Category Archives: Canada

Gun serial numbers are not personal information, judge tells RCMP
OTTAWA - The Federal Court is ordering the RCMP to release the serial numbers of hundreds of its handguns in response to a request under the national information law. In a decision ...
Nov 08, 2019

Toronto, Seattle mayors make friendly wager over outcome of MLS Cup Final
TORONTO - The mayors of Toronto and Seattle are making a friendly wager as their cities' Major League Soccer teams prepare to face off in the league's championship match this weekend. Toront...
Nov 08, 2019

Metis veterans get long-awaited recognition ahead of Remembrance Day
OTTAWA - Metis contributions to Canada's Second World War effort are being recognized at a special ceremony in the nation's capital today. The ceremony comes two months after the federal governme...
Nov 08, 2019

Concordia University says it will divest entirely from coal, oil and gas by 2025
MONTREAL - Concordia University says it will stop investing its assets in the coal, oil and gas sector within five years. The university says it's also committed to putting its entire endowm...
Nov 08, 2019

French national denied Quebec residency over language proficiency
QUEBEC - There's little doubt in Emilie Dubois' own mind about her ability to speak French - after all, it's her native tongue. But the Quebec government doesn't see Dubois' bona fides the w...
Nov 08, 2019

Bail revoked for RCMP intelligence official awaiting trial in secrets case
OTTAWA - A judge has revoked bail for a senior RCMP official awaiting trial on charges of breaking Canada's secrets law. Under terms of bail set last month, Cameron Jay Ortis is li...
Nov 08, 2019

Roger Warren, convicted in Yellowknife mine murders, dead at 75
A man convicted in one of the deadliest bombings in Canadian history has died. Roger Warren, who was on full parole for second-degree murder in the deaths of nine miners at Yellowknife's Giant Mine, d...
Nov 08, 2019

Trudeau seeks new national security adviser as Bossenmaier retires
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is losing his second national security adviser in as many years to retirement. Greta Bossenmaier will leave her post in early December after a 35-year career in ...
Nov 08, 2019

Celebrity businessman Kevin O'Leary, wife sued in deadly boat crash
TORONTO - A fatal boat crash on an Ontario lake this summer has prompted a wrongful death lawsuit against celebrity businessman Kevin O'Leary and his wife Linda O'Leary, who was dr...
Nov 08, 2019

Scheer survives leadership review by MPs, but now must take his case on the road
OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer emerged from a marathon caucus meeting Wednesday, declaring that Conservative MPs are united behind his leadership after they declined to give themselves the power to ...
Nov 08, 2019