Jun 23 2021 — Colin Perkel — TORONTO — A lawsuit alleging RCMP systematically brutalized Indigenous people in Northern Canada can proceed as a class action despite objections from the government, Federal Court ruled on Wednesday. In her decision, Judge Glennys McVeigh rejected the government's arguments that the proposed suit failed to meet the legal grounds for certification although individuals could sue […]
Jun 23 2021 — Colin Perkel — TORONTO — A lawsuit alleging RCMP systematically brutalized Indigenous people in Northern Canada can proceed as a class action despite objections from the government, Federal Court ruled on Wednesday. In her decision, Judge Glennys McVeigh rejected the government's arguments that the proposed suit failed to meet the legal grounds for certification although individuals could sue […]
Jun 22 2021 — Colin Perkel — TORONTO — Teen killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo failed in his second parole bid on Tuesday after the parents of two of his victims recounted the enduring pain of his twisted crimes and warned he should never be released from his life sentence. The hearing officers of the Parole Board of Canada took about […]
Jun 16 2021 — Colin Perkel — TORONTO — Help for the struggling James Bay community of Kashechewan has been slow in coming, as COVID-19 infections surge through overcrowded homes and isolation facilities remain non-existent, Chief Leo Friday said on Wednesday. The virus has attacked children particularly hard, with those aged 12 and under accounting for more than half the 232 active […]
Jun 16 2021 — Colin Perkel — TORONTO — Help for the struggling James Bay community of Kashechewan has been slow in coming, as COVID-19 infections surge through overcrowded homes and isolation facilities remain non-existent, Chief Leo Friday said on Wednesday. The virus has attacked children particularly hard, with those aged 12 and under accounting for more than half the 232 active […]
Jun 15 2021 — Colin Perkel — Queen's University has become embroiled in an increasingly public dispute over whether some of its faculty and other associates are falsely holding themselves out to be Indigenous, thereby harming the cause of First Nations people. An anonymous report into the identity claims posted on social media earlier this month takes specific aim at six academics […]
Jun 14 2021 — Colin Perkel — TORONTO — Two men in charge of an extremist publication lost their appeal Monday of a conviction for promoting hatred against women and Jews, with the judge also upholding their sentences. In his ruling Ontario Superior Court Justice Peter Cavanagh rejected arguments from James Sears, editor of Your Ward News, and its publisher, LeRoy St. […]
Jun 14 2021 — Colin Perkel — TORONTO — Two men in charge of an extremist publication lost their appeal Monday of a conviction for promoting hatred against women and Jews, with the judge also upholding their sentences. In his ruling Ontario Superior Court Justice Peter Cavanagh rejected arguments from James Sears, editor of Your Ward News, and its publisher, LeRoy St. […]
Jun 14 2021 — Colin Perkel — TORONTO — Residents in one of Ontario's COVID-19 hot spots expressed frustration Monday at their inability to book vaccinations close to home amid a crush of demand after the province accelerated second doses in areas where the Delta variant is spreading. The province had said people in seven regions who got their first dose on […]
Jun 10 2021 — Colin Perkel — TORONTO — Ontario is accelerating second shots of COVID-19 vaccines for people in Delta variant hot spots but health authorities said on Thursday they would not shorten the 12-week dosage interval for those who initially received an Oxford-AstraZeneca jab. Starting Monday, residents in seven designated areas who had first inoculations on or before May 9 […]
Jun 9 2021 — Colin Perkel — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Fully vaccinated Canadian citizens and permanent residents who test negative for COVID-19 will likely soon be exempt from two weeks quarantine on return to Canada, the government announced Wednesday, as millions of doses of the Moderna vaccine were expected to arrive. Starting early next month, the travellers who have received federally approved shots […]
Jun 9 2021 — Colin Perkel — TORONTO — Fully vaccinated Canadian citizens and permanent residents who test negative for COVID-19 will likely soon be exempt from two weeks quarantine on return to Canada, the government announced Wednesday, as millions of doses of the Moderna vaccine were expected to arrive. Starting early next month, the travellers who have received federally approved shots […]
Jun 7 2021 — Colin Perkel — TORONTO — A man who pitched a trailer hitch at an Indigenous woman from a moving car in Thunder Bay, Ont., was given eight years in prison on Monday for what the judge described as a misogynist, thrill-seeking and callous attack . In sentencing Brayden Bushby, 22, for manslaughter, the judge noted the profound grief […]
Jun 6 2021 — Colin Perkel — TORONTO — Widespread shock at the discovery of what are believed to be the buried remains of 215 Indigenous children has highlighted the pervasive ignorance among many Canadians of one of the most sordid, and as yet incomplete, chapters in Canada’s national story, experts and observers say. The lack of understanding, they say, is largely […]
Jun 6 2021 — Colin Perkel — TORONTO — Widespread shock at the discovery of what are believed to be the buried remains of 215 Indigenous children has highlighted the pervasive ignorance among many Canadians of one of the most sordid, and as yet incomplete, chapters in Canada’s national story, experts and observers say. The lack of understanding, they say, is largely […]