Category Archives: Canada
Body cameras on chicken catchers not reasonable: B.C. privacy commissioner
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s privacy commissioner says a chicken-catching company was not authorized to use video surveillance on staff in response to an animal cruelty investigation. Elite Ser...
Nov 08, 2017
Arctic climate research lab funding renewed for two more years: Duncan
OTTAWA - Canada’s high Arctic research station is being given at least a two-year reprieve as the federal government steps up with new funding. Science Minister Kirsty Duncan says $1.6 million w...
Nov 08, 2017
Woman declared brain dead won't be videotaped to assess movements: court
The family of a Toronto-area woman who was declared brain dead more than a month ago has lost its bid to record her movements as part of an ongoing legal challenge meant to keep her on life-support. R...
Nov 08, 2017
Quebec sweating death: three co-accused lose appeal of their convictions
MONTREAL - Three Quebecers have lost an appeal of their conviction in connection with the extreme-sweating death of a woman who was wrapped in mud and cellophane at a personal-growth seminar. The Queb...
Nov 08, 2017
'Don't leave me:' Winnipeg lawyer injured by letter bomb asked for comfort
WINNIPEG - Immediately after a letter bomb exploded inside the small family-law firm where Maria Mitousis worked, she slumped in her doorway, covered in blood and begged a colleague not to leave her s...
Nov 08, 2017
Morneau Shepell CEO talking to clients about minister controversy
TORONTO - The CEO of Morneau Shepell says he has spent a lot of time talking to clients about the conflict-of-interest controversy surrounding Finance Minister Bill Morneau. Stephen Liptrap says he ha...
Nov 08, 2017
Saskatchewan child advocate calls for pot law changes to protect kids
SASKATOON - Saskatchewan’s advocate for children and youth says he doesn’t think federal legislation to legalize marijuana does enough to protect young people. Corey O’Soup is urging...
Nov 08, 2017
Canada's first HIV-positive restaurant opens in Toronto to counter stigmas
TORONTO - While working as a sexual health educator in Calgary several years ago, artist and activist Mikiki would often gently correct clients who said they had never met a gay person. Actually, you ...
Nov 08, 2017
Angelina Jolie expected to give keynote address at Vancouver peacekeeping summit
OTTAWA - Academy Award-winning actress Angelina Jolie is expected to lend her star power to next week’s peacekeeping summit in Vancouver. A draft program for the two-day meeting leaked to The Ca...
Nov 08, 2017
N.B. woman sues minister and church for damages after box-cutter assault
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - A New Brunswick woman who claims that her former Anglican minister and lover tried to kill her is suing him and the church for damages. Cynthia Mae Moore claims she had an extramari...
Nov 08, 2017
