Category Archives: Canada
Naturopath convicted of manslaughter in death of patient to be heard by high court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada announced Thursday it will hear the appeal of a Montreal naturopath convicted of manslaughter in the death of an elderly patient. Mitra Javanmardi was facing a pos...
Dec 06, 2018
Feds reject push to amend Criminal Code to outlaw forced sterilization
OTTAWA - The Liberal government does not plan to change the Criminal Code to explicitly outlaw coerced sterilization - rejecting a resolution passed by First Nations chiefs on Thursday. Heather Bear, ...
Dec 06, 2018
Woman arrested in Vancouver helped turn Huawei into household name in China
VANCOUVER - The tech executive whose arrest in Vancouver has sparked outrage from China is the well-educated daughter of a wealthy former military man who founded what eventually became one of the wor...
Dec 06, 2018
Pelosi pledges to press Lighthizer for better enforcement on new NAFTA
WASHINGTON - The presumptive leader of the new Democrat majority on Capitol Hill says she is pressing the U.S. trade representative for better labour and environmental enforcement provisions in the ne...
Dec 06, 2018
Statcan chief: Agency can't back down from push for new data sources
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada won’t back down from a push to find new sources of data to fuel the nation’s thirst for information, but will only move as quickly as Canadians are comfortable, ...
Dec 06, 2018
A look at the process Canada follows in response to an extradition request
OTTAWA - Canada’s Department of Justice, through its International Assistance Group, helps Canadian and foreign police and prosecutors by extraditing people to face prosecution or sentencing in ...
Dec 06, 2018
'I have no reason to want my father dead, to kill him,' Dennis Oland told police
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - A talkative Dennis Oland chatted with police at length about his relationship with his difficult dad, Richard, initially unaware that investigators were zeroing in on him as the pri...
Dec 06, 2018
Premiers head to Montreal for tough meeting with Trudeau
MONTREAL - Premiers arrived Thursday for a first ministers’ meeting still grumbling about the agenda set by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, with one - Ontario’s Doug Ford - threatening to w...
Dec 06, 2018
Feds weigh role in Iraq as defence chief warns about long-term need for troops
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan pledged Canada’s enduring support for Iraq and the war against Islamic State group on Thursday - but stopped short of extending Canada’s military mi...
Dec 06, 2018
'Yeah, I'm alive:' Boy survived training school beating 55 years ago
TORONTO - The mystery that has haunted Rick Brown since he watched the brutal beating of a young friend at an Ontario training school 55 years ago was finally solved this week: James Forbes survived t...
Dec 06, 2018
