Category Archives: Canada

In the news today, May 10
Five stories in the news for Friday, May 10 --- MONEY LAUNDERING CANADA-WIDE, B.C. REPORTS A report that estimates $5 billion was laundered through British Columbia's real estate market...
May 10, 2019

Alberta court hears details of fight over disqualified horse in Canadian Derby
EDMONTON - With the horse-racing community still buzzing over a controversial disqualification in one of its most well-known races, a fight over which horse won a Canadian Derby race two yea...
May 10, 2019

Mark Norman's lawyer warns of interference in courts despite dropped charge
OTTAWA - Canadians must be on guard against government efforts to tip the scales of justice, said Vice-Admiral Mark Norman's lawyer on Wednesday, as she hailed the surprise stay of a breach-of-trust c...
May 10, 2019

Arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou to seek stay of extradition proceedings
VANCOUVER - The defence team for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou says it plans to argue that she shouldn't be extradited to the United States because she hasn't violated sanctions under Canadian la...
May 10, 2019

Grassy Narrows protester interrupts Trudeau at Toronto Liberal event
TORONTO - An appearance by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at an event for Liberal supporters in Toronto was interrupted by a protester from Grassy Narrows First Nation Thursday. The unidentified woman ...
May 09, 2019

Otter's long departure means koi can return to Vancouver Chinese garden
VANCOUVER - Koi are safe to swim again in the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in Vancouver that was once a hunting ground for an elusive otter. Three adults and 344 juvenile ornamental k...
May 09, 2019

Mulroney feted by business and political elite, refuses to speak about his past
MONTREAL - Some of Canada's business and political elite paid tribute to former prime minister Brian Mulroney Thursday night and raised money for the foundation of Universite de Montreal's hospital ce...
May 09, 2019

Death at post-prom party raises concerns about civic responsibility: observers
The death of a teenager at a post-prom party held at an Airbnb rental property north of Toronto should be raising questions around safety and civic responsibility in an evolving industry, lawyers and ...
May 09, 2019

Former senator links hijab and mutilation at Quebec secularism hearings
QUEBEC - Hearings into Quebec's secularism bill veered off track Thursday when a former senator drew a connection between the Muslim head scarf, female genital mutilation and forced marriage. Que...
May 09, 2019

Beyak suspended from Senate over refusal to delete racist letters from website
OTTAWA - Lynn Beyak cast herself as a defender of free speech and a victim of political correctness moments before senators voted summarily Thursday to suspend her without pay from the Senat...
May 09, 2019