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Systemic failures and racism: Hearings for Desmond inquiry conclude in Nova Scotia
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - More than five years after Afghanistan war veteran Lionel Desmond killed three family members and himself in their rural Nova Scotia home, a provincial fatality inquiry conclud...
Apr 20, 2022
Court halts South Carolina plan for firing squad execution
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina's highest court on Wednesday issued a temporary stay blocking the state from carrying out what was set to be its first-ever firing squad execution. The order by th...
Apr 20, 2022
B.C. high court certifies former flight attendant's class-action suit against WestJet
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal has ruled a former flight attendant's class-action lawsuit alleging breach of contract against WestJet can proceed. The decision from a three-member pa...
Apr 20, 2022
Canada struggling to process Afghan refugees, Taliban 'not exactly being helpful': PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the circumstances in Afghanistan are "heartbreaking" but Canada is facing challenges in processing refugees trying to flee the war-torn country. Trudeau, wh...
Apr 20, 2022
RCMP's inability to track officers during N.S. killings questioned at inquiry
HALIFAX - Lawyers at the public inquiry into Canada's worst mass shooting are asking why - in an era when teens use apps to locate each other - the RCMP lacked technology to track their officers on fo...
Apr 20, 2022
Province announces over $2 million to support Ukrainians arriving in Alberta
ST. ALBERT, AB - The provincial government is providing a wealth of supports to Ukrainians who are fleeing their home country and settling in Alberta as the Russian invasion continues.Premier Jason Ke...
Apr 20, 2022
Quebec judge bans father from taking son to protests against COVID-19 health orders
QUEBEC - A Quebec judge has ruled a mother can have her young son vaccinated against the novel coronavirus without the father's consent and ordered the father not to take the child to COVID-19 protest...
Apr 20, 2022
Application for Coutts arrest documents to be unsealed adjourned two weeks
An application made to the courts to have legal documents related to the Coutts border blockade earlier this year unsealed has been adjourned until next month.Global News has joined the CBC, Postmedia...
Apr 20, 2022
Judge delays Alex Jones trial as Infowars seeks bankruptcy
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A Texas judge on Wednesday pushed back the first jury trial over how much conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay the families of Sandy Hook victims after his Infowars company s...
Apr 20, 2022
Michelle Obama to address democracy summit June 13 in LA
WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama will deliver the keynote address at a democracy summit sponsored by a national, nonpartisan voting organization she helped create, the group announced Wednesday. The f...
Apr 20, 2022