Category Archives: Canada
Accessing child porn not part of possession offence, Appeal Court rules
TORONTO - The criminal charge of possessing child pornography does not include a lesser offence of accessing the lewd images, Ontario’s top court ruled on Wednesday. In acquitting a man convicte...
May 31, 2017
An NDP minority government in B.C. may have to water down its ambitions: experts
VANCOUVER - An NDP minority government in British Columbia would be hard pressed to make good on all the plans it has laid out in an agreement with the Green party, experts say. Duane Bratt, a politic...
May 31, 2017
IMF warns about housing and household debt, urges more action by government
OTTAWA - The International Monetary Fund is warning about the risks to the Canadian economy due to a possible correction in the housing market and urged governments to do more to protect against them....
May 31, 2017
Winnipeg refuge for victims going through court process named for murdered teen
WINNIPEG - Victims of crime and their families in Winnipeg will soon have a refuge while going through the court process. Candace House is a short walk from the city’s courthouse. Wilma Derksen ...
May 31, 2017
Quebec defends lack of provincial framework for school food allergy policies
MONTREAL - Quebec should consider a province-wide framework on how schools manage food allergies rather than leaving it up to individual school boards, allergy experts said Wednesday. The government w...
May 31, 2017
Asylum seeker's death failure by Ottawa to get Trump to change policies: premier
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says the federal government has failed to reduce the risk in illicit border crossings because it has not tried to persuade the U.S. president to soften his ...
May 31, 2017
Big month ahead for Canada-U.S. trade: multiple irritants come to a head in June
WASHINGTON - The multiple ways in which Donald Trump could threaten Canada-U.S. trade will be on full display this month, with a series of looming decisions and public events that hold the potential t...
May 31, 2017
B.C. overdose death rates hit new high, chief coroner says 'opioid naive' at risk
VANCOUVER - The death toll from drug overdoses is still rising in British Columbia but the chief coroner says the count would be higher if it weren’t for harm prevention measures. The coroner...
May 31, 2017
Closing arguments delayed in Ontario nurse manslaughter trial
BARRIE, Ont. - Closing arguments have been postponed in the manslaughter trial of an Ontario nurse who took a patient off life support without a doctor’s order. Legal issues prompted the last-mi...
May 31, 2017
Crew member had been awake 23 hours when train derailed: TSB report
CALGARY - An investigation into a derailment at a rail yard has found that the locomotive engineer had been awake for 23 hours when the accident occurred and employee fatigue remains a key safety issu...
May 31, 2017
