Family distraught as Manitoba refuses to pay for treatment for 30-year-old with degenerative disease

Ontario wants to reinstitute the widespread use of cash bail, more than a half century after the practice was mostly abandoned in Canada because of concern it unfairly harmed lower-income people.The move follows federal efforts to toughen bail and sentencing laws with changes to the Criminal Code. Both are responses to political and public pressure tied to violent crime and public safety.