Category Archives: Canada
Ex-medic in military court to face charges of sex assault, breach of trust
GATINEAU, Que. - A former Canadian Armed Forces medical technician appeared today in military court for pre-trial arguments on charges stemming from examinations he performed at On...
Jan 11, 2017
Documents show Liberals were told new infrastructure money could flow slowly
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals were warned months ago that the design of their vaunted infrastructure program could leave the government with little ability to spend money quic...
Jan 11, 2017

Calgary real estate board sees overall market stabilizing this year
CALGARY - After more than two years of gloom and uncertainty, the Calgary Real Estate Board is predicting that the city’s housing market will stabilize this year as steady oil prices l...
Jan 11, 2017
Judge tells rights board to reconsider social assistance 'special diet' case
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia judge has quashed a decision by the province’s human rights commission, effectively forcing it to re-visit a discrimination claim by five social assistance recipients who...
Jan 11, 2017

Calgary courtroom full of prospective jurors for triple murder trial
CALGARY - A huge pool of prospective jurors was called to a Calgary courtroom Wednesday to choose a jury for the trial of a man accused of killing a little boy and his grandparents in 2014. Douglas Ga...
Jan 11, 2017

Perjury conviction upheld for former Mountie linked to Dziekanski case
VANCOUVER - A former Mountie convicted of perjury in relation to the death of a Polish man at Vancouver’s airport in 2007 has lost his appeal. In a two-to-one decision, a panel of Appeal Co...
Jan 11, 2017

Man convicted in connection with swimmer's 1989 death gets bail
MONTREAL - A man convicted of leaving the scene in the 1989 hit-and-run death of Canadian swimming champion Victor Davis was granted bail Wednesday on a manslaughter charge in a separat...
Jan 11, 2017

No one person likely to blame for federal pay system debacle, says bureaucrat
OTTAWA - It’s unlikely that any single person will be held accountable for the government’s failed employee pay system, a senior federal bureaucrat told a news conference Wednesday. The co...
Jan 11, 2017
Native Women's Association elevates voices of those often not heard: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has met representatives from the Native Women’s Association, saying the organization brings forward the voices of people too often not heard in struct...
Jan 11, 2017

Calgary Mayor Nenshi, Conservative MP Rempel in Twitter spat over math remark
CALGARY - Two high-profile Calgary politicians have become embroiled in a heated social media spat with Conservative MP Michelle Rempel accusing Mayor Naheed Nenshi of making a sex...
Jan 11, 2017