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Peter MacKay takes heat for skipping Conservative leadership debates
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Peter MacKay is taking heat for skipping a pair of debates organized by grassroots party members. Riding associations in both the Greater Toronto Area and Br...
Jul 08, 2020
Groups 'shocked' by minister's approach to inquiry into Nova Scotia mass murder
HALIFAX - A coalition of groups devoted to eliminating gender-based violence is urging Ottawa and Nova Scotia to refrain from using a restorative justice approach fo...
Jul 08, 2020
Montreal police to announce street checks policy after systemic bias report
Montreal police are to announce a new policy on street checks today, months after a damning independent report found evidence of systemic bias linked to race in who they decide to stop. Last...
Jul 08, 2020
Liberals to detail preview of federal deficit, spending affected by COVID-19
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are to lay out today how they see the COVID-19 pandemic affecting government finances for the fiscal year including an estimated deficit and a projected path for the...
Jul 08, 2020
July 14 bail hearing date set for Epstein's ex-girlfriend
NEW YORK - Jeffrey Epstein's ex-girlfriend will appear remotely by video for a July 14 courthouse arraignment and bail hearing on charges she recruited girls for him to sexually abuse over two decades...
Jul 08, 2020
City, County of Grande Prairie set to ratify ICF mediation terms
The terms of the Intermunicipal Collaboration Framework (ICF) mediation process between the City and County of Grande Prairie will be presented to both councils for ratification over the next week. Th...
Jul 07, 2020
IIHF encouraged by NHL's potential return to Olympics in '22
International Ice Hockey Federation chief Rene' Fasel is encouraged after learning the NHL's pending labour deal opens the possibility of the world's best players returning to the Olympics. Aside from...
Jul 07, 2020
University of California system names 1st Black president
SAN FRANCISCO - Dr. Michael Drake was chosen Tuesday to be president of the University of California, the first Black leader in the system's 150-year history. Drake, a seasoned university administrato...
Jul 07, 2020
Alberta won’t require full environmental assessments for sandpits
EDMONTON - Alberta is moving to change the legal definition of minerals to spare excavators from having to conduct environmental assessments for large sandpits.A court ruling earlier this spring would...
Jul 07, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court deals blow to Keystone XL pipeline project
BILLINGS, Mont. - The U.S. Supreme Court handed another setback to the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline on Monday by keeping in place a lower court ruling that blocked a key environmental permit for the...
Jul 07, 2020