Category Archives: Canada
Judge's failure to give reasons results in new sexual assault trial
TORONTO - A massage therapist properly convicted of sexually assaulting two women will get a new trial because a judge failed to say why he refused to allow a separate hearing for each charge. In over...
Kayla Derkach Nov 23, 2017

Nova Scotia not looking to open up adoption records, minister says
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s community services minister says the province isn’t looking to open up adoption records, even as many other provinces ease access. Kelly Regan said the province too...
Kayla Derkach Nov 23, 2017

Diplomatic solution to North Korean crisis could come through Cuba: Trudeau
CHARLOTTETOWN - Justin Trudeau says Canada could play a key role in defusing the tense global standoff with the North Korean regime by working with Cuba, a course of action the prime minister says he ...
Kayla Derkach Nov 23, 2017

Anti money-laundering centre crunches data in fight against fentanyl
OTTAWA - Canada’s anti-money laundering agency is helping fight the scourge of fentanyl by tracing the illicit movement of funds tied to the deadly drug. Barry MacKillop, interim director of the...
Kayla Derkach Nov 23, 2017

Inuit want free travel over international waters between Canada, Greenland
Inuit from Canada and Greenland hope to convince at least four governments to let them manage and travel freely over an international stretch of Arctic ocean that’s one of the most productive en...
Kayla Derkach Nov 23, 2017

N.S. premier takes swipe at auditor general, says leave policy to politicians
HALIFAX - An auditor general’s report critical of how the province communicates its health care strategy appears to have struck a nerve with Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil. In a report relea...
Kayla Derkach Nov 23, 2017

Housing plan designed to improve housing affordability, Duclos says
OTTAWA - The Liberal government’s vision for tackling homelessness and easing the crunch in affordable housing deliberately focuses spending on building and finding homes for low-income Canadian...
Kayla Derkach Nov 23, 2017

Newfoundland and Labrador announced weed will be sold through private stores
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador has announced recreational marijuana will be sold through private stores. The provincial government unveiled its plan Thursday, which will see the Cr...
Kayla Derkach Nov 23, 2017

Winnipeg Free Press rolls out marijuana news site The Leaf to attract readers
A specialized cannabis news website called The Leaf is generating quite a “buzz” since launching earlier this week, according to the editor of the Winnipeg Free Press. Paul Samyn said the ...
Kayla Derkach Nov 23, 2017

Couillard denounces Adidas store manager's comments on French language
Quebec’s premier has criticized the manager of an Adidas store who reportedly told a Montreal crowd he would say a few words in French at an event to accommodate the city’s francophone med...
Kayla Derkach Nov 23, 2017

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