Category Archives: Canada
BC constable who died in crash added to Mountie memorial in Regina
REGINA - Mounties have added another name to their honour roll, cenotaph and memorial wall as the RCMP held its annual National Memorial Service in Regina for fallen members. Const. Sarah Beckett was ...
Sep 11, 2016
SPCA is investigating 14 dog deaths at Saskatoon boarding kennel over weekend
Saskatoon’s SPCA has started an investigation into the deaths of 14 dogs at a boarding kennel over the weekend. The organization’s executive director, Patricia Cameron, says she was shocke...
Sep 11, 2016
Access-to-information document refutes Fantino email claim from 2013
OTTAWA - A document obtained under access-to-information laws refutes former Conservative cabinet minister Julian Fantino’s claim that an email at the heart of an official languages complaint ha...
Sep 11, 2016
Centre to honour residential school survivors breaks ground at UBC
VANCOUVER - Cindy Tom-Lindley says her grandmother had all her children taken to residential schools and the family had no choice but to comply with the federal government policy designed to assimilat...
Sep 11, 2016
Liberals, like Tories before them, won't amend cluster bomb treaty loophole
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals are facing criticism at home and abroad for not closing a controversial legal loophole that allows the Canadian Forces to operate alongside allies, such as the United Sta...
Sep 11, 2016
Countries must ensure their peacekeepers protect civilians: Sajjan
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says protecting civilians - by force if needed - will be central to any Canadian peacekeeping mission in Africa, and that Canada will expect troops from partner...
Sep 11, 2016
Panel calls for major overhaul of UBC's approach to sexual assaults
VANCOUVER - An expert panel is calling for a sweeping transformation of the University of British Columbia’s approach to sexual assaults, after speaking with survivors and campus members who sai...
Sep 11, 2016
Two of Canada's big five banks backing away from marijuana industry
TORONTO - Scotiabank and the Royal Bank of Canada say they aren’t providing accounts to companies associated with the marijuana industry, leaving some business owners scrambling to find alternat...
Sep 11, 2016
Alberta college seeks feedback from doctors on draft opioid prescribing rules
EDMONTON - Alberta’s medical regulator wants more stringent rules on how physicians prescribe opioid painkillers and other drugs to improve the safety of patients. The College of Physicians and ...
Sep 11, 2016
Some of the hearings by the Canadian Judicial Council into conduct of judges
A Canadian Judicial Council panel is holding a hearing in Calgary on whether Robin Camp should be removed from the bench after making inappropriate remarks when he was a provincial court judge oversee...
Sep 11, 2016