandemic's online shift, as experts raise alarm
VANCOUVER - The mass shift online brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic coincided with a boom of so-called "sextortion scams," new data from Statistics Canada suggests. As authorities aim to educate you...
Aug 06, 2022

Russia sanctions LGBTQ activist, Freeland and Joly's staff, singer Chantal Kreviazuk
OTTAWA - Russia sanctioned a raft of Canadian public figures on Friday including Maj.-Gen. Michael Wright, head of Canadian Forces Intelligence Command, and the pastor who officiated the first gay mar...
Aug 05, 2022

'More than a brother to me': Victims of Montreal-area killings remembered
MONTREAL - Families and communities are mourning a grandfather, a hospital worker and a 22-year-old riding his skateboard who lost their lives this week to a seemingly random string of shootings in th...
Aug 05, 2022

Judge instructs jury before its deliberation in online extortion case of B.C. teen
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The British Columbia Supreme Court justice in the trial of a Dutch man charged with harassing and extorting teenager Amanda Todd told the jury to "take special care" with the t...
Aug 05, 2022