Category Archives: Canada
'Actions of a coward:' Lawyer who lost hand in letter bomb speaks at sentencing
WINNIPEG - A lawyer who was seriously injured when she opened a letter bomb in her office says the man who sent it to her is a coward who has left her with permanent scars and a long recovery. Maria M...
Oct 03, 2018
'A piece of history': Banting painting depicts lab where insulin was discovered
TORONTO - A painting up for auction provides an intimate look at the site of one of the most important medical discoveries of the 20th century - as rendered by one of its discoverers. For most, Freder...
Oct 03, 2018
'Actions of a coward:' Lawyer who lost hand in letter bomb speaks at sentencing
WINNIPEG - A lawyer who was seriously injured when she opened a letter bomb in her office says the man who sent it to her is a coward who has left her with permanent scars and a long recovery. Maria M...
Oct 03, 2018
PM to Quebec: notwithstanding clause should be for 'exceptional circumstances'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling on Quebec premier-designate Francois Legault to carefully consider the consequences before applying the notwithstanding clause to prevent those in pos...
Oct 03, 2018
Quebec's highest court rules woman wearing hijab was entitled to be heard
MONTREAL - A Montreal woman who was scolded by a judge for wearing a hijab in court had her fundamental rights violated, Quebec’s Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday. The court decided unanimously t...
Oct 03, 2018
PM to Quebec: notwithstanding clause should be for 'exceptional circumstances'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling on Quebec premier-designate Francois Legault to carefully consider the consequences before applying the notwithstanding clause to prevent those in pos...
Oct 03, 2018
Quebec's highest court rules woman wearing hijab was entitled to be heard
MONTREAL - A Montreal woman who was scolded by a judge for wearing a hijab in court had her fundamental rights violated, Quebec’s Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday. The court decided unanimously t...
Oct 03, 2018
Calgary sunny but a slushy mess a day after record autumn snowstorm
CALGARY - Streets and sidewalks were a slushy, slippery mess but the sun was shining brightly in Calgary on Wednesday after a record-breaking autumn snowstorm walloped parts of southern Alberta. The c...
Oct 03, 2018
Calgary sunny but a slushy mess a day after record autumn snowstorm
CALGARY - Streets and sidewalks were a slushy, slippery mess but the sun was shining brightly in Calgary on Wednesday after a record-breaking autumn snowstorm walloped parts of southern Alberta. The c...
Oct 03, 2018
Feds restart Indigenous pipeline consultations, stoke caution from First Nations
OTTAWA - Indigenous communities are open to a new consultation on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, but many are greeting its launch with some caution. The Liberals said Wednesday that they won&#...
Oct 03, 2018
