Category Archives: Canada

Federal budget won't contain specific actions to address Trump uncertainty
OTTAWA - If the Trudeau government plans to take steps to address the economic risks of the Donald Trump presidency, they won’t be in the upcoming federal budget. Following weeks of meetings bet...
Mar 09, 2017

'Knees together' judge Robin Camp resigning from the bench
OTTAWA - A judge who asked a sexual assault complainant in a trial why she couldn’t keep her knees together quit Thursday after a scathing rebuke from the body that oversees the Canadian judicia...
Mar 09, 2017
Maple Lodge Farms fined $6K for suffering of frozen spent hens
TORONTO - A Canadian meat processor must pay a $6,000 penalty for allowing thousands of free-range hens on their way to slaughter to suffer in frigid conditions, the Federal Court of Appeal has ruled....
Mar 09, 2017

Eighth alleged victim says Charest would kiss her and other skiers
ST-JEROME, Que. - Lingering kisses, pinches on the buttocks and having to answer questions about sex were a regular part of life for Bertrand Charest’s ski students, one of his alleged victims t...
Mar 09, 2017

Pot activists charged, stores raided, lawyer promises court battle
TORONTO - Prominent marijuana activists Marc and Jodie Emery were charged with multiple drug-related offences in Toronto on Thursday after police in several cities raided pot dispensaries associated w...
Mar 09, 2017

Pregnancy around time of breast cancer diagnosis not risk to survival: study
TORONTO - Pregnancy does not appear to increase the risk of death among women who have had breast cancer, say researchers, who found that five-year survival rates were similar for women who got pregna...
Mar 09, 2017

Former Quebec student leader Nadeau-Dubois jumping into provincial politics
MONTREAL - One of Quebec’s most prominent young leaders who was at the vanguard of the student protests that rocked the province five years ago announced Thursday he is jumping into politics wit...
Mar 09, 2017

Michael J. Fox 'surprised,' 'humbled' by Governor General's Performing Arts Award
Michael J. Fox was both surprised and humbled to be named a recipient of the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards, and he has already celebrated the honour with another newly minted laureat...
Mar 09, 2017
Kinder Morgan ups Trans Mountain cost to $7.4 billion, confirms shipper interest
CALGARY - Kinder Morgan has increased the estimated cost of the Trans Mountain pipeline project to $7.4 billion and says it has confirmed shipping interest from producers. The cost is up from the $6.8...
Mar 09, 2017

Halifax men accused of assaulting Dennis Oland behind bars appear in court
MIRAMICHI, N.B. - Two Halifax men charged with assaulting Dennis Oland in a New Brunswick prison appeared briefly in court Thursday. Convicted killer Cody Alexander Muise and Aaron Marriott, who was c...
Mar 09, 2017