Category Archives: Canada

$900-million settlement reached in class action on sexual misconduct in military
OTTAWA - The federal government is paying $900 million to settle multiple class-action lawsuits lodged on behalf of survivors of sexual harassment, gender discrimination and sexual assault in the mili...
Jul 18, 2019

Chiefs honour Indigenous leader wrongfully hanged in B.C. 154 years ago today
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Chiefs have gathered in New Westminster, B.C., to commemorate an Indigenous leader who was wrongfully tried and hanged 154 years ago. Chief Ahan was ha...
Jul 18, 2019

Expert body calls for expanded rules to fix news-outlet tax credit status
OTTAWA - The federal government should increase the scope of tax credits being made available to help small news-media outlets survive, an independent panel of experts recommended in a report iss...
Jul 18, 2019

Bad weather delays search for float plane passengers at Labrador crash site
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Bad weather has forced the RCMP to call off flights taking search teams to the remote Labrador lake where a float plane carrying seven people crashed on Monday. Three bodies ha...
Jul 18, 2019

A year after Danforth shooting, teens who lost friend grapple with anxiety
TORONTO - They were eight care-free teenagers out celebrating a birthday when the bullets flew. The rampage that ensued on July 22, 2018, changed their lives. Days before the first ...
Jul 18, 2019

Lyme-infected ticks are so common in parts of Canada, testing no longer done
OTTAWA - Lyme disease has settled so deeply into parts of Canada many public health units now just assume if you get bitten by a tick, you should be treated for the potentially debilitating bacte...
Jul 18, 2019

Fentanyl overdose victim's mom wants Regina police to carry more naloxone kits
REGINA - A mother whose son died of a fentanyl overdose wants the Regina Police Service to equip all front-line officers with the life-saving antidote naloxone. Jenny Churchill's 30-year-old son, Jord...
Jul 18, 2019

Justin Trudeau takes aim at NDP over EU-Canada trade pact as summit wraps up
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling out New Democrats after their leader encouraged French lawmakers to reject the comprehensive trade agreement between the European Union and Canada. ...
Jul 18, 2019

Premier wants answers on mental health detainee who fled, calls man a 'nutcase'
TORONTO - Ontario's premier vowed Thursday to get to the bottom of how a patient detained at a mental health hospital for killing his roommate managed to flee, calling the man a "nutcase." Zhebin Cong...
Jul 18, 2019

Class action sought in massage therapist voyeur case in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON - A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed against a Fredericton massage therapist who allegedly recorded secret videos of more than 100 female patients in various states of undress....
Jul 18, 2019