After days of witnesses and evidence, and hours of deliberation, the jury at the coroner’s inquest into the death of Myles Sanderson came back Thursday night with recommendations and their findings on his death. Jury lays out 4 recommendations for Saskatoon police, RCMP as coroner’s inquest ends. WARNING: Some content …
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Ontario’s booze regulator told a bar to collect names from take-out customers. Now it’s backtracking
Ontario’s alcohol regulator ordered a Toronto bar and bottle shop to record the name, address and purchase details of everyone who buys beer and wine to take home. After CBC News contacted liquor regulator AGCO, it announced “immediate review” of the rule. After CBC News contacted Alcohol and Gaming Commission …
Read More »Repeat sex offender released, then arrested again in Kelowna, B.C.
British Columbia’s public safety minister says he is ordering an investigation into why a repeat sexual offender was released in Kelowna without the public being notified. Taylor Dueck was later arrested on allegations he sexually assaulted a youth at an equestrian school in the Okanagan city. The 29-year-old was arrested …
Read More »New pharmacare bill marks one of the biggest expansions of publicly funded health care in decades
The Liberal government is expected to table its pharmacare legislation today — possibly the biggest expansion of publicly funded health care in Canada in decades. How a national drug plan would work, why experts say it’s needed and what it might cost. The Liberal government is expected to table its …
Read More »Parents’ opposition to vaccination is growing, poll suggests
A growing number of Canadian parents are opposed to vaccinating their children, according to a new poll, amid a resurgence in potentially deadly diseases such as measles. Experts stress importance of being immunized given spike in diseases such as measles. A growing number of Canadian parents say they are opposed …
Read More »Schools closed, tens of thousands in the dark after strong winds, rain batter Quebec
Most of the outages are in the Montérégie and Montreal regions, followed by the Eastern Townships, Lanaudière and the Laurentians. Montérégie, Montreal regions most affected. More than 200,000 Quebecers were left in the dark and Montreal’s light-rail network was down after violent winds and heavy rain pummeled much of the …
Read More »She mourned her son’s death at an Ottawa hospital. Then he sent her a text message
In January, Heather Insley spent three excruciating days at Ottawa’s Montfort Hospital, watching her eldest son die. Days later, she was speaking with him on the phone. Case of mistaken identity an ’emotionally traumatic nightmare’ for Ontario family. She watched her son die at an Ottawa hospital. Then, she got …
Read More »As Ottawa promises a better response to natural disasters, communities say they need money now
Ottawa’s emergency preparedness minister has warned that this summer could be even worse than last year’s record-breaking wildfire season — while communities on the front lines say they need money for prevention right now. Canada’s emergency preparedness minister says this season could be worse than the last. Ottawa’s emergency preparedness …
Read More »Abusers are using e-transfers to contact their victims. Who is responsible for stopping them?
Just before Angie Sweeney’s ex shot and killed her in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., last October, he sent her several banking e-transfers, including one for one cent that included an abusive message. Experts say technology-based abuse is a growing threat because some abusers will go to any length to contact …
Read More »B.C. lawyer disbarred for 2nd time, ordered to pay $45K in costs
A lawyer in British Columbia has been disbarred for a second time following a tribunal hearing panel by the provincial law society. Hong Guo was first disbarred in November 2023 when a Law Society of B.C. panel said she was incapable of rehabilitating her professional conduct. On Tuesday, the society …
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