WINNIPEG — Police zapped a man with a stun gun and took him into custody Friday after a suspect stole a fire truck and drove it, lights flashing and horn blaring, through downtown Winnipeg. Const. Rob Carver said it appeared that the suspect was targeting pedestrians as police cruisers pursued the fire truck. It rammed […]
OTTAWA — The federal government has lost its bid to delay a deadline for compensating First Nations families torn apart by an underfunded child welfare system, as part of a Federal Court decision that looks to ensure children affected receive payments promptly. The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal had ordered the government to pay $40,000 to […]
OTTAWA — An activist concerned about mining-industry abuses found it “kind of creepy and unsettling” to recently learn the RCMP compiled a six-page profile of her shortly after she turned up at a federal leaders debate during the 2015 election campaign. An analyst with the RCMP’s Tactical Internet Intelligence Unit combed through online sources about […]
A town in Quebec is cleaning up its act — or rather, its name. Asbestos announced this week that it plans to change its name, because apparently being named after a deadly mineral is a bit of a buzzkill. Councillors voted unanimously to move forward with the decision Tuesday night. It had previously voted down […]