Category Archives: Canada
A primer on the case that led to landmark Supreme Court ruling on trial delays
VANCOUVER - Barrett Jordan was arrested in December 2008 for his alleged involvement in a dial-a-dope operation in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland. Nine years later, he is at the centre of the...
Kayla Derkach Jul 06, 2017
'It lit a fire under me,' federal justice minister says of ruling on delays
OTTAWA - They did not see it coming, but they knew that something likely would derail their plans. More than a year ago, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould convened a meeting of people engaged in t...
Kayla Derkach Jul 06, 2017
Quebec victim of attempted murder wants violent crimes to be Jordan exempt
MONTREAL - Dannick Lessard feels victimized by the justice system. In October 2012, the Quebec man took nine bullets outside a bar in an attempt on his life. Earlier this year, his alleged attacker, w...
Kayla Derkach Jul 06, 2017
More than 200 cases tossed over delays since Supreme Court's Jordan decision
VANCOUVER - More than 200 criminal cases across the country have been tossed due to unreasonable delays since the Supreme Court of Canada’s landmark Jordan decision one year ago, court data show...
Kayla Derkach Jul 06, 2017

'The market has changed,' as Greater Toronto Area home sales fall most in 8 years
TORONTO - Home sales in the Greater Toronto Area plunged 37.3 per cent last month compared with a year ago, the largest drop in eight years, the city’s real estate board said Thursday following ...
Kayla Derkach Jul 06, 2017

Cardiac program targets marital woes that can exacerbate health problems
The bickering didn’t start until nearly 40 years of marriage. But it soon escalated so much that Doug and Bonnie Main wondered if they’d be married much longer. “She’d put some...
Kayla Derkach Jul 06, 2017
Hot condo market drives 10 per cent rise in Montreal area home sales in June
MONTREAL - The Greater Montreal Real Estate Board says area home sales increased by 10 per cent in June, driven by a hot condo market. There were 3,952 properties sold last month, the highest level fo...
Kayla Derkach Jul 06, 2017
Atlantic forestry experts on lookout for arrival of destructive invasive insect
HALIFAX - Forestry experts in Atlantic Canada are getting ready for the arrival of a new, invasive species that has destroyed millions of ash trees in other parts of Canada. The Emerald Ash Borer is a...
Kayla Derkach Jul 06, 2017

China fears cyberattacks designed to steal coveted technology: envoy
OTTAWA - China fears cyberattacks because it is creating cutting-edge technology that others will want to steal, says its envoy to Canada, a rebuttal of the widely held view that the country is a lead...
Kayla Derkach Jul 06, 2017
Five stories in the news for today, July 6
Five stories in the news for Thursday, July 6 --- PM TRUDEAU GERMANY-BOUND FOR G20 After meeting with Queen Elizabeth in Scotland, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads across the North Sea today to Ham...
Kayla Derkach Jul 06, 2017

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