Unpublished Newswire
As a travelling physician in northern Ontario, Dannica Switzer is acutely aware of the health-care crisis in underserved communities. “It’s sad to see how much worse things can get,” said Switzer, who works as a locum, filling roles on a temporary basis in rural or remote areas.
July 31, 2025 - 06:37 | Sharif Hassan | The Globe and Mail
This spring, the Mark Carney government introduced Bill C-2. Formally dubbed the Strong Borders Act, the legislation gives the federal government and border officials broad new powers to search devices, collect data, and make immigration decisions without full parliamentary oversight. The bill also allows the government to suspend certain refugee protections during a declared emergency. Supporters argue it’s a necessary response to rising threats like smuggling and organized crime. Critics warn it opens the door to government overreach. What does Bill C-2 actually propose? And what does...
July 31, 2025 - 06:30 | Carmine Starnino | Walrus
During the first year of the Korean conflict, in 1950/51, senior military officials in Canada, Britain, and the United States became concerned about the development and use of so-called mind control techniques by communist forces. Authorities cited public denouncements of the conflict made by captured American soldiers as evidence that the Chinese had developed a method for brainwashing. With little or no evidence of physical coercion, Western authorities believed that communist forces had found a successful method for controlling the mind and inducing voluntary or genuine confessions....
July 31, 2025 - 06:29 | Matthew S. Wiseman | Walrus
Good morning. Canada is facing (yet another) trade deadline with the United States tomorrow. And while many tariff deadlines have been delayed, this one could stick. More on that below, plus the latest news out of Gaza, and how B.C. prepared for a smaller-than-expected tsunami. But first: Today’s headlinesPrime Minister Mark Carney says Canada intends to recognize a Palestinian stateExtremism is a threat to the Canadian army’s trust and credibility, commander saysThe Hockey Canada trial has concluded, but conversations about the sport’s culture aren’t over
July 31, 2025 - 06:16 | Matt Lundy | The Globe and Mail
Ontario’s top court has upheld a sexual assault conviction involving non-consensual condom removal, despite the Crown’s appeal for a harsher sentence.
In a decision released this week, the Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed the Crown’s appeal of the sentencing in the case of R. v. Ranatunga, where a man was convicted after failing to use a condom during a sexual encounter, despite his partner’s explicit condition that one be used.
The man, Nimal Ranatunga, was sentenced to a conditional sentence of two years less a day.
However, of the three panel of judges, one judge dissented,...
July 31, 2025 - 06:00 | National Post Staff | National Post
Ontario’s top court has upheld a sexual assault conviction involving non-consensual condom removal, despite the Crown’s appeal for a harsher sentence.
In a decision released this week, the Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed the Crown’s appeal of the sentencing in the case of R. v. Ranatunga, where a man was convicted after failing to use a condom during a sexual encounter, despite his partner’s explicit condition that one be used.
The man, Nimal Ranatunga, was sentenced to a conditional sentence of two years less a day.
However, of the three panel of judges, one judge dissented,...
July 31, 2025 - 06:00 | National Post Staff | National Post
