Category Archives: Canada
Ontario law society temporarily suspends lawyer after charges of sexual assault
TORONTO - A Toronto lawyer accused of sexually assaulting three teenage girls has had his licence temporarily suspended. The Law Society Tribunal says Francois Lesieur won’t be al...
Oct 18, 2016
Cut climate change funding for developing countries, use it in Canada: Wall
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says the federal government should consider cutting money intended to help developing countries tackle climate change and using it for research in Canada&n...
Oct 18, 2016
Mulroney no fan of Trump but says Canada to lose if Democrats control the Senate
MONTREAL - Brian Mulroney is no fan of Donald Trump’s promise to rip up NAFTA, but the former prime minister says Hillary Clinton’s shift to the left is bad for Canadian trade, especially ...
Oct 18, 2016
Quebec hires ex-ambassador to United States to help in softwood lumber dispute
Quebec has hired a former Canadian ambassador to the United States to represent its interests in the difficult softwood lumber negotiations between Canada and its southern neighbou...
Oct 18, 2016
B.C. Mountie to face luring charge, breach of trust charge dropped
VICTORIA - A charge of child luring has been approved against a British Columbia RCMP officer connected to video taken during a sting by a vigilante group this summer. Const. Dario Devic is ...
Oct 18, 2016
32 charged with 78 offences in Canada-wide human trafficking probe: police
TORONTO - Police say 32 people have been charged with 78 offences in a six-day co-ordinated investigation into human trafficking across Canada. More than 390 officers from 53 Canadian police serv...
Oct 18, 2016
Alberta private school to appeal human rights prayer decision
CALGARY - A private school found to have discriminated against two Muslim students by not allowing them to pray is challenging the ruling in the Alberta Court of Appeal. Webber Academy ...
Oct 18, 2016
Daring diamond thieves strike jewellers across Canada: 'This is huge'
A pair of bold diamond thieves has hit jewelry stores across Canada, switching fakes for the real thing in the blink of an eye. “They started in July in Vancouver and worked their way right acro...
Oct 18, 2016
A year after election, reach exceeds grasp for Liberals but polls still strong
OTTAWA - It’s been a year since Canadian voters took a leap of faith, placing a bet on deficit-financed government ambition after two decades of cuts, caution and small-c conservatism. “Ca...
Oct 18, 2016
Supporters of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi fear flogging set to resume
MONTREAL - Supporters of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi are sounding the alarm that his flogging could soon resume. The Montreal-based foundation that bears Badawi’s name said this week&n...
Oct 18, 2016