Category Archives: Canada
Toronto to keep funding Pride parade amid controversy over police participation
TORONTO - Canada’s largest Pride parade will continue to receive an annual grant from the City of Toronto despite calls to cut the funding over a decision to ban uniformed police officers from t...
Kayla Derkach May 26, 2017
Jordan's Principle could have prevented Ontario suicides, rights tribunal says
OTTAWA - The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal says the federal government’s failure to fully implement Jordan’s Principle may have contributed to the suicides of two teenagers in Wapekeka Fi...
Kayla Derkach May 26, 2017
Liberal MPs offer amendments to controversial changes for budget watchdog
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is backing away from controversial elements of its legislation to transform the federal budget watchdog, with help from a number of amendments proposed Friday by Libera...
Kayla Derkach May 26, 2017
Methane, deficits and the civil service: three ways politics mattered this week
OTTAWA - Speculation filled the void left by the members of Parliament who vacated the capital for the week to spend time in their ridings. Who would win the Conservative leadership? Do Prime Minister...
Kayla Derkach May 26, 2017
Health Canada approves new supervised consumption sites in B.C. and Montreal
OTTAWA - Health Canada has approved plans to create four new supervised consumption sites in British Columbia and Quebec, but some health officials say the approvals fall short of meeting the needs in...
Kayla Derkach May 26, 2017
Partial list of attacks on transit drivers: Assaults often during fare disputes
Winnipeg Transit is proposing a pilot project to test safety barriers for bus drivers following the fatal stabbing of one of its employees last winter. A city council committee is to consider the reco...
Kayla Derkach May 26, 2017
Quebec teen sentenced to six months in plot to kill fellow classmates
ST-HYACINTHE, Que. - A 14-year-old Quebec teen has been sentenced to six months detention for his part in a plot to kill fellow classmates. A spokesman for the Crown’s office confirmed todayR...
Kayla Derkach May 26, 2017
Roundup of Nova Scotia campaign news
HALIFAX - (NSElxn-Tories) The widow of a man who died days after languishing in the hallway of a Halifax ER laid blame on the Liberal government Friday for what she says is a crisis in the health care...
Kayla Derkach May 26, 2017
Ontario man loses bid to avoid extradition in child porn distribution case
TORONTO - A man who voluntarily told an Ontario court he had distributed child porn in an effort to avoid facing a related charge in the U.S. has lost another bid to stave off extradition. Brandon Wil...
Kayla Derkach May 26, 2017
$12M award upheld against Ontario municipality for horrific car crash
TORONTO - A judge made no errors in ruling that a young woman’s devastating car crash occurred only because a municipality negligently failed to ensure the road was snow-free, Ontario’s to...
Kayla Derkach May 26, 2017

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