Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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UVic, women's rowing coach deny former athlete's allegation of verbal abuse
VANCOUVER - The University of Victoria and the head coach of its women's rowing team have denied allegations of demeaning and aggressive treatment made in a lawsuit filed last summer by a former stude...
Apr 09, 2021
Federal prison chaplains ratify first contract agreement, union says
OTTAWA - Unionized federal prison chaplains have ratified a contract that includes wage increases and improved working conditions. The United Steelworkers union says the contract - the chaplains' firs...
Apr 09, 2021
Ottawa Police Service clears RCMP officer who shot and killed Nunavut man
The Ottawa Police Service has cleared a Nunavut RCMP officer in the shooting death of a man last year. Abraham Natanine, who was 31, was killed on May 5, when the Mountie responded to a call about a d...
Apr 09, 2021
Promote Indigenous access to disability tax credit, advisory committee recommends
OTTAWA - An advisory committee is calling on the Canada Revenue Agency to promote access to the disability tax credit in Indigenous communities. The CRA's disability advisory committee, which includes...
Apr 09, 2021
Former Quebec judge convicted of killing wife to be freed ahead of new murder trial
QUEBEC - A former Quebec judge found guilty in 2012 of fatally shooting his wife was ordered released from prison on Friday while he awaits a new murder trial. Superior Court Justice Francois Huot acc...
Apr 09, 2021
'Uniquely reprehensible': No parole for 35 years for Calgary man in triple murder
CALGARY - A Calgary man who admitted to slitting his girlfriend's throat and, days later, stabbing to death his mother and stepfather must serve 35 years before he can apply for parole. Dustin Duthie,...
Apr 08, 2021
Victims of gun violence slam feds over gun-control reform
TORONTO - The federal government's proposed gun-control laws are "toothless and cowardly," victims of gun violence in Ontario said Thursday. The Danforth Families for Safe Communities advocacy group a...
Apr 08, 2021
Montreal police arrest suspect after woman of Asian origin threatened on city's metro
MONTREAL - A 44-year-old man arrested for allegedly uttering death threats to a woman of Asian origin on Montreal's subway system is due back in court April 14, police said Thursday.The victim, a 29-y...
Apr 08, 2021
Calgary man who killed girlfriend, mother and stepfather to be sentenced
CALGARY - A man who admitted to slitting his girlfriend's throat and, days later, stabbing to death his mother and stepfather is to be sentenced today. Dustin Duthie, 27, pleaded guilty last month to ...
Apr 08, 2021
Justice minister orders new trial for ex-Quebec judge convicted in wife's killing
A former Quebec judge convicted of first-degree murder in 2012 in the death of his wife will get a new trial, the Department of Justice said Wednesday. Federal Justice Minister David Lametti decided i...
Apr 07, 2021
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Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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