OTTAWA — A United Nations housing watchdog is taking the Liberals to task over what she sees as the government’s about−face on a promise to put a human rights lens on its housing strategy. In a scathing letter, Leilani Farha, the UN special rapporteur on the right to housing, says her backing for the strategy…
Mom Says: She Was Not Just Her Only Daughter, She Was Her Best Friend.
WINNIPEG — The mother of a young Indigenous woman whose fatal beating was filmed and shared online told a sentencing hearing her life since has been a nightmare. Serena McKay’s body was found on Manitoba’s Sagkeeng First Nation in April 2017 and two teenage girls, who were 16 and 17, were arrested. The younger girl,…
230,000 Gallons of Oil Spilled in Train Derailment
DOON, Iowa — An estimated 230,000 gallons (870,619 litres) of crude oil spilled into floodwaters in the northwestern corner of Iowa following a train derailment, a railroad official said Saturday. BNSF spokesman Andy Williams said 14 of 32 oil tanker cars just south of Doon in Lyon County leaked oil into surrounding floodwaters from the…
Trudeau Government has Hiring Rules for Federally-Funded-Projects
OTTAWA — Cities, provinces and territories building new roads, bridges, water and transit systems funded with federal dollars will have to let Indigenous Peoples, veterans and recent immigrants have a hand in those projects under new rules being unveiled today. The idea of so−called community benefits will be a mandatory requirement for major infrastructure projects…
6-Month-Old Baby Dies After Dad Forgets Him in Car
Montreal police say a six−month−old baby boy has been found dead by his father who forgot him in the car while he was at work. Police says the father went to a daycare in Old Montreal around 5:30 p.m. Friday to pick up his son. But police say daycare workers told the father they had…
A Woman Forced to Deposit Cash by Fake Police Exaggerated
Vancouver police say a woman who claimed to have been arrested by fake police officers in a fraud scheme exaggerated her report. Police now say that the woman was never physically approached by people claiming to be officers, but detectives have confirmed she was scammed out of $6,000. The department issued a warning on Thursday,…
Canada Has Not Increased Spending for NATO as Promised – Says Trump
OTTAWA — As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares to attend the upcoming NATO summit in Brussels, U.S. President Donald Trump is calling on Canada to meet the alliance’s defence spending targets. In the June 19 letter, Trump says there is “growing frustration” in the United States with North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies like Canada that…
Lawyer Wants Psychiatric Tests for Stephen Vogelsang
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — The lawyer for a former TV journalist accused in several bank robberies says he plans to speak to the Crown about arranging for psychiatric tests to determine his client’s mental state. Stephen Vogelsang, who was a journalism instructor at Red River College from 2002-11 and before that was the news director…
Trudeau 9-Day Trip to India Costs Taxpayers $1.5 Million
OTTAWA — New documents suggest the bills for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s troubled trip to India in February exceed $1.5 million. The latest figures released by the government include $323,000 for hotel stays, $485,070 to fly and staff the VIP Airbus for 43.7 hours over the nine−day trip, $5,235 for cell phone fees, $5,100 to…
Female Faculty Getting Raises at the University of Guelph
All full−time female faculty members at the University of Guelph will be getting a raise after a salary review found they were being paid less than their male colleagues. Charlotte Yates, the provost at the Ontario university, said the decision comes after crunching the numbers gathered through the review launched last year. The university will…