Air Canada is reaching out to selected passengers, offering to settle their compensation cases stuck in a Canadian Transportation Agency backlog. But several passengers say they were offered far less cash than what they believe they’re owed, and they think the airline was using the CTA backlog as leverage. Airline …
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Police in Canada look into tech that accesses your home security cameras
Police services across Canada in early October saw a demo of Fusus — a service that makes it easier for police to access privately owned security camera footage. It’s becoming more common in America, but Canadian researchers have concerns it is overkill. Police in U.S. say technology is helpful but …
Read More »In wake of intimate partner violence killings, victim’s dad and Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., community share grief
WARNING: This story contains details of intimate partner violence. One of the victims of a murder-suicide in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., that left five people, including three children, dead is being remembered as a generous person who loved life. Family have identified the 44-year-old gunman in the shootings at two …
Read More »Alberta francophone to be appointed next Supreme Court justice: sources
Canada’s next Supreme Court justice will be Mary Moreau, a French-speaking judge from Alberta, sources told Radio-Canada. Mary Moreau has served as Alberta’s chief justice since 2017. Canada’s next Supreme Court justice will be a francophone judge from Alberta, sources told Radio-Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will announce Mary Moreau’s …
Read More »MPs defeat Pierre Poilievre-backed anti-vaccine mandate bill
MPs overwhelmingly voted to kill a bill Wednesday pushed by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre that would have banned Ottawa from again imposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates on federal workers and the travelling public. By a vote of 114-205, MPs agreed to drop the private member’s bill, C-278, that Poilievre first introduced …
Read More »Nygard tells sex assault trial that no one could get trapped inside his private bedroom suite
Peter Nygard denied that there was any way for anyone to get locked inside his private bedroom suite at his Toronto downtown headquarters, the room where five women allege they were sexually assaulted by the one-time Canadian fashion mogul. Nygard’s denial came the first day the 82-year-old testified at his …
Read More »Ontario has concerns over Danielle Smith’s CPP exit bid, but also a stark lesson for her
While other provinces and Ottawa dread Alberta breaking away with its own pension plan, Alberta leaders muse that CPP managers could still run their fund on the cheap. “Rubbish,” says an official who’s explored a similar scheme. Alberta may ask Ottawa to help manage provincial pension plan. Ontario tried that …
Read More »In record-breaking rapid intensification, Otis landfalls as Category 5 hurricane
The 2023 hurricane season has been one for the record-books. One of major themes to this year’s season has been rapid intensification – when a storm’s maximum sustained winds increase by at least 55 km/h in just 24 hours. Multiple storms this season have even made it onto the top …
Read More »11 fines in 4 years: Experts say bad faith evictions going unpunished in Ontario
Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board has issued 11 fines over nearly four years for bad faith evictions — but tenants’ lawyers say that number is staggeringly low and reflects a failure by the province to protect tenants. Fines not high enough to protect tenants, say advocates. Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant …
Read More »She worked full time and after monthly bills, there was $9 left for food
A Woodstock, Ont., woman’s TikTok post about having $9 left at the end of the month before buying groceries has gone viral, highlighting the financial struggles many Canadians are facing, even if they have a full-time job. Woodstock, Ont., woman’s TikTok post about falling behind goes viral. It was a …
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