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Parliament passes law allowing jurors to disclose information to health providers
OTTAWA - Parliament has passed a new law that allows jurors to disclose information about jury proceedings to health care professionals. The bill creates a carve-out in Canada's strict jury secrecy ru...
Sep 28, 2022
N.W.T. confirms first case of avian influenza in wild bird
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories has confirmed its first case of avian influenza in a wild bird found in Yellowknife. The territorial government said Wednesday that the herring gull was submitt...
Sep 28, 2022
Vancouver police investigating possible racially motivated assault
Vancouver police say they're investigating a possible hate crime after a 19-year-old woman was assaulted while walking in the city's downtown. Police say the young Asian woman was hit over the back of...
Sep 28, 2022
California woman charged with killing man over cat dispute
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A California woman has been charged with killing a man by ramming her car into him after accusing him of trying to run over a cat in the street, authorities said Wednesday. Ha...
Sep 28, 2022
Enbridge sells minority stake in seven pipelines to Indigenous communities
Enbridge Inc. has signed a deal to sell a minority stake in seven pipelines in the Athabasca region of northern Alberta to a group of 23 First Nation and Mtis communities for $1.12 billion. Alberta pr...
Sep 28, 2022
B.C. illicit drug death toll nearly 1,500 this year: coroners service
VICTORIA - The coroners service in British Columbia says nearly 1,500 people have died this year from illicit drug use in the province. New data from the service cites 169 drug deaths last month, repr...
Sep 28, 2022
NHL monitoring Aquilini's family court proceeding, after allegations of child abuse
VANCOUVER - The National Hockey League says it is monitoring the family court proceedings of Vancouver Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini, who has denied accusations by ex-wife Tali'ah that he abused th...
Sep 28, 2022
Federal cybersecurity bill threatens privacy, transparency, civil society groups say
OTTAWA - Several civil society groups are pushing for changes to the Liberal government's cybersecurity bill, saying it would undermine privacy, accountability and judicial transparency. In an open le...
Sep 28, 2022
Black civil servants file complaint to United Nations, citing racism
OTTAWA - A group of Black civil servants is filing a complaint to the United Nations Commission for Human Rights accusing the federal government of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intole...
Sep 28, 2022
Vancouver Police Board settles over handcuffing of Indigenous man, granddaughter
VANCOUVER - An Indigenous man and his granddaughter have reached an agreement with the Vancouver Police Board to settle a human rights complaint stemming from their handcuffing after they tried to ope...
Sep 28, 2022
