There has been a major Quebec Superior Court ruling against the Montreal police service (SPVM) and the City of Montreal. The court declared that there’s a systemic form of racial profiling within the SPVM, and it is awarding $5,000 in punitive damages to anyone who was stopped on the streets based on their ethnic origin.
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Investigative journalist Stevie Cameron dies at home in Toronto, age 80
An investigative journalist who authored books that tackled topics ranging from a prime minister’s involvement in jet purchases to the murders of women on a British Columbia pig farm has died. Stevie Cameron died Saturday at home in Toronto from Parkinson’s, her daughter Amy Cameron said, noting her mother also had dementia. She was 80.
Crews rescue 3 lost hikers from North Vancouver backcountry
Search and rescue volunteers have found three hikers who were lost in North Vancouver’s backcountry Monday morning. North Shore Rescue, in a social media post, said it was called to an area near Paton Peak, by Mount Seymour, to help the hikers who were lost overnight. Online trail guides indicate the roughly 20-kilometre Paton Peak
Quebec labour tribunal orders McGill to stop obstructing union of law professors
Quebec’s labour tribunal has ordered McGill University to stop obstructing and interfering with a union representing full-time law professors. The tribunal found the university appears to have violated the Quebec Labour Code when its administration sent two emails to law professors criticizing the union, according to an Aug. 30 decision. The university sent the emails
In duelling TV ads, NDP and Conservatives try to define Poilievre to union voters
OTTAWA – New Democrats and Conservatives have both launched television ads that attempt to define Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre to union voters, a group politicians see as having increased power in the next federal election. The commercial the New Democrats launched across the country last week featured union leaders describing Poilievre as a career politician
Calgary’s water use drops by 2M litres on Sunday
The City of Calgary has inched closer to its target daily consumption rate, dropping by 2 million litres, according to new data posted online. On Sunday, Calgary residents and businesses used 473 million litres of water, down from 475 million. In a statement, city officials said Sunday that the drop from Friday’s 492 million litres
Float plane makes emergency landing off Bowen Island, B.C.
A Harbour Air float plane headed to Vancouver Island was forced to make an emergency landing off the shores of Bowen Island Friday morning, the airline has confirmed. While en route from downtown Vancouver to Comox, the plane experienced an oil pressure warning, and the crew decided to divert to Snug Cove, Harbour Air told
Unmarked burials found on site of former Manitoba residential school
A First Nation in Manitoba said it has discovered “indication of human remains” on the site of a former residential school. Opaskwayak Cree Nation announced Friday that after three days of searching, they had found unmarked burials at the former grounds of MacKay Residential School, located 11 kilometres northwest of The Pas. The community said
2 dead, 2 hospitalized after suspected overdoses in Greater Victoria, RCMP say
Two women are dead and two men are in critical condition after they suffered suspected drug overdoses in the Vancouver Island community of Metchosin, according to the RCMP. West Shore RCMP said officers responded to a report of four people “experiencing medical distress” at a beach access parking lot in the Greater Victoria municipality around
Hunters in northern Ont. fined $16,500 for shooting moose without a licence, other offences
A group of four hunters have together been fined $16,500 for illegally killing a cow moose, then lying to try and cover it up. The hunt took place Oct. 21, 2022, on Mashagama Lake in Renwick Township, located northeast of Sault Ste. Marie. “Members of the group shot at and killed a cow moose for