Category Archives: Canada
A look at some of the other high-profile cases the Vader judge has heard
EDMONTON - Justice Denny Thomas convicted Travis Vader of second-degree murder in the high-profile deaths of Lyle and Marie McCann, but his ruling came under criticism almost immediately for apparentl...
Sep 16, 2016
Law society fails to stop lawsuit alleging malicious prosecution, abuse
TORONTO - The body that regulates the legal profession in Ontario has failed to block a lawsuit alleging malicious prosecution and abuse of public office levelled by a lawyer who sued after a failed e...
Sep 16, 2016
After years of conspiracy-mongering on Obama, Trump admits: He was born in U.S.
WASHINGTON - After trafficking for five years in racially tinged conspiracy theories about President Barack Obama’s birthplace, Donald Trump attempted to shake off that past with a 33-second non...
Sep 16, 2016
No charges against Ontario cop whose ricochet while euthanizing deer hit man
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Ontario’s police watchdog says there will be no charges against an officer who inadvertently shot a 78-year-old man while putting down a deer. The Special Investigations Unit...
Sep 16, 2016
Police link ex-brother-in-law to killing of Canadian professor in Florida
TORONTO - The case of a Canadian legal scholar who was gunned down in Florida two years ago has taken a contentious turn as newly released police documents allege the man’s ex-brother-in-law is ...
Sep 16, 2016
Ontario vet at centre of animal abuse allegations receives death threats: lawyer
An Ontario veterinarian and his family have received death threats after several videos in which he is shown striking, choking and slamming animals in his care were published earlier this week, accord...
Sep 16, 2016
Trudeau urged to champion imprisoned Chinese democracy movement founder
OTTAWA - When Ti-Anna Wang of Montreal heard that fellow Canadian Kevin Garratt had been released Thursday after spending two years in a Chinese jail, she was happy for his family. But her feelings of...
Sep 16, 2016
Public service union considering next steps as contract talks hit a roadblock
OTTAWA - The country’s biggest civil service union says talks with the federal government aimed at reaching a collective agreement for some 90,000 public servants have gone nowhere. Now, the Pub...
Sep 16, 2016
Bernie Sanders stumps for ex-rival, as she stumbles with younger voters
WASHINGTON - Bernie Sanders is hitting the campaign trail this weekend in an attempt to keep his young, progressive supporters from inadvertently helping elect Donald Trump as president of the United ...
Sep 16, 2016
Feds step in to stop Quebec man's deportation 20 years after conviction
MONTREAL - The federal government is temporarily not proceeding with the deportation of a longtime Quebec resident who was ordered back to his native Italy based on a 20-year-old criminal conviction. ...
Sep 16, 2016