Category Archives: Canada

Tougher workplace harassment rules would help protect political staffers: Hajdu
OTTAWA - It is too early to begin claiming the pendulum is in danger of swinging too far the other way when it comes to concerns over sexual misconduct on Parliament Hill, as young political staffers ...
Kayla Derkach Jan 12, 2018
Driver, students hurt after school bus hits abandoned trailer in Cape Breton
ENGLISHTOWN, N.S. - A trucker who left a broken-down trailer on a Cape Breton highway was being questioned by police Friday after it was hit by a school bus taking children to class, seriously injurin...
Kayla Derkach Jan 12, 2018

Student guilty of sexual interference would be escorted off campus: university
CALGARY - The University of Calgary says a student who has been convicted of sexual interference would be escorted off campus if he tried to return and a student sexual assault prevention club says it...
Kayla Derkach Jan 12, 2018

Survivors, families pained by MMIW executive director's departure
OTTAWA - Maggy Gisle fought for two decades for an inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, but she says the current commission isn’t giving her much to cling to. Gisle, an ...
Kayla Derkach Jan 12, 2018
B.C. minor hockey association sued for alleged damages and flooding at hotel
VANCOUVER - A lawsuit has been filed against a minor hockey association, a team representative and 60 unidentified players and parents alleging more than $200,000 in damage was caused at a hotel in Sq...
Kayla Derkach Jan 12, 2018

'Need not be perfect:' Judge OKs $90M deal for flooded Manitoba First Nations
WINNIPEG - A judge has approved a $90-million payout to residents of four Manitoba Indigenous communities that were flooded out almost seven years ago. The settlement resolves a class-action lawsuit f...
Kayla Derkach Jan 12, 2018
Prison staff in B.C. foil pre-Christmas drone delivery of drugs, cigarettes
MATSQUI, B.C. - Vigilant staff members at a federal prison in British Columbia have seized a package of contraband they say was being smuggled into the institution by drone. Gordon Tanner, the assista...
Kayla Derkach Jan 12, 2018

'He understands what's going on:' Accused Edmonton attacker fit to stand trial
EDMONTON - A man accused of attempted murder in a knife attack on a police officer has been found fit to stand trial, but an assessment on his mental state at the time of the alleged assault is not ye...
Kayla Derkach Jan 12, 2018

French authorities order release of Lebanese-Canadian Hassan Diab
OTTAWA - French authorities have dropped terrorism charges against a Lebanese-Canadian who was suspected of taking part in an attack in Paris in 1980 and have ordered his immediate release. But Hassan...
Kayla Derkach Jan 12, 2018

Finance minister issues order in response to North Korean money-laundering fears
OTTAWA - Canadian financial institutions have been ordered to treat what few transactions they conduct with North Korea with even greater diligence as the federal government tries to increase pressure...
Kayla Derkach Jan 12, 2018

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