Category Archives: Canada
Saskatchewan councillor regrets online post about killing of aboriginal man: wife
LAMPMAN, Sask. - A Saskatchewan reeve says the future of a councillor who posted an online comment about the shooting death of an aboriginal man will be a topic at an upcoming meeting. A screen-grab o...
Aug 21, 2016
Notable cases from the history of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association has waged many civil rights battles since its founding nearly 55 years ago. Here are some notable campaigns: Sons of Freedom: The associati...
Aug 21, 2016

B.C. civil rights group punches above its weight in national legal disputes
VANCOUVER - Arriving to the lockup for the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision on medically assisted suicide, members of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association found themselves relegate...
Aug 21, 2016
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $7 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $7 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was won by a ticket purchased in Ontario. The jackpot...
Aug 21, 2016
No verdict in Quebec election shooting trial after eight days of deliberations
MONTREAL - Jurors at Richard Henry Bain’s first-degree murder trial will deliberate for a ninth day after failing to reach a verdict Saturday. Day 8 went by with no word from the seven women and...
Aug 20, 2016

Downie calls out to Trudeau, highlights the North, during final show of tour
KINGSTON, Ont. - Like a shooting star streaking across the Canadian sky, Gord Downie gave the country one exuberant burst of energy before bowing out. With a delirious sold-out crowd at the Rogers K-R...
Aug 20, 2016

Trudeau and Tragically Hip's Gord Downie mutual admirers
KINGSTON, Ont. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared himself a big fan of the Tragically Hip and it’s a mutual admiration society as far as the band’s lead singer is concerned. Gord Dow...
Aug 20, 2016
Distance swimmer gets separated from boat, arrives dripping at cabin doorstep
LEDUC, Alta. - A long-distance swimmer’s sudden disappearance on Okanagan Lake shocked his support team, but perhaps equally startled was the caretaker who answered a knock on his cabin door in ...
Aug 20, 2016
Mounties in Saskatchewan warn some social media comments could be criminal
BIGGAR, Sask. - Mounties in Saskatchewan are warning that some social media comments could be criminal in the wake of a fatal shooting of an aboriginal man on a farm earlier this month. RCMP issued a ...
Aug 20, 2016

Viewing parties held across Canada for Tragically Hip's last show
BOBCAYGEON, Ont. - It wasn’t long after the Tragically Hip started to play their hit single “Bobcaygeon” on Saturday night in Kingston, Ont., that a roar went up a couple of hundred ...
Aug 20, 2016