Category Archives: Canada
Student fined $25,000 for accessing personal health info without permission
TORONTO - An Ontario student has been fined $25,000 for accessing personal health information, which provincial officials say is the highest penalty of its kind ever in Canada. The Information and Pri...
Kayla Derkach Mar 17, 2017
Six stories in the news today, March 17
Six stories in the news for Friday, March 17: --- O’LEARY ALLEGES ‘VOTE RIGGING’ IN LEADERSHIP RACE The Conservative party is investigating allegations from leadership hopeful Kevin ...
Kayla Derkach Mar 17, 2017
Halifax police chief takes part in heated debate over street checks
HALIFAX - Marcus James said he’s been arrested three times while locking up the library where he works in Halifax’s historically black north end - twice by police officers he had trained a...
Kayla Derkach Mar 17, 2017

Kenney confident of winning Alberta PC leadership, uniting right
CALGARY - Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Jason Kenney says he’s confident of winning, but willing to move to Plan B if the party won’t follow his plan to merge with the Wild...
Kayla Derkach Mar 17, 2017
Foreign aid groups brace for disappointment in upcoming federal budget
OTTAWA - Irish rock star Bono may be a self-declared fan of Justin Trudeau’s feminist foreign aid approach, but now his international organization says it is disappointed by the absence of new m...
Kayla Derkach Mar 17, 2017

'Unconscionably stupid:' Judge blasts man for balloon flight over Stampede
CALGARY - A man who strapped more than 100 helium balloons to a lawn chair and soared above the Calgary Stampede grounds apologized Friday for the danger he caused, but said he doesn’t regret hi...
Kayla Derkach Mar 17, 2017

Bail hearing scheduled for Canadian man accused in Yahoo email hack
HAMILTON - A Canadian man of Kazakh origins arrested in a massive hack of Yahoo emails appeared briefly via video in a Hamilton court Friday, where a date was set for his bail hearing. Twenty-two-year...
Kayla Derkach Mar 17, 2017

Conservative party uncovers fraudulent members after O'Leary warns of vote-rigging
OTTAWA - The federal Conservative party removed more than 1,300 people from its membership rolls Friday following a review triggered by leadership hopeful Kevin O’Leary’s accusation that o...
Kayla Derkach Mar 16, 2017
B.C. sidesteps high heel ban, temporarily, as private member's bill dies
VICTORIA - A private member’s bill that would make it illegal for employers to require female workers to wear high heels on the job died when the British Columbia legislature adjourned on Thursd...
Kayla Derkach Mar 16, 2017
Class action seeks damages from city and province after epic snow storm
MONTREAL - Lawyers on behalf of motorists left stranded in their cars on a highway after Tuesday’s snowstorm applied on Thursday for a class action lawsuit against the Quebec government and City...
Kayla Derkach Mar 16, 2017

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