Category Archives: Canada
'Bedpan vigil' search violated man's rights; drug conviction quashed
TORONTO - A man who hid drugs in his rectum had his trafficking conviction overturned Wednesday because police detained him for 43 hours waiting for him to defecate before taking him to a justice of t...
Jul 20, 2016
A look at the crime rate in 2015, by province
OTTAWA - The national crime rate rose three per cent in 2015 - the first increase in 12 years. The rate is based on the number Criminal Code incidents, excluding traffice offences, per 100,000 people....
Jul 20, 2016
Man appears to walk on subway tracks playing Pokemon Go, angers Toronto transit
TORONTO - A comedian who hopped on Toronto’s subway tracks to make a video “warning” of Pokemon Go dangers is now on the receiving end of a lecture himself. The YouTube video, called...
Jul 20, 2016
Pride group to conduct campaign urging small P.E.I. town to fly rainbow flag
MONTAGUE, P.E.I. - A rush delivery of rainbow flags and signs is on its way to a small town in Prince Edward Island - a province led by an openly gay premier - after the town council’s refusal t...
Jul 20, 2016
Trudeau vows new child benefit will meet poverty reduction targets
OTTAWA - More than one year ago, Justin Trudeau stood in Dinty’s restaurant in Gatineau, Que., and promised a new child benefit that would help low-income Canadians. On Wednesday, he stood in th...
Jul 20, 2016
Canada concerned about Turkish emergency state, possible death penalty comeback
OTTAWA - Canada has expressed sharp concerns over Turkey’s imposition of a three-month state of emergency and reports that it may reintroduce the death penalty in response to last week’s b...
Jul 20, 2016
Husband of woman accused of hiding dead babies didn't know of her 6 pregnancies
WINNIPEG - The husband of a Winnipeg woman accused of hiding the remains of six infants said Wednesday he had no idea she was pregnant all six times, and was also unaware she had rented a storage lock...
Jul 20, 2016
Enbridge reaches US$177M settlement with U.S. Government for 2010 pipeline spills
CALGARY - Enbridge Inc. has reached a US$177-million settlement with the U.S. government six years after two major pipeline ruptures fouled rivers in the Midwest and damaged the company’s reputa...
Jul 20, 2016
Privy Council office takes lead in dealing with pay system catastrophe: Trudeau
OTTAWA - The office that advises the prime minister and his cabinet on government operations is taking over efforts to fix the dysfunctional pay system that has short-changed tens of thousands of civi...
Jul 20, 2016
Atlantic provinces want age to be factor in federal health funding formula
OTTAWA - Health ministers from the rapidly aging Atlantic Canada region say the future formula for federal health transfers should take into account how many people in each province have entered their...
Jul 20, 2016
