Category Archives: Canada
Manitoba Liberals want to have weight discrimination in human rights code
WINNIPEG - Advocates say Manitoba should expand human rights protection to overweight people because they are being passed over for everything from job promotions to surgery. About two dozen people ra...
Nov 23, 2016
Author Steven Galloway apologizes in first statement since UBC firing
VANCOUVER - Author Steven Galloway has issued his first statement since he was suspended a year ago by the University of British Columbia over what it has only described as “serious allegations....
Nov 23, 2016
Accused of shooting First Nations man: Gerald Stanley faces firearms charges
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - A suspect in the fatal shooting of a First Nations Saskatchewan man is facing more charges. RCMP say Gerald Stanley has been charged with two counts of unsafe storage of a fi...
Nov 23, 2016
Parents file $12.5M lawsuit alleging police ignored, hid evidence in son's death
TORONTO - An Ottawa couple who has been fighting for 15 years to have their son’s death reinvestigated has filed a $12.5 million lawsuit against Toronto police, alleging detectives ignored, conc...
Nov 23, 2016
Median wait time for patients to get treatment up to 20 weeks, report finds
TORONTO - A new report by the Fraser Institute says Canadians had a median wait time of 20 weeks this year for medical treatment - the longest yet recorded by the independent public-policy think tank....
Nov 23, 2016
Quebec woman told to remove hijab in court appeals ruling on legal clarification
MONTREAL - A Montreal woman who was told to remove her hijab by a judge is appealing a ruling that declined to clarify whether Quebecers have a right to wear religious attire in court, her lawyer said...
Nov 23, 2016
Montreal firefighters battle five-alarm blaze in vacant building near downtown
MONTREAL - Fire raced through an abandoned building in Montreal’s Plateau neighbourhood on Wednesday, sending smoke billowing over downtown as firefighters struggled to contain the blaze. No inj...
Nov 23, 2016
Lawren Harris 'Mountain Forms' painting sells for a record-setting $11.2 million
TORONTO - The Lawren Harris painting “Mountain Forms” has set a towering new benchmark in Canadian art by selling for over $11.2 million at auction, more than doubling the previous record ...
Nov 23, 2016
'Internet black widow' signs peace bond requiring her to report romantic ties
HALIFAX - An 81-year-old woman who killed and poisoned her intimate partners has agreed to peace bond conditions that require her to report any new romantic relationships to police for the next two ye...
Nov 23, 2016
Defence minister promises action as report shows 18 military suicides in 2015
OTTAWA - The federal government will spare no expense in caring for Canada’s military personnel, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said Wednesday after a new report revealed 18 service members took...
Nov 23, 2016
