Category Archives: Canada
Feds knew of suicide threat, didn't respond: First Nations community
OTTAWA - A remote northern Ontario First Nation where two young girls ended their lives last week warned the federal government in July about a developing “suicide pact,” but their pleas f...
Jan 19, 2017
African-Nova Scotian advocates call for street checks to be suspended
HALIFAX - African-Nova Scotian social justice advocates are calling on Halifax Regional Police to suspend their use of street checks. Halifax lawyer Shawna Hoyte and social workers Robert Wright and L...
Jan 19, 2017
Quebec hikes minimum wage to $11.25 as of May 1
Quebec is boosting the province’s minimum wage to $11.25 from $10.75, effective May 1. The 50-cent increase is the biggest since 2010, Labour Minister Dominique Vien said Thursday. She said the ...
Jan 19, 2017
P.E.I. proposes laws to deter bikers: 'What we're targetting is criminality'
CHARLOTTETOWN - P.E.I. is moving to thwart the growth of biker gangs, proposing legislation to ban gang colours in bars, outlaw fortified buildings and regulate the sale of body armour. Premier Wade M...
Jan 19, 2017
Ontario man charged in alleged spiritual scam: police
BRAMPTON, Ont. - A 40-year-old man from Brampton, Ont. is facing charges after allegedly defrauding a woman of more than $60,000 by persuading her of his mystical powers. Peel Regional Police say the ...
Jan 19, 2017
Galen G. Weston named CEO of George Weston, company his father led for decades
TORONTO - Galen G. Weston has been appointed CEO of George Weston Ltd., a business his father led for decades before stepping aside last year as part of a staged succession plan at the company that co...
Jan 19, 2017
Five stories in the news today, Jan. 19
Five stories in the news for Thursday, Jan. 19 --- CANADIAN TRAVELLING TO WASHINGTON TO PROTEST TRUMP Hundreds of Canadians will be in Washington, D.C., to take part in a massive protest and rally on ...
Jan 19, 2017
A timeline of events from the deadly La Loche shooting one year ago
Four people were killed and seven wounded in a mass shooting at a high school and a home in the northern Saskatchewan community of La Loche a year ago. A student, who was 17 at the time, has pleaded g...
Jan 19, 2017
It's 'an important time for women' around the world, says Maryam Monsef
OTTAWA - Maryam Monsef, like all her Liberal cabinet colleagues, was careful to step around a direct question about U.S. president-elect Donald Trump. She might have actually had to be more nimble tha...
Jan 19, 2017
A look at the four people who died in a mass shooting in northern Saskatchewan
Four people were killed and seven wounded in a mass shooting in a school and at a home in the northern Saskatchewan community of La Loche on Jan. 22, 2016. A student, who has since turned 18, has plea...
Jan 19, 2017