In what may be a Canadian first, a Nova Scotia veteran says she feels validated after the Veterans Review and Appeal Board overturned a decision by Veterans Affairs Canada and recognized the trauma she experienced after an alleged sexual assault as a critical injury, granting her the lump sum payment …
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Calgary killer who wrote rap called Victim pleads guilty to manslaughter
A Calgary man who fatally stabbed his friend, watched him bleed to death while begging for an ambulance and then left him “to rot” in a bathroom for five days, pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday. Steven Joseph Reader, 29, fatally stabbed Michael Lloyd, 42, on Aug. 4, 2021. Police found …
Read More »Mining claim ‘boom’ pits prospectors against public in suburban Gatineau
The head of a Montreal-based mineral exploration company is reassuring hundreds of residents of Gatineau, Que., that it has no immediate plans to mine for phosphate in the ground beneath their homes. Exploration company with dozens of claims says nothing will proceed without ‘social acceptability.’ The head of a Montreal-based …
Read More »Neighbours fed up with ‘unacceptable’ concrete splatter from highrise construction
Neighbours of a Westboro highrise development are tired of concrete splatter on their cars and property after months of construction-related disruptions. Developer pays to clean, cover cars after construction material speckles. Some neighbours of an Ottawa highrise construction site say they’ve been left to chase the developer over a litany …
Read More »Sunscreen instead of ski pants? What El Niño could mean for the upcoming Prairie winter
Enjoying the relatively dry, balmy fall? There may be more to come, say experts, thanks to El Niño making its return after a nearly eight-year hiatus. Prairies are usually warmer, drier than normal when climate pattern occurs. El Niño is making its return after a nearly eight-year hiatus, and forecasters …
Read More »Air Transat faces strike as soon as January after 2,100 workers overwhelmingly vote in favour of walkout
Air Transat’s flight attendants are in a position to strike as soon as Jan. 3 after an overwhelming majority voted to give their union a mandate to walk off the job if a new labour deal can’t be reached. Compensation issues the major sticking point for flight attendants. Air Transat …
Read More »With millions of mortgages coming due, finance minister expects banks ‘to work with’ Canadians
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says that the interests of banks, government and Canadians are aligned when it comes to the process of renegotiating millions of mortgages over the next 18 months. New mortgage charter isn’t binding but Freeland believes lenders will follow it. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland expects banks will …
Read More »This commonly prescribed cancer drug was supposed to help save his life, instead it killed him
After being diagnosed with colon cancer earlier this year, Dr. Anil Kapoor of Ontario was prescribed the common chemotherapy medication Fluorouracil. Three weeks later, he died from a toxic reaction to it. His brothers are on a mission to uncover who is most at risk and what the Canadian health-care …
Read More »Winnipeg musician fights for ‘control over his life’ after being placed under public trustee guardianship
A Winnipeg musician has no access to his bank accounts, can’t collect a pay cheque and can’t even access his medical records because he is under the guardianship of Manitoba’s public trustee — and he is on a mission to get out. Under trustee, ‘suddenly your identity is gone and …
Read More »N.B.’s former commissioner on systemic racism ‘gutted’ by province’s year of inaction
New Brunswick’s first-and-only commissioner on systemic racism said it’s unacceptable that the government has yet to respond to her report almost a year after its release. Manju Varma released her report last December with 86 recommendations. New Brunswick’s first-and-only commissioner on systemic racism said it’s unacceptable that the government has …
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