The Canadian PressMia Rabson OTTAWA–Green Party leader Elizabeth May says she asked for an independent investigation into allegations she harassed and verbally abused former staff in a bid to prove she’s done nothing wrong. The party yesterday hired Toronto lawyer Sheila Block to undertake the investigation after three former staff […]
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The Canadian PressKristy Kirkup OTTAWA–MPs on the cocktail circuit must be cautious about alcohol consumption as Parliament Hill looks to put an end to inappropriate behaviour and tackle sexual misconduct, says Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett. So, too, should political staff members, adds a woman who once worked for the […]
The Canadian PressBill Graveland BATTLEFORD, Sask.–Jury selection in the trial of a Saskatchewan farmer accused in the fatal shooting of an Indigenous man is to begin in Battleford, Sask. today. Gerald Stanley is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Colten Boushie. The 22-year-old was shot in August, 2016 […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Ontario’s interim Progressive Conservative leader says he is shocked and disgusted by sexual assault allegations reported against the party’s former president. Vic Fedeli said he takes the allegations against Rick Dykstra, who resigned late yesterday, very seriously. Fedeli vowed he will take steps to ensure the workplace […]
The Canadian PressDavid Friend Nova Scotia soprano Barbara Hannigan toasted her first Grammy Award with a glass of wine in Hamburg, Germany. While it’s an ocean away from music’s biggest night in New York, Hannigan said that didn’t stop her from cracking open a bottle to celebrate her win for […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Vic Fedeli has been named interim leader of Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives after Patrick Brown’s resignation in the face of sexual misconduct allegations. Fedeli, 61, was selected by the PC caucus during a morning meeting. It’s not immediately clear if he will stay on to fight the spring […]
The Canadian PressMia Rabson OTTAWA–Gerald Lavallee was just three months old when he had his first contact with the child welfare system. By the time he was eight, he was a permanent ward of the system in North Bay, Ont. By 14, he had been in more than 40 foster […]
The Canadian PressMorgan Lowrie MONTREAL–Mars exploration is close enough that Canadian high school students can dream of setting foot on the red planet, astronaut David Saint-Jacques told a group of Quebec students yesterday. Saint-Jacques, who currently is training in Moscow, held a question-and-answer session by videoconference with four Quebec high […]
The Canadian PressGemma Karstens-Smith VANCOUVER–Smoky overtones can ruin a nice bottle of wine, but researchers in British Columbia are finding that preventing grapes from capturing the flavour of wildfires can be difficult. Wine grapes absorb smoke compounds, surrounding them with sugar, explained Wesley Zandberg, an assistant chemistry professor at the […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–A former Ontario high school principal has pleaded guilty to professional misconduct after tampering with a standardized provincial literacy test. Christine Vellinga admitted in an agreed statement of facts with the Ontario College of Teachers that she went though student booklets after the test in March, 2016 […]
The Canadian PressBob Weber EDMONTON–The winds of change blow–even around a black hole. New Canadian-led research has peered into the strange world of black holes to discover they’re girded by electromagnetic winds that not only influence how the super-dense interstellar bodies gobble up anything that gets too close, but also […]
The Canadian PressStephanie Levitz OTTAWA–Kent Hehr has resigned from the federal cabinet after the sport and disabilities minister was accused of making inappropriate sexual remarks while a provincial politician. The allegation, which stems from his time as an Alberta MLA a decade ago, first was levelled against Hehr on social […]
