Category Archives: Canada
Judge asked to stop probe into suspended police chief over social-media conduct
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge is being asked to stop an external investigation into inappropriate online messages that Victoria’s suspended police chief sent to the wife of ...
Kayla Derkach Nov 15, 2016
Facts and figures on the Commons Heritage committee study of the news media
OTTAWA - The House of Commons Heritage committee study of “media and local communities” is looking at the state of Canada’s news industry in the digital age. A few facts about its in...
Kayla Derkach Nov 15, 2016

The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Nov. 15. -- RBC HIKING MORTGAGE RATES: Royal Bank is raising its mortgage rates and making it more expensive for homebuyers who want to take more than 25 yea...
Kayla Derkach Nov 15, 2016
No charges against Quebec police accused of abusing native women: reports
MONTREAL - Crown officials will not lay charges against Quebec provincial police in the alleged sexual abuse of indigenous women, various media reported Tuesday. The reports quoted unnamed sources as ...
Kayla Derkach Nov 15, 2016
'It's a betrayal:' former Calgary police officer charged with kidnapping
CALGARY - A former police officer is facing 11 criminal code charges that include kidnapping and obstruction of justice. “These are serious criminal charges. Full stop,” Ray Robitaille, de...
Kayla Derkach Nov 15, 2016
Action now on more drug-consumption sites: Victoria's public health officer
VICTORIA - Health officials in Victoria are asking for public feedback in a bid to open two supervised drug consumption sites in a city where overdoses are continuing to surpass other regions in the p...
Kayla Derkach Nov 15, 2016

Globe and Mail publisher joins Rebel Media in criticizing CBC digital news
OTTAWA - The bastion of Canadian establishment journalism and a pugnacious media upstart took turns ripping into the publicly funded CBC in testimony Tuesday to the Commons Heritage committee. The pub...
Kayla Derkach Nov 15, 2016

Sohi tries to dispel fears about private investment in public infrastructure
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is trying to dispel fears about its plan to tap some of the world’s wealthiest institutional investors to help fund infrastructure projects in Canada. In an inter...
Kayla Derkach Nov 15, 2016
Former New Brunswick youth advocate, politician, picked as B.C.'s new child rep
VICTORIA - A former New Brunswick politician and the province’s first child advocate is British Columbia’s acting representative for children and youth and is slated to assume to post full...
Kayla Derkach Nov 15, 2016
Child sex abuse allegations highlight need for immediate help on reserve: NDP
OTTAWA - The issue of sexual abuse in indigenous communities, documented during an investigation by The Canadian Press, was raised in the House of Commons on Tuesday, where the federal government face...
Kayla Derkach Nov 15, 2016

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