Canada

Updated air passenger rights protections come into effect Monday

MONTREAL - Airlines now have to reimburse passengers for flight bumping and damaged luggage as part of a package of new protections that take effect today. The regul...

Jul 15, 2019

Evidence erased by police would have freed wrongfully convicted man: defence lawyer

HALIFAX - A defence lawyer who fought to free Glen Assoun from a wrongful murder conviction says evidence erased by the Mounties would have helped him win his appeal. A federal report made p...

Jul 15, 2019

Canada to compensate 718 gay-purge victims in class-action settlement

OTTAWA - Some victims of the federal government's gay purge were so devastated by the experience that even decades later they needed the help of a therapist to fill out forms to receive financial comp...

Jul 15, 2019

Chuckwagon race safety up for review after six horses die during Stampede event

CALGARY - Injuries have forced a veterinary medical team to euthanize three more horses competing in this year's Calgary Stampede chuckwagon races, bringing to six the number of animals to die du...

Jul 15, 2019

In the news today, July 15

Four stories in the news for Monday, July 15 --- YOUR WARD NEWS EDITOR FACES SENTENCING TODAY The editor of a free Toronto-based publication faces sentencing today for wilfully promoting hat...

Jul 15, 2019

Your Ward News editor faces sentencing today; says ready to go to jail

TORONTO - The editor of a free Toronto-based publication faces sentencing today for wilfully promoting hatred against women and Jews. The prosecution wants to see James Sears jailed for 12 months. The...

Jul 15, 2019

Global concern grows over Canada's funding of fight against AIDS, TB, malaria

OTTAWA - International concern is growing in medical and development circles that the Trudeau government is about to step back from its much-publicized global leadership on eradicating AIDS, tube...

Jul 15, 2019

NATO secretary general visits Canada for Trudeau meeting, base tour

OTTAWA - The secretary-general of NATO is in Canada today meeting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Jens Stoltenberg will tour CFB Petawawa with Trudeau and discuss Canada's NATO deployments in Latv...

Jul 15, 2019

Somali-Canadian journalist Hodan Naleyeh dies in Somalia extremist attack

At least 26 people have been killed in an extremist attack in Somalia including a prominent Somali-Canadian journalist and her husband. Mogadishu-based independent radio station Radio Dalsan conf...

Jul 14, 2019

'They're home:' Hike to see Banff bison a spiritual journey for group of women

BANFF, Alta. - Marie-Eve Marchand and Tanealle Shade stand on a grassy knoll in Alberta's Banff National Park hoping to catch a glimpse of the bison herd. As they look at a small warden's cabin, ...

Jul 14, 2019