Category Archives: Canada
Use of super-powerful opioids by drivers a growing concern in some areas
CALGARY - A man high on fentanyl or some similar powerful opioid caused a series of hit-and-runs on a Calgary expressway and almost overdosed before being revived, city police said Thursday. The growi...
Jul 06, 2017
The Proud Boys: Small, retrograde and 'willing to go places and disrupt things'
HALIFAX - Until this week, few Canadians had heard of the Proud Boys. That changed on Canada Day, when five young men in matching black polo shirts disrupted an Indigenous ceremony in Halifax. That br...
Jul 06, 2017
Racism toward Indigenous people escalating in Thunder Bay: grand chief
OTTAWA - First Nations leaders met for a second day Thursday to discuss serious concerns about safety of young people in Thunder Bay - a northwestern Ontario city that leads the country in hate crimes...
Jul 06, 2017
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, July 6 --- TRUDEAU TO APPEAL TO PROTESTERS ON EVE OF G20: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s sunny ways will be tested over the next few days amid tensio...
Jul 06, 2017
Alberta Energy Regulator lays charges against Nexen Energy for 2015 pipeline spill
CALGARY - The Alberta Energy Regulator has laid five charges against Nexen Energy for a pipeline spill two years ago that was one of the largest in provincial history. About five million litres of emu...
Jul 06, 2017
A list of stays issued across the country over court delays
VANCOUVER - More than 200 criminal cases have been tossed due to unreasonable delays after the Supreme Court of Canada’s landmark Jordan decision. Here's a look at how many cases have been staye...
Jul 06, 2017
Indigenous women's inquiry head says process moving at 'lightning speed'
VANCOUVER - The head of the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women denies the process is drifting, saying she believes it’s moving at “lightning speed.” Marion B...
Jul 06, 2017
Saskatchewan sues bars that served drunk driver who killed family of four
REGINA - Catherine McKay’s blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit when she drove into a car carrying the Van de Vorst family in January 2016, killing a couple and their two young ch...
Jul 06, 2017
Court rejects Ottawa's request to delay challenge to indefinite segregation
TORONTO - A constitutional challenge to Canada’s segregation laws should go ahead in September as scheduled despite objections from the federal government, an Ontario court ruled Thursday. In re...
Jul 06, 2017
NDP officially takes power July 18; inner circle packs experience, bite: experts
VICTORIA - The steep political mountain facing John Horgan’s minority government in British Columbia was apparent in the key appointments he made to his inner circle of close advisers, say polit...
Jul 06, 2017