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Juror sues over trial PTSD

Juror sues over trial PTSD

Ontario Feb 20, 2018 / 11:17 am

An advocate for the rights of jurors has filed a lawsuit seeking damages from the federal and Ontario governments for post-traumatic stress disorder he...

Paid leave for new dads?

Paid leave for new dads?

Ottawa Feb 20, 2018 / 6:48 am

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is raising the idea of creating a use-it-or-lose-it, funded leave for new dads, doing so days before he unveils a spending...

Will he or won't he?

Will he or won't he?

Toronto Feb 20, 2018 / 5:12 am

As the Ontario legislature resumes sitting today for the final session before a spring election, all eyes will be on Patrick Brown — if the former...

Molester's sentence slashed

Molester's sentence slashed

Newfoundland Feb 19, 2018 / 3:12 pm

An appeal court has dramatically reduced a five-year jail term given a 74-year-old man for molesting four young girls, calling the sentence "unduly long...

Treatment 'disturbing'

Treatment 'disturbing'

Nova Scotia Feb 19, 2018 / 3:10 pm

An independent report that warned people with disabilities were being unjustly confined in a Nova Scotia psychiatric hospital is being described as...

Porch lights on for Rebecca

Porch lights on for Rebecca

New Brunswick Feb 19, 2018 / 3:01 pm

Porch lights have been turning on across North America in honour of a New Brunswick teenager who turned a terminal prognosis into an online movement that...

Fewer in 'middle class'

Fewer in 'middle class'

Ottawa Feb 19, 2018 / 2:37 pm

Computer programmer David Galvin should be the quintessential beneficiary of next week’s federal budget, which is expected to continue the Liberals'...

Rewriting Canada's memory

Rewriting Canada's memory

Ottawa Feb 19, 2018 / 5:34 am

Reconciliation is rewriting Canada's memory banks as archivists across the country work to make their collections more open to and sensitive towards...

#Metoo causing mistrust?

#Metoo causing mistrust?

Feb 19, 2018 / 5:21 am

They keep falling like dominoes: Harvey Weinstein, Matt Lauer, Patrick Brown and most recently members of the Canadian pop-rock band Hedley, high-profile or...

Brown fights for job back

Brown fights for job back

Mississauga Feb 19, 2018 / 5:17 am

The former leader of Ontario's Progressive Conservatives said Sunday he helped grow the party to unprecedented levels, so he should be the one to lead it...

Bye bye, Oreos

Bye bye, Oreos

Montreal Feb 19, 2018 / 5:00 am

There was a time when the whole neighbourhood surrounding an east-end Montreal bakery would smell like baking Oreos. But that era comes to an end this month...

Deadly Mexican vacation

Deadly Mexican vacation

Puerto Vallarta Feb 18, 2018 / 6:19 pm

A Calgary man who died in Mexico after suddenly falling ill while on vacation is being remembered for his loyalty. Troy Black was with his wife, Lindsay, in...

Petition to stop GoFundMe

Petition to stop GoFundMe

Feb 18, 2018 / 6:09 pm

An international advocacy group says it has collected thousands of names in a campaign calling for GoFundMe to remove a page that's raising funds for...

Challenges ahead for Singh

Challenges ahead for Singh

Feb 18, 2018 / 3:56 pm

Federal New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh emerged from his party's national convention with a strong mandate to overcome the many challenges ahead...

Teen behind movement dies

Teen behind movement dies

New Brunswick Feb 18, 2018 / 8:34 am

A New Brunswick teenager who turned a terminal prognosis into an online movement that has inspired acts of kindness across the globe has died of brain cancer....

Nunavut's pot deadline

Nunavut's pot deadline

Nunavut Feb 18, 2018 / 8:29 am

With marijuana legalization only months away, members of Nunavut's new government are finally discussing how the territory will handle the change. "We...

Closing a Sask. institution

Closing a Sask. institution

Saskatchewan Feb 18, 2018 / 8:10 am

Saskatchewan's first mental hospital is closing its doors after 100 years. At its peak, the massive red-brick complex with a scenic view of the North...

Flames during Jazz flight

Flames during Jazz flight

Saskatoon Feb 18, 2018 / 7:55 am

An Air Canada Express plane had to return to Saskatoon shortly after takeoff when flames were reported to be coming from it. Airline spokesperson Teri Udle says...

NDP boss blasts web giants

NDP boss blasts web giants

Ottawa Feb 17, 2018 / 5:07 pm

Jagmeet Singh has issued a call-to-arms against inequality as he sought to put his stamp on the federal NDP on Saturday by taking aim at the Trudeau government...

Searching for war dead

Searching for war dead

Ottawa Feb 17, 2018 / 7:42 am

The Department of National Defence is seeking forensic DNA experts and funeral organizers to help its efforts to recover, identify and arrange burials for...

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