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Online hate, racist hiring practices among targets of $15M federal anti-racism funds

OTTAWA — Combating online hate is one of the main efforts getting a financial boost from Ottawa's anti-racism strategy, with more than a dozen projects receiving federal funding Thursday.

Oct 15, 2020 12:51 PM Read more >

Toronto cops ID dead man as likely killer of Christine Jessop, 9, in 1984, via DNA

TORONTO — A man who died five years ago was the likely killer of a nine-year-old girl in a 1984 murder that sparked widespread revulsion and led to a notorious wrongful conviction, Toronto police said on Thursday.

Oct 15, 2020 12:50 PM Read more >

Rights group threatens lawsuit to force New Brunswick to make abortion accessible

FREDERICTON — A civil rights group is threatening New Brunswick's government with a lawsuit to force the province to repeal its abortion-related legislation and to make the procedure more widely available.

Oct 15, 2020 12:48 PM Read more >

First Nations chief calls on Trudeau to help settle Nova Scotia lobster dispute

DIGBY, N.S. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to do more than send tweets to settle an increasingly violent dispute over an Indigenous-led lobster fishery in Nova Scotia, a First Nations chief said Thursday.

Oct 15, 2020 12:00 PM Read more >

Evidence complete at Gilbert Rozon rape trial, judge to hear closing arguments Nov. 6

MONTREAL — Evidence at the rape trial of Gilbert Rozon concluded Thursday as the former entertainment mogul once again denied under cross-examination that he ever assaulted the complainant. "It didn't happen," he said.

Oct 15, 2020 11:00 AM Read more >

Feds can use spending power to fight anti-Indigenous racism in health care: Miller

OTTAWA — The federal government is ready to use its financial leverage over the health system to fight anti-Indigenous racism in health care, Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says.

Oct 15, 2020 10:22 AM Read more >

Canada offers mediation help to NATO in Turkey-Greece Mediterranean Sea dispute

OTTAWA — The Mediterranean Sea boundary dispute between Turkey and Greece shows that NATO needs new political tools to solve disagreements among members, says Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne.

Oct 15, 2020 9:58 AM Read more >

Courts martial in limbo as Canada's military justice system faces new challenge

OTTAWA — A court martial involving a Canadian Armed Forces officer accused of sexual assault is one of several trials in limbo over another challenge to the constitutionality of the military justice system.

Oct 15, 2020 9:28 AM Read more >

Govts, companies shifted COVID risk management responsibility to individuals: study

TORONTO — A new Canadian study has found that over the first five months of 2020, government and corporate approaches to COVID-19 went from taking decisive, collective action against the pandemic to emphasizing individual responsibility.

Oct 15, 2020 9:27 AM Read more >

Supreme Court declines to hear appeal in Aga Khan lobbying case

OTTAWA — A new court ruling means the federal lobbying commissioner won't be taking a fresh look at whether the Aga Khan broke rules by giving Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a vacation in the Bahamas.

Oct 15, 2020 8:14 AM Read more >