Category Archives: Canada

British Columbia premier defends chief of staff over handling of allegations
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan defended how his chief of staff handled allegations made against the former clerk of the B.C. legislature when he first learned of them in July 2018 as the Liberals...
Oct 09, 2019

Pedestrians hit by U-Haul van in Edmonton testify at trial of alleged attacker
EDMONTON - Two pedestrians struck by a U-Haul van in downtown Edmonton two years ago say they suffered psychologically after the attack. Paul Beigel has testified he was outside a bar h...
Oct 09, 2019

Manitoba's government wants to put off court challenge over wage freeze
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is asking a judge to shelve a court challenge launched by unions representing 110,000 workers over the province's public-sector wage freeze. Two years after the...
Oct 09, 2019

Canada condemns Turkish military incursion in northern Syria as destabilizing
OTTAWA - Canada has joined its major allies in firmly condemning Turkey's military incursion into northern Syria. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland made Canada's position clear in a...
Oct 09, 2019

Undercover police officer says accused admitted details of Edmonton attack
EDMONTON - An undercover officer says a man accused of stabbing a constable and striking four pedestrians with a cube van in September 2017 detailed the attack while in a holding cell the ne...
Oct 09, 2019

Alberta incorporates energy war room as Canadian Energy Centre, work starts soon
EDMONTON - Alberta's energy war room is now on a legal footing and will soon be up and running. Energy Minister Sonya Savage told the legislature the war room is now incorporated and will be...
Oct 09, 2019

Syrian restaurant owners filing complaint about hate messages, Toronto cops say
TORONTO - A Toronto family who said it was forced to close their popular Syrian restaurant after receiving a series of hate messages and death threats has filed a complaint with ci...
Oct 09, 2019

Montreal cops promise action after report finds systemic bias against minorities
MONTREAL - An independent report released Monday has found evidence that Montreal police show "systemic bias" in conducting street checks, with people from certain racialized groups much more lik...
Oct 09, 2019

Judge says limiting imitation firearms could prevent so-called suicides-by-cop
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba judge is calling for new rules governing imitation firearms to reduce the risk of fatal shootings involving police and so-called suicides-by-cop. An inqu...
Oct 09, 2019

Class action seeks damages for sexual abuse of minors in N.L. institutions
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A class action lawsuit, certified last month, alleges the government of Newfoundland and Labrador ignored sexual abuse suffered by children living in government-run i...
Oct 09, 2019