Sun05202012

Quebec's student crisis law stokes unrest
Source:  CBC | Canadian News

The adoption of emergency legislation to end Quebec's escalating student crisis stoked fiery debate across the province overnight, from highly charged stree...

Judge sex complaint review holds 1st hearing
Source:  CBC | Canadian News

A man who says he was sexually harassed by a Manitoba judge has asked the Canadian Judicial Council to appoint a lawyer to help him because he has been turn...

Quebec emergency law goes 'very far', ex-judge Gomery says
Source:  CBC | Canadian News

In an interview with CBC Radio's The House, retired Quebec Superior Court judge John Gomery tells host Evan Solomon that Quebec's new emergency law goes &qu...

Seven homeless after Saint John fire
Source:  CBC | Canadian News

Fire investigators are trying to determine what caused a large fire in Saint John Friday afternoon.

Listeria warning sparks Compliments salad recall
Source:  CBC | Canadian News

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall on some Compliments brand bagged salads and coleslaw.

Future dim for lighthouses across Canada
Source:  CBC | Canadian News

Community groups across the country are scrambling to save some 500 lighthouses the federal government has recently declared surplus.

Central Newfoundland's feral dump cats to be euthanized
Source:  CBC | Canadian News

A Central Newfoundland pilot project aims to kill some of the more than 1800 feral cats that are estimated to be close to starving - but still reproducing â...

Polar bear killed in Labrador
Source:  CBC | Canadian News

Wildlife officials have shot a polar bear in St. Lewis, Labrador — the third one killed by a wildlife or police officer in the province this year.

OPP errors haunt family of missing girl
Source:  CBC | Canadian News

The family of Christine Harron, an Ontario teenager who vanished 19 years ago today, recently learned of a string of police errors that allowed the proceedi...

Health groups urge Ottawa to save refugee services
Source:  CBC | Canadian News

The heads of several of Canada's leading health-care organizations have written a strongly worded letter to the federal immigration minister, urging him to ...

EI changes still under wraps but details coming 'soon'
Source:  CBC | Canadian News

In an interview airing Saturday on CBC Radio's The House, Human Resources Minister Diane Finley tells host Evan Solomon details on changes to Employment Ins...

Toronto riding's election result tossed by judge
Source:  CBC | Canadian News

Conservative MP Ted Opitz's federal election win last year in Etobicoke Centre has been declared null and void following a court challenge by former Liberal...

Toronto police chief seeks OK to charge G20 officers
Source:  CBC | Canadian News

Toronto police Chief Bill Blair says he will ask today for permission to discipline more than 20 of his officers, including two senior officers, in the wake...

Man in restroom uses stun gun on Halifax lounge worker
Source:  CBC | Canadian News

A night on the town had a shocking ending early this morning when a man allegedly used a stun gun on a Halifax bar worker after he was caught in a restroom ...