Category Archives: Canada

Manitoba murder trial to continue with 11 jurors after one shows COVID-19 symptoms.
WINNIPEG - A murder trial in Manitoba will continue with 11 jurors after one was discharged because he was showing COVID-19 symptoms.Kane Moar is charged with second-degree murder in the 2018 stabbing...
Sep 24, 2020

Man charged in connection with alleged online threats against Quebec premier
MONTREAL - A 65-year-old Quebec man has been charged after allegedly threatening Premier Francois Legault online. Sylvain Proulx will appear in court on Nov. 9 in Roberval, in the Lac-Saint-...
Sep 24, 2020

Top Nunavut justice says judges can't be too lenient with sentences during pandemic
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Offenders in Nunavut should not necessarily get shorter jail time because of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Nunavut's top judge. Chief Justice Neil Sharkey says while the pandemi...
Sep 24, 2020

Politicians must not pressure Health Canada to approve rapid COVID-19 tests: Freeland
OTTAWA - Health Canada says it can't provide any information about the status of any of the rapid-testing devices for COVID-19 it is reviewing. Pressure is mounting on the federal government to approv...
Sep 24, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): --- 1:50 p.m. Yukon's chief medical officer of health says the territory is considering a child-friendly, made-in-British Columb...
Sep 24, 2020

Liberals propose upping value of new COVID-19 benefits to match sunsetting CERB
OTTAWA - The Liberals are proposing to increase the value of benefits for unemployed workers to $500 a week under newly tabled legislation that lands days before aid runs out for millions. The proposa...
Sep 24, 2020

Bernie Sanders puts Trump on notice: 'You are not going to destroy' U.S. democracy
WASHINGTON, Wash. - Firebrand Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders is sounding the alarm over Donald Trump's refusal to promise a peaceful transfer of power next year. In a speech in Washington, D.C....
Sep 24, 2020

Liberals promise action on biases in justice system, policing
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is promising legislation and money to address systemic inequities in all phases of the criminal justice system. The commitments come amid mounting concerns about unfair...
Sep 24, 2020

Gender reveal for 'robust' new calf of endangered west coast orca species
FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. - Whale watchers in Washington state say they've determined the sex of the new addition to a critically endangered pod of killer whales. A social media post by the Center for Whal...
Sep 24, 2020

Eyewitnesses to mass shooting take stand in Fredericton murder trial
FREDERICTON - Norma Foster told a Fredericton courtroom Thursday that on the morning of Aug. 10, 2018, she woke up to gun shots. The witness told jurors she called 911 and looked out he...
Sep 24, 2020