The University of British Columbia says it deeply regrets its handling of the case of retired judge and former law professor Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, who was the subject of a CBC investigation about her claims of Indigenous heritage. A statement signed by interim UBC president Deborah Buszard says the university is reviewing its processes regarding
The province’s Special Investigations Unit has charged a Peel Regional Police officer in connection with a fatal crash in Mississauga back in June. SIU director Tony Loparco says he has reasonable grounds to believe the officer committed a criminal offence in connection with a fatal crash involving a motorcycle near Tomken and Derry roads on
A woman arrested in the death of a Canadian legal scholar in Florida has been charged with first-degree murder for her alleged role in what investigators have suggested was a murder-for-hire rooted in a bitter divorce. A U.S. grand jury indicted Katherine Magbanua this week in the 2014 killing of Dan Markel, a law professor
A national road safety advocate wants more public awareness about the importance of wearing a seatbelt on highway buses in the wake of a fatal Christmas Eve crash on B.C.’s Highway 97C. Ahmed Shalaby, technical director of Safer Roads Canada, says there isn’t federal or provincial legislation enforcing the use of seatbelts on buses. In 2020, Transport …
Canadians should consider limiting their alcohol consumption to two drinks or less per week, according to new national guidance. The recommendations released Tuesday by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) said that drinking more than two standard drinks — an equivalent of 13.45g of pure alcohol – at a time is associated
Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was detained alongside a group of activists on Tuesday during protests against the demolition of the coal village of Luetzerath, according to police. A spokesperson for the police division in the region said it was not yet clear what would happen to Thunberg, who joined protesters at the site last week
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she is no longer pursuing amnesty for COVID-19 health-rule violators because Canada doesn’t work that way. “Because we’ve been so influenced by the (United) States, I think that some people think that a premier has the same power as they do in the States of clemency or offering pardons,” Smith
