Category Archives: Canada
B.C. human rights commissioner calls out anti-LGBTQ rallies planned across Canada
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Human Rights Commissioner, Kasari Govender, says she is disturbed about "hate-fuelled marches" planned in several communities around the province and across Canada on Wed...
Sep 19, 2023
N.L. dentist who allowed jail guard to pull teeth from sedated inmate pleads guilty
GANDER, N.L. - A dentist who allowed a Newfoundland and Labrador corrections officer to extract teeth from a sedated inmate has pleaded guilty to assault. The Supreme Court clerk's office says Dr. Lou...
Sep 19, 2023
Randy Hillier back in court seeking location change for 'Freedom Convoy' jury trial
OTTAWA - Former Ontario MPP Randy Hillier, who is facing charges in connection with last year's "Freedom Convoy," is seeking for a second time to move his jury trial away from Ottawa. Hillier's lawyer...
Sep 19, 2023
Civil liberties, justice reform groups troubled by House's fast-tracking of bail bill
OTTAWA - Two of Canada's leading advocacy groups on civil liberties and justice reform say it is troubling that the House of Commons opted to pass a Liberal bail-reform bill in one shot Monday, skippi...
Sep 19, 2023
Quebec coroner says father deliberately killed himself and two kids in car crash
MONTREAL - A coroner says a Quebec father intentionally caused a head-on collision in March that killed two of his four children and himself. Coroner Donald Nicole concludes in his report today that t...
Sep 19, 2023
Ukraine President Zelenskyy to visit Canada this week: sources
OTTAWA - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to visit Canada this week after stops at the United Nations and the White House. Sources, who were granted anonymity to discuss matters not yet ...
Sep 19, 2023
Watchdog finds mismanagement, 'disturbing' lack of disclosure at Defence Department
OTTAWA - A federal watchdog says the Department of National Defence committed wrongdoing by contravening a law designed to help whistleblowers. Public sector integrity commissioner Joe Friday released...
Sep 19, 2023
Quebec's Anticosti Island recognized as a UNESCO world heritage site
MONTREAL - Quebec's Anticosti Island has been added to the list of UNESCO world heritage sites. The agency's world heritage committee announced today that the island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is bei...
Sep 19, 2023
Canada told allies before sharing allegations about India over B.C. killing: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is urging India to take allegations that the country had a role in the death of a Canadian citizen seriously, after New Delhi called the claims "absurd and motiv...
Sep 19, 2023
India expels Canadian diplomat after Canada links Indian agents to Sikh leader death
India struck back at Canada early Tuesday after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau linked agents of India's government to the shooting death of a Sikh leader near Vancouver. A statement from India's Minist...
Sep 19, 2023
