Category Archives: Canada

The Populism Project: could the Conservative establishment be at risk?
OTTAWA - There were “Make America Great Again” hats, there were signs with Donald Trump’s name. There was a panel devoted exclusively to the topic of whether Trumpism could be export...
Feb 26, 2017

A fresh look at stunning, historic 'Book of Negroes' through N.S. online portal
HALIFAX - The image on the computer screen looks innocent enough: A ledger showing a list of names, ages and descriptions of physical stature - all of it written in a precise script that hasn’t ...
Feb 26, 2017

Burden of isolation: Juror with PTSD urges triple-murder jury to get help
CALGARY - Mark Farrant has a good idea of what jurors are going through after they sat through a recent triple-murder trial’s disturbing testimony about how the victims were killed and disposed ...
Feb 26, 2017
More Canadian schools move to incorporate, not ban, cellphones
Researchers and educators agree that cellphones have become fixtures in Canadian classrooms, but opinion remains divided on how best to address their presence. All agree that the presence of smartphon...
Feb 26, 2017

Canadian school boards question trips to U.S. as travel ban debate continues
Schools across Canada are grappling with the uncertainty of U.S. travel restrictions and how that affects upcoming student trips across the border. A travel ban instituted by President Donald Trump on...
Feb 26, 2017
Canadian man travels to Turkey in effort to get aid to besieged family in Libya
A Canadian man whose family is trapped in a militant-controlled area in the Libyan city of Benghazi has travelled to Turkey in effort to assemble an aid shipment for civilians in the conflict-ridden n...
Feb 26, 2017

Quebec's clogged justice system needs big culture change, say lawyers, academics
MONTREAL - During the summers of 2015 and 2016 McGill University professor Jason Carmichael tried to study what factors influenced sentencing outcomes for people convicted of drunk driving - but he ra...
Feb 26, 2017

Fentanyl trafficking presents new challenges for police, experts say
VANCOUVER - Illicit drugs have always been a problem in port cities, but experts say the emergence of highly potent synthetic opioids that are fuelling British Columbia’s overdose crisis are sli...
Feb 26, 2017
One winning ticket for Saturday night's $5 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - There is one winning ticket for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw, and it was sold somewhere in Ontario. The winning ticket for the draw’s guaranteed $1 m...
Feb 26, 2017
Murder charged laid in fatal fire at Ontario youth facility
KAWARTHA LAKES, Ont. - A second degree murder charge was laid Saturday following a fire at an Ontario group home last week that left one person dead. Ontario Provincial Police say the suspect, who can...
Feb 25, 2017