Category Archives: Canada

Liberals expand directives on using torture-tainted info to military, diplomats
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has expanded its directions covering the use of foreign intelligence likely obtained through torture to include the Canada’s military, diplomatic service and elec...
Kayla Derkach Dec 14, 2017
Man charged with driving violations in death of Mountie in roadside accident
MONCTON, N.B. - A man from Pennsylvania has been charged in the death of a Mountie who was struck by a van while helping motorists change a flat tire on the side of a New Brunswick highway. But, the R...
Kayla Derkach Dec 14, 2017

Inuk advocate for women rejected for liver transplant due to alcoholism: friends
A young Inuk woman from Labrador has become the latest person to battle Ontario’s organ donation agency over its policy of rejecting liver transplants for alcoholics who haven’t abstained ...
Kayla Derkach Dec 14, 2017

Feds urged auditors to refocus Aboriginal jobs program review, documents show
OTTAWA - Federal officials asked the auditor general earlier this year to adjust the scope of his review of a key Indigenous skills training program, fearful the audit would miss its mark. Michael Fer...
Kayla Derkach Dec 14, 2017
Top court to decide validity of internet luring law and its minimum sentence
TORONTO - The validity of a law against luring a child into sexual activity via the internet and its one-year mandatory minimum sentence will now be decided by Canada’s top court. In a decision ...
Kayla Derkach Dec 14, 2017

Dellen Millard's mistrial request dismissed as jury continues deliberations
TORONTO - A judge dismissed a mistrial request Thursday from a man accused of killing a former lover and burning her body as the jury continued to deliberate on a verdict in the case. Dellen Millard, ...
Kayla Derkach Dec 14, 2017
Two Toronto men arrested on drug charges after getting lost at the border
Two men from Toronto are facing drug charges after getting lost near the Canada-U.S. border. The RCMP and the Canada Border Services Agency say in a joint statement that the men were travelling in a r...
Kayla Derkach Dec 14, 2017
Vancouver's Westender newspaper announces closure after 68 years in operation
VANCOUVER - A weekly newspaper in Vancouver is stopping the presses after nearly seven decades of delivering arts and entertainment coverage to the city. In a letter to its readers, The Westender says...
Kayla Derkach Dec 14, 2017
Environmentalist says New Brunswick climate plan lacks incentives
FREDERICTON - An environmental group in New Brunswick says the province’s plan to combat climate change offers no incentive for motorists to reduce the amount of fuel they burn. “I underst...
Kayla Derkach Dec 14, 2017
Woman charged after altercation that injured baby in Toronto, police say
TORONTO - A woman is facing five charges, including attempted murder, after a four-month-old baby girl and a man were stabbed and assaulted in a condominium in Toronto’s west end, police said Th...
Kayla Derkach Dec 14, 2017

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