Category Archives: Canada

Court delays case against public servant charged in shipbuilding leak
OTTAWA - An Ottawa court has agreed to delay until November the case of a public servant accused of leaking cabinet secrets about a $700-million shipbuilding project, amid concerns about fairness and ...
Sep 01, 2019

Cities urge federal leaders to wade into wastewater debate
OTTAWA - In Canada's largest city, raw sewage flows into Lake Ontario so often, Toronto tells people they should never swim off the city's beaches for least two days after it rains. Acr...
Sep 01, 2019

Woman convicted in Stefanie Rengel's killing has day parole revoked
KITCHENER, Ont. - A young woman who pressured her boyfriend to kill his teenage ex more than a decade ago had her day parole revoked Friday after she became entangled in a love triangle with two forme...
Sep 01, 2019

Confusion trips up labour reform roll out, leaving some stakeholders in the dark
Sweeping federal labour reforms come into force today, but the government is still figuring out who will be exempt from key provisions. Thousands of workers and employers are facing uncertainty a...
Sep 01, 2019

Family calls for change at funeral for B.C. teen who died of apparent overdose
LANGLEY, B.C. - The family of a 14-year-old British Columbia boy whose apparent overdose death was filmed and posted on social media delivered a powerful call for change at his funeral on Th...
Aug 31, 2019

Park Extension residents say evictions on the rise amid gentrification
MONTREAL - Residents of Montreal's Park Extension area say evictions are on the rise amid gentrification in the province's poorest neighbourhood. Tenants and community advocates gathered at Parc Saint...
Aug 31, 2019

Quebec boards say they have more classes than teachers as kids return to school
MONTREAL - As Quebec students return to school this week, many are heading into classrooms without a full-time, qualified teacher to learn from, two Montreal-area school boards say...
Aug 31, 2019

Overdoses continue to take a toll, killing 119 Quebecers in three months
MONTREAL - Community groups are meeting in downtown Montreal today to raise awareness of the risks of drug use as part of International Overdose Awareness Day. Each month more than a thousand Quebecer...
Aug 31, 2019

Scientists spot rare life as remotely operated vehicles livestream off N.S. coast
HALIFAX - Research scientists are watching with fascination this weekend as a search for rare undersea life is being broadcast live by two remotely operated vessels run by the...
Aug 31, 2019

'More measured way:' Alberta government repeals ban on school seclusion rooms
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservatives have repealed a ban on seclusion rooms in schools that was brought in by the previous NDP government over concerns the rooms were traumatizing students w...
Aug 31, 2019