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Accused in toddler’s patio death at Edmonton restaurant granted bail
EDMONTON – An Edmonton judge has granted bail to an accused drunk driver whose SUV plowed into a restaurant patio, killing a toddler. Two-year-old Geo (GEE’-oh) Mounsef (MOON’-sehf) was pinned to a wall and later died in hospital. The boy’s mother stormed out of the courtroom while the judge was still talking, while the child’s
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DNA evidence leads to charges in 1991 sex assault of girl, 9, Toronto police say
TORONTO – Twenty-two years after a nine-year-old girl was lured from her apartment building lobby and sexually assaulted, a suspect has been arrested, police announced Friday. Investigators said that after being stalled for more than two decades, the break in the case came by using forensic DNA evidence collected at the time of the incident.
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Full text of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s statement denying crack cocaine use
TORONTO – Here is the full text of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s statement Friday afternoon in which he denied he uses crack cocaine. Ford also addressed the players of the football team at Don Bosco Catholic Secondary School, where he was dropped Thursday as coach. Well, good afternoon everyone. I’d like to take this opportunity
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Saskatchewan premier no longer believes Senate can be reformed
SASKATOON – Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says it’s time for the Senate to go. Wall has been a supporter of Senate reform and his government passed a law for electing senators-in-waiting from the province. But Wall now says it’s easier to scrap the Senate than to try to fix it. The Senate has been recently
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Retired Vancouver police officer dead in Mexico recalled as friend, animal lover
A retired Vancouver police officer slain in Mexico is being remembered as a generous and loving woman who volunteered to help animals. News reports in Mexico say Lynn Earle, who was 60, was found stabbed to death in her home in Playa del Carmen earlier this week. Friend Lisa Edwards says Earle had a gigantic
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Ontario judge declines to certify class action for G20 detainees
TORONTO – An Ontario judge has ruled that hundreds of people detained during the G20 summit three years ago can’t sue as a group. The $45-million proposed class action lawsuit was spearheaded by Sherry Good, a 51-year-old office administrator who says she was corralled by cops for four hours when police in riot gear used
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Act of God allows cutoff of compensation for residents impacted by landslide
NELSON, B.C. – A so-called act of God is allowing the province of B.C. to cut off compensation for residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed in the Johnsons Landing landslide. An avalanche of mud and debris rolled over the tiny community in southeast B.C. last July, killing four people. The province has provided about
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Kinder Morgan takes next step in its Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion plan
EDMONTON – Kinder Morgan Canada has taken the next step in its plan to almost triple the capacity of its Trans Mountain oil pipeline from Alberta to Burnaby, B.C. The corporation has filed a formal description of the proposed $5.4 billion, 1,150 kilometre-long project to the National Energy Board. The plan calls for installing 981
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Systemic approach to voter interference ‘extremely worrisome’: Trudeau
HALIFAX – Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says it is “extremely worrisome” that there was a systematic approach to interfering in the right to vote in the robocall scandal. Trudeau, who was glad-handing at a Halifax mall Friday, reacted to a Federal Court decision that found fraud was involved in the robocalls. But Judge Richard Mosley
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Trudeau defends Liberal senator’s handling of the Senate spending controversy
HALIFAX – Justin Trudeau says he is satisfied with a Liberal senator’s handling of an investigation into his expense claims because the senator has stepped away from the party’s caucus. The Liberal leader said Friday that Sen. Mac Harb did the right thing by deciding to sit as an Independent while an investigation continues into
