Category Archives: Canada
Man convicted of murder in stabbing death of Montreal store clerk in April 2016
MONTREAL - A man who brutally stabbed a young woman to death in a busy grocery store in Montreal in 2016 was convicted on Friday of first-degree murder. A jury found Randy Tshilumba guilty of premedit...
Oct 20, 2017
No parole for 17 years for man who killed Surrey, B.C., teenager
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A British Columbia man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 17 years after pleading guilty to second-degree murder. Raymond Caissie was se...
Oct 20, 2017
Dalhousie student leader faces backlash for criticizing 'white fragility'
HALIFAX - A Dalhousie University student leader says she’s facing a backlash for criticizing “white fragility” and standing with Indigenous Peoples on Canada 150 celebrations. Masuma...
Oct 20, 2017
Halifax lawyer who argued he was singled out disbarred for misconduct
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society has disbarred Lyle Howe in a disciplinary panel ruling that says the high-profile defence lawyer lied repeatedly to the courts. The penalty was anno...
Oct 20, 2017
Morneau faces more questions despite promise to sell shares, use blind trust
OTTAWA - Cracks began to show in Bill Morneau’s cucumber-cool countenance Friday as the finance minister faced still more questions about the handling of his personal fortune, even after pledgin...
Oct 20, 2017
'I'm just so furious': Mother and son both fall victim to Equifax Canada hack
TORONTO - Robin Harvey thought she was being financially prudent when she urged her son to sign up to monitor their credit files at Equifax Canada in 2013. Her son was graduating from university at th...
Oct 20, 2017
Putin brands Canada's adoption of new Magnitsky law as political gamesmanship
OTTAWA - Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Canada of playing “unconstructive political games” by passing its own Magnitsky law this week. Putin made the comments Thursday in the...
Oct 20, 2017
Governments shouldn't tell women what to wear and what not to wear: Trudeau
ALMA, Que. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau again waded into the debate on Quebec’s Bill 62 on Friday, saying governments should not be telling women what to wear and what not to wear. “I w...
Oct 20, 2017
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne moves to sue Opposition leader for defamation
TORONTO - Ontario’s premier took another step toward a defamation lawsuit against the province’s Opposition leader Friday after he refused to retract comments suggesting she is personally ...
Oct 20, 2017
Lobster seized at Halifax airport amid tensions over Indigenous fishery
HALIFAX - Fisheries officials have seized three tonnes of lobster amid tensions over the Indigenous fishery in Nova Scotia. The lobster was seized Monday at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, th...
Oct 20, 2017
