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Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. At first, the appeal court filing may have seemed pretty standard. A Manitoba woman who had …
Read More »Liberals claim to be the party of law and order now. Inside the party’s about-face on crime
After years of criminal justice reform that included a lighter touch for some offenders, the federal Liberal government has done an about-face and enacted stricter policies to tamp down on crime rates that have become a political liability in some vote-rich parts of the country. While much of the public’s …
Read More »After deadly protests, more Iranian women choosing to defy hijab law despite the dangers
“Because it’s Iran. And I have to live here.” That was the explanation offered by a young woman in Tehran earlier this week when she was asked why she declined to do an anonymous, audio-only interview with a CBC News journalist from abroad. What she wasn’t afraid to do, however, …
Read More »Ex-South Korean president sentenced for sending drones into North Korea in leadup to martial law
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. South Korea’s ousted president Yoon Suk Yeol and his former defence minister were sentenced to 30 …
Read More »Manitoba MAID law ‘punishing’ 94-year-old woman, pro-choice group says
A 94-year-old Steinbach, Man., woman has stopped taking her heart medication and antibiotics in the hopes of hastening her death after she was refused medical assistance in dying, or MAID, earlier this year. Marion Penner’s daughter Valerie Penner said her family had agreed years ago they were comfortable with using …
Read More »Poison seller Kenneth Law pleads guilty to abetting Ontario suicides, won’t be prosecuted for deaths in U.K.
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Read More »Alberta’s chief electoral officer wants pause on sharing electors list until law amended
Alberta’s chief electoral officer says the province’s list of electors shouldn’t be shared with any political parties until the legislature makes changes to better protect Albertans’ personal information. Speaking to reporters for the first time since his announcement last month that the personal information of nearly three million voters may …
Read More »6 key moments from the Supreme Court challenge of Quebec’s secularism law
Seven judges of the Supreme Court of Canada are now considering the fate of Quebec’s controversial secularism law, Bill 21, which bans some civil servants, including teachers, from wearing religious symbols on the job. A decision isn’t expected for at least several months. Four days of arguments — exceptionally long …
Read More »Trump administration gives up legal battle to impose executive order on 4 law firms
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The U.S. Justice Department has dropped a legal bid to revive President Donald Trump’s executive orders …
Read More »A Canadian helped build a water plant in Gaza. Now he worries about its fate as aid groups leave over new law
At the Doctors Without Borders water plant tent in central Gaza, Craig Kenzie carefully watches the machine he helped put together roar with life. After two years of war and limited access to water, this machine built mostly using scrap parts now provides tens of thousands of litres of clean …
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