Ottawa police have charged 23-year-old Moadd Maadani with second-degree murder in connection to the fatal shooting of Ryan Kabuya-Ntumba in the ByWard Market on July 1. A warrant has been issued for Maadani’s arrest, the Ottawa Police Service said in announcing the charge late Friday afternoon. Maadani is considered armed and dangerous; investigators urge anyone […]
After Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced Thursday a $2.5-million public inquiry into foreign funding of groups campaigning against Alberta oil, critics are questioning the inquiry’s impact and intentions. “It isn’t being headed by a judge, it isn’t being headed by someone outside Alberta, it isn’t being headed by an independent party,” political commentator Sandy Garissino […]
Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC) has approved cannabis retail licenses for two new stores in Lethbridge, which once opened, will bring the city’s total to nine shops. For many — including the owner of newly licensed shop Nirvana in west Lethbridge — it has been a long wait. Related Lethbridge City Council approves zoning […]
After a disappointing cancellation last year, the Apple Triathlon is returning to the streets and waters of Kelowna on Saturday. “It’s pretty exciting to see Kelowna be back and be putting on the race that I know Kelowna is capable of putting on,” said Kim Van Bruggen, Triathlon Canada CEO. Van Bruggen, a former triathlete, […]
The Trump administration will continue to pursue a way of adding a citizenship question to the census, lawyers said in court filings submitted on Friday. But administration lawyers failed to provide any legal justification for the census question by a court deadline. The Supreme Court rejected the initial rationale for adding the question to the […]
For a decade, Quebec has been debating the issues of state secularism and reasonable accommodation in the Canadian province. Now it has just passed a new law that bars civil servants in positions of “authority” from wearing religious symbols at work. Bill 21 prevents judges, police officers, teachers and public servants holding some other positions […]
A Quebec education minister is being criticised for posting a photo with education campaigner Malala Yousafzai. The Nobel Peace Prize winner, who wears a headscarf, would not be able to teach in the Canadian province. Quebec recently passed a controversial law barring some civil servants, including teachers, from wearing religious symbols at work. Jean-François Roberge […]
Barry F. Kowalski, a Justice Department lawyer who prosecuted high-profile civil rights cases, most notably winning the convictions of two white Los Angeles police officers in 1993 for the beating of Rodney G. King — an episode that touched off one of the nation’s worst urban riots — died on Sunday at his home in […]
While it hardly qualified me as a wilderness expert, my time as a Cub Scout and Boy Scout at least gave me a general idea of what camping is all about. But even that kind of familiarity is not something many, if not most, immigrants possess when they arrive in this land of lakes, forests […]
In a flashy Independence Day address that departed from tradition, President Donald Trump paid tribute to the US military and celebrated the country’s 243-year-long history while urging Americans to fight for a better future. Mr Trump, who on Thursday became the first president in almost 70 years to make a Fourth of July address at […]