![]() Nanaimo Daily News | No evidence torture has ended in Afghan jails: Amnesty lawyer The Canadian Press OTTAWA — Detainees handed over to Afghan authorities by Canadian soldiers still face a substantial risk of torture, a civil rights lawyer has told MPs. Paul Champ, counsel for Amnesty International Canada and the British Columbia Civil Liberties ... Torture: Stop transferring Afghan detainees, Amnesty lawyer tells Canadian ... Feds release latest Afghan report Push for answers in tortured Afghan detainees |
![]() Globe and Mail | Obama: 'No crisis' in US ties with Israel Ha'aretz United States President Barack Obama said Thursday that there was 'no crisis' in ties with Israel, despite a high-profile diplomatic feud between the allies over the Netanyahu administration's ... Obama: No crisis in Israel-US ties Analysis: Flareup adds to Obama's Mideast trouble Obama says no crisis in US-Israeli relations |
![]() National Post | Harper government's aid plan omits birth control Toronto Star OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government appears to have decided that birth control is not part of its plan to help improve the lives of women and children in developing countries. Opposition critics are accusing Harper of caving to his ... The skinny on Stephen Harper's YouTube moment Harper talks seal hunt, drugs to YouTube audience Harper's YouTube experiment uninspiring |
![]() Globe and Mail | Ten-percenters could be out the door Toronto Sun OTTAWA — Taxpayer-funded political flyers are likely on their way out the door — for a change. Opposition MPs successfully passed a motion Tuesday to scrap the so-called ten-percenter practice that allows MPs to send ... PM backs end to political mailings MPs vote to trash ten percenters Tories say they'll ignore parliamentary vote to ban tax-funded mailings |
![]() DigitalJournal.com | Man nabbed with stolen goods after giving OPP officer the finger Vancouver Sun That's a lesson earned and learned for an Edmonton man who gave a passing Ontario Provincial Police officer the finger Tuesday while walking along a highway in Kenora, Ont. The offended OPP cop pulled over to speak with the man. ... Gesturing rudely at OPP while in possession of stolen goods: not a good idea Hitchhiker's rude gesture leads to arrest Man found with stolen property after hailing police cruiser with middle finger |
![]() CBC.ca | Tommy Douglas motion stalls in Sask. legislature CBC.ca The RCMP's file on Tommy Douglas, shown here after re-election in November 1965, contains articles noting Douglas's concern about rumours of RCMP surveillance of Canadians. (Canadian Press) Saskatchewan New Democrats hoping to push Ottawa to release ... Saskatchewan NDP pushes for full release of Tommy Douglas police and security ... NDP Wants Douglas File Opened Saskatchewan NDP calls on Ottawa to release security files on Tommy Douglas |
Police killer release a “terrible mistake,” TPA says Toronto Star The Toronto Police Association (TPA) says that the parole board has made a “terrible mistake” in granting convicted cop killer Craig Munro any freedom. TPA president Mike McCormack he finds the National Parole Board's decision “totally offensive. ... Toronto cop killer faces strict parole conditions: Officials Toronto police upset cop-killer gets unescorted passes Toronto cop killer Craig Munro granted temporary unescorted prison absences |
![]() CBC.ca | Teen wanted for Calgary racist graffiti Vancouver Sun The CEO of B'nai Brith Canada is urging Calgary police investigating a spree of anti-Semitic graffiti to consider it a hate crime. CALGARY — Calgary police have issued a Canada-wide warrant for an 18-year-old youth in relation to a number of ... Suspect sought in graffiti incidents Calgary police issue hate crime arrest warrant over anti-Jewish graffiti Teen sought in anti-Semitic graffiti case |
![]() Globe and Mail | Jewelry stolen in deathbed robbery Toronto Sun Surveillance photos from Toronto East General Hospital show two men wanted for allegedly stealing jewelry from an unconscious woman in the pallative care unit. (TORONTO POLICE) Two scheming thieves robbed an unconscious, ... Woman robbed on her deathbed in Toronto hospital; family shocked Toronto police need public's help to find two men linked to hospital patient ... Men steal $7000 in jewelry from dying woman's hospital room |
![]() Reuters | Feds unveil new avalanche warning system in wake of killer BC slide Montreal Gazette Search and rescue workers pack their gear after working on the Boulder Mountain avalanche near Revelstoke, March 14. CALGARY — A new scale outlining the risk of deadly avalanches in Canada's ... Canada creates avalanche warning system for North America New avalanche warning system unveiled BC looks at way to prevent snowmobile deaths |