Category Archives: Canada
Five deaths at Winnipeg Remand Centre a 'huge flag:' John Howard Society
WINNIPEG - The deaths this year of five people in custody at the Winnipeg Remand Centre is a big red flag and should be investigated in a wide-ranging inquest, says a prisoners rights group. “I&...
Oct 30, 2016
'Canada's UFO guy' long fascinated by mysterious lights in the sky
WINNIPEG - After three decades being known as one of Canada’s top UFO experts, Chris Rutkowski doesn’t mind a bit of good-natured ribbing now and then. “People will sometimes give me...
Oct 30, 2016
New record label crucial infrastructure for Nunavut music: founder
IQALUIT, Nunavut - After two albums and successful tours as far afield as Australia, Nunavut-based musician Andrew Morrison felt he and his band the Jerry Cans had earned the right to be taken on thei...
Oct 30, 2016
Montreal professor known as 'The 'Gadfather' fights what he calls academic cowardice
MONTREAL - Gad Saad, better known as “The Gadfather” to his fans, regularly appears on highly popular U.S. talk shows and his YouTube channel has millions of views, yet the Montreal profes...
Oct 30, 2016
Trudeau says work is 'just beginning' on Canada-EU free trade deal
BRUSSELS - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revelled in a long-awaited moment Sunday - signing Canada’s free trade deal with the European Union, but not before recognizing the challenges ahead to b...
Oct 30, 2016
Conjugal visits increase public safety, help offenders reintegrate, experts say
VANCOUVER - Lee Chapelle has fond memories of spending afternoons with his wife in the mid-1990s, barbecuing in a small yard while his young children played in the grass and mimicked the cows’ m...
Oct 30, 2016
Adults shamed from speaking indigenous languages hold key to revival, survival
VICTORIA - There’s a generation of indigenous people across Canada who were once shamed for speaking their own language. Now, people who didn’t learn their mother tongue from their parents...
Oct 30, 2016
By The Numbers: The number of private family visits taking place in Canadian prisons
VANCOUVER - Canada has a long-standing program that allows eligible federal inmates to have private visits with family members. These typically take place in separate facilities within the penitentiar...
Oct 30, 2016
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $20 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $20 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackpot for ...
Oct 29, 2016
No verdict Saturday at Jacques Corriveau fraud trial in Montreal
MONTREAL - The jury at Jacques Corriveau’s fraud trial will be back at work Sunday after no verdict was reached on the second full day of deliberations. The 83-year-old former federal Liberal or...
Oct 29, 2016