Category Archives: Canada
N.L. court defends political dissent in case of man hospitalized involuntarily
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal has issued a ringing defence of political dissent, in the case of a man held involuntarily at a psychiatric hospital after he sen...
Apr 17, 2017
Ottawa wants young teens to avoid criminal record for pot possession
OTTAWA - The federal government has tailored its highly anticipated marijuana legislation to ensure younger teens don’t wind up with criminal records for pot possession. Currently, people betwee...
Apr 17, 2017
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, April 17 --- KHADR’S CRIMINAL RECORD CONTAINS MISTAKES: Omar Khadr’s official criminal record in Canada contains oddities and errors that are at o...
Apr 17, 2017
Firefighters cut paths through ice to shore to save Alberta horses
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - Horses that were struggling after falling through thin ice in northwestern Alberta were saved by rescuers who cut paths to the shore with chainsaws. Trevor Grant, the County of...
Apr 17, 2017
Omar Khadr's criminal record in Canada shows 'absolute ignorance':lawyer
TORONTO - Omar Khadr’s official criminal record in Canada contains oddities and errors that are at odds with how the federal government viewed him on his return from the notorious prison on the ...
Apr 17, 2017
Overbooking called 'an egregious and deliberate form of breach of contract'
CHARLOTTETOWN - The public outcry over the contentious airline practice of overbooking flights has found a new target in Atlantic Canada, where a 10-year-old P.E.I. boy was bumped from an Air Canada f...
Apr 17, 2017
Toronto Mayor John Tory lays out three priorities heading into housing meeting
TORONTO - Mayor John Tory says he plans to discuss Toronto’s lagging rental supply, a vacant property tax and the lack of real estate data when he meets Tuesday with the federal and Ontario fina...
Apr 17, 2017
No plan for pot-conviction amnesty amid legalization move, Liberals say
OTTAWA - The federal plan to legalize recreational marijuana does not include the general amnesty for past pot convictions some would like to see, says Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale. Newly tabl...
Apr 17, 2017
Main parties campaign on health care, jobs at start of Week 2 of B.C. election
BURNABY, B.C. - New Democrat Leader John Horgan took aim on Monday at the Liberals’ failed pledge to match every British Columbian with a family doctor by promoting his party’s strategy to...
Apr 17, 2017
Ranchers watch lone beaver herd curious cattle on Saskatchewan pasture
ITUNA, Sask. - It’s about as Canadian as a cattle drive can get. Ranchers northeast of Regina are shaking their heads after watching a herd of curious bovines slowly follow a beaver across one o...
Apr 17, 2017