Category Archives: Canada

Parliamentary committee on public safety set to take up Desjardins data breach
OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee will grapple this afternoon with the consequences of a major data breach at Desjardins Group. The breach, revealed in June, affected roughly 2.7 million people ...
Jul 15, 2019

Canadian is detained in China on drug allegations: Chinese government
OTTAWA - China's foreign ministry says the recent detention of a Canadian citizen by Chinese authorities is linked to drug allegations against foreign teachers. The detention of a Canadian in Chi...
Jul 15, 2019

Conservatives far ahead of other parties in picking candidates for fall election
OTTAWA - Hoping to take power away from the Liberals in this fall's election, the Conservatives are well ahead of the governing party in nominating candidates hoping to win seats in the House of Commo...
Jul 15, 2019

Search resumes for helicopter carrying missing Quebec businessman, teenage son
MONTREAL - The search for a missing well-known businessman and his teenage son who failed to return from a northern Quebec fishing trip this week extended into a third day Saturday without any si...
Jul 15, 2019

Updated air passenger rights protections come into effect Monday
MONTREAL - Airlines now have to reimburse passengers for flight bumping and damaged luggage as part of a package of new protections that take effect today. The regul...
Jul 15, 2019

Evidence erased by police would have freed wrongfully convicted man: defence lawyer
HALIFAX - A defence lawyer who fought to free Glen Assoun from a wrongful murder conviction says evidence erased by the Mounties would have helped him win his appeal. A federal report made p...
Jul 15, 2019

Canada to compensate 718 gay-purge victims in class-action settlement
OTTAWA - Some victims of the federal government's gay purge were so devastated by the experience that even decades later they needed the help of a therapist to fill out forms to receive financial comp...
Jul 15, 2019

Chuckwagon race safety up for review after six horses die during Stampede event
CALGARY - Injuries have forced a veterinary medical team to euthanize three more horses competing in this year's Calgary Stampede chuckwagon races, bringing to six the number of animals to die du...
Jul 15, 2019

In the news today, July 15
Four stories in the news for Monday, July 15 --- YOUR WARD NEWS EDITOR FACES SENTENCING TODAY The editor of a free Toronto-based publication faces sentencing today for wilfully promoting hat...
Jul 15, 2019

Your Ward News editor faces sentencing today; says ready to go to jail
TORONTO - The editor of a free Toronto-based publication faces sentencing today for wilfully promoting hatred against women and Jews. The prosecution wants to see James Sears jailed for 12 months. The...
Jul 15, 2019