Category Archives: Canada
'Halifax is not the garrison town of Edward Cornwallis,' mayor says
Halifax council has voted to immediately remove a statue of Edward Cornwallis from a downtown park amid growing calls across the country to end the reverence of colonial figures as part of reconciliat...
Jan 30, 2018
Complaints against former RCMP doctors accused of sexual misconduct hit 80
More than 80 complaints have now been received against two former RCMP doctors under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct spanning decades, police in Ontario and Nova Scotia say. Toronto police...
Jan 30, 2018
Welcome to the Rock: St. John's Canada's most open city, populism poll suggests
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Yazan Jabr was totally lost on his very first day in St. John’s, N.L., when he randomly asked a man for directions to get downtown, a 20 minute walk away. “It was ...
Jan 30, 2018
Military cites privacy concerns for slow progress in review of unfounded cases
OTTAWA - Canada’s top military police officer is citing privacy concerns for the fact the Canadian Armed Forces have yet to make good on last year’s promise to revisit more than 160 cases ...
Jan 30, 2018
In the news today, Jan. 30
Five stories in the news for Tuesday, Jan. 30 --- MILITARY YET TO MAKE GOOD ON SEX ASSAULT CASES Canada’s top military police officer is citing privacy for the fact the Canadian Armed Forces hav...
Jan 30, 2018
Emotional first day in trial of farmer accused of killing Indigenous man
BATTLEFORD, Sask. - People are bracing for another emotional day at the trial of a Saskatchewan farmer accused of killing an Indigenous man on his property. There were tears in a Battleford courtroom ...
Jan 30, 2018
Vancouver renters' union forms to fight soaring costs in city's housing market
VANCOUVER - Rising rental costs, evictions and a scarcity of units in Vancouver’s densely populated West End were among the reasons for Gail Harmer’s decision to join a group that is takin...
Jan 30, 2018
60s Scoop survivor to sue governments, says Metis should receive compensation
SASKATOON - The former head of a Metis group has announced his intention to sue the federal and Saskatchewan governments over the 60s Scoop. Robert Doucette, a 60s Scoop survivor and former president ...
Jan 29, 2018
OPSEU seeks to repair rift between Unifor and Canadian Labour Congress
TORONTO - Unifor and the Canadian Labour Congress both say they’re optimistic that peacemaking efforts from Ontario’s largest public sector union can help them end their war over the right...
Jan 29, 2018
Police set up tip line to find source of B.C.'s largest forest fire in 2017
CLINTON, B.C. - RCMP say they’re looking for help in finding the source of a human caused wildfire that burned nearly 2,000 square kilometres of forest, brush and buildings in British Columbia l...
Jan 29, 2018
