Category Archives: Canada
RCMP eyes expanded media protections amid police surveillance concerns
OTTAWA - The RCMP is eyeing a policy change for organized crime investigations to better protect the rights of journalists, newly disclosed documents say. The possible move follows revelations in Queb...
May 04, 2017
Man facing human trafficking charges after investigation in seven provinces
HALIFAX - A 31-year-old man is facing multiple charges after a year-long, seven-province investigation into a human trafficking ring allegedly forcing “numerous” Nova Scotia women into the...
May 04, 2017
Quebec man pleads guilty to second-degree murder in 1996 death
NEW CARLISLE, Que. - A man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of a Quebec woman in 1996. Real Savoie’s plea was entered Wednesday at the courthouse in New Carlisle in easter...
May 04, 2017
NAFTA dilemma: will Trump administration seek broad deal or quick resolution?
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration will soon be forced to choose between two contrasting goals it has articulated for upgrading NAFTA, a fast-approaching dilemma over which of those objectives it t...
May 04, 2017
Nova Scotia New Democrats promise to raise minimum wage to $15 if elected
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia NDP Leader Gary Burrill says if elected his party will increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020. The current minimum wage is $10.85. Burrill says too many people are work...
May 04, 2017
High court to hear border-beer case 'of polarizing national interest'
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will take a look at what the fathers of Confederation really meant by a constitutional clause about free trade among provinces in a case that started over some cas...
May 04, 2017
Police chief in Nova Scotia charged with sexually assaulting 17-year-old girl
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - The police chief in Bridgewater, N.S., has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenaged girl. The province’s Serious Incident Response Team said it laid one charge of sex...
May 04, 2017
Baloney Meter: will legalizing pot keep it out of the hands of kids?
OTTAWA - “We are moving forward to ensure that we keep … cannabis out of the hands of young people.” - Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould on May 1, 2017. --- During the 2015 elect...
May 04, 2017
Nova Scotia premier defends reinstatement of top aide who assaulted woman
HALIFAX - For the second time in four days, Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil was forced off message Thursday to defend himself from attacks on gender-related issues. At a campaign stop in Halifax, M...
May 04, 2017
Six stories in the news today, May 4
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, May 3 --- PM TRUDEAU TO HEADLINE FUNDRAISER IN MONTREAL Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised political donors would not get preferential access to his governme...
May 04, 2017
