Category Archives: Canada
Lead legal counsel announced for inquiry into missing, murdered indigenous women
OTTAWA - Susan Vella, a lawyer with extensive experience in representing victims of sexual trauma has been named lead counsel for the inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women. An award-winni...
Jan 18, 2017
Officer continues to lead police union while facing assault, perjury charges
CALGARY - The Calgary Police Association continues to be led by an officer who has been charged with perjury and assault with a weapon, a vice-president with the 2,200-member union said Wednesday. Mik...
Jan 18, 2017
Nova Scotia's offshore oil dream awaits better news: 'It doesn't look good'
HALIFAX - Shell’s decision to seal two exploration wells off Nova Scotia has set back the province’s dream of offshore riches, but analysts say it’s early days in what may prove to b...
Jan 18, 2017
Newfoundland town already talking about rebuilding after devastating fires
MILLTOWN, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador’s municipal affairs minister was to survey damage Wednesday in the small town devastated by fires at several key institutions. Eddie Joyce was to tour ...
Jan 18, 2017
Triple murder trial hears police had hoped Nathan O'Brien was hiding somewhere
CALGARY - Police officers held out hope a five-year-old Calgary boy could still be alive after he and his grandparents were initially reported missing. “We were asked that when we first got to t...
Jan 18, 2017
Judge awards former journalist Arthur Kent $250,000 in legal costs
CALGARY - An Alberta judge has awarded former TV journalist Arthur Kent $250,000 in legal costs in his successful defamation lawsuit against Canada’s largest newspaper chain - falling $1 million...
Jan 18, 2017
Emotional plea from husband of B.C. mom who was found dead
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The grieving husband of a New Westminster, B.C., woman found dead in waters off Bowen Island last fall has posted a moving tribute to his wife and urges all new moms to seek he...
Jan 18, 2017
Holdout provinces urged to reach health funding deals to prioritize patients
OTTAWA - Mental health advocates want holdout provinces to end their funding standoff with Ottawa and strike deals to ensure struggling patients have access to critical front-line services. Louise Bra...
Jan 18, 2017
Laws needed to protect Great Lakes from farm runoff, joint commission reports
TORONTO - Voluntary measures to protect the Great Lakes from farm manure have proven insufficient and governments should now turn their minds to legislation, a binational report released Wednesday con...
Jan 18, 2017
Hamilton woman who faked cancer gets 2 years after pleading guilty to fraud
HAMILTON - A 33-year-old Hamilton woman who faked having cancer has been sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding a provincial program. Lawyer Cole Raftery says Sarah Lucas...
Jan 18, 2017