Unpublished Newswire
William Sandeson's appeal of his second-degree murder conviction has been dismissed, with the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal saying the trial judge did not err in law.
December 12, 2025 - 18:00 | Rebecca Lau | Global News - Canada
More than $1.3-million in fines have been levied against two companies involved in a series of B.C. crane accidents, including an incident last year at Vancouver’s Oakridge Park development where a worker was killed by material that fell 26 storeys.WorkSafeBC fined EllisDon Corp. about $515,000 while Newway Concrete Forming was hit with a $113,000 penalty over the February 2024 tragedy when Yuridia Flores was killed by a 9.6-metre-long and six-metre-wide mould that was being lifted from one floor to another.
December 12, 2025 - 17:56 | Chuck Chiang | The Globe and Mail
Construction work on the planned high-speed rail line is still years out, but consultations are set to begin in Ottawa in 2026.
December 12, 2025 - 17:49 | | CBC News - Ottawa
OTTAWA — If there’s one person who won’t be receiving any Conservative MP Christmas cards, it’s Markham–Unionville MP Michael Ma.
In fact, if anything, Conservatives want the floor-crossing new Liberal MP to return a Christmas gift he already received.
“I was Michael Ma’s Secret Santa. I gave him an Amazon Fire Stick just hours before he crossed the floor. Now I want my gift back, just like the people of Markham—Unionville want their votes back!,”
Conservative MP Kurt Holman posted on social media
Friday morning.
Though metaphors involving Santa and lumps of coal may be...
December 12, 2025 - 17:46 | Christopher Nardi | National Post
Colleen Jones was in almost perpetual motion during waking hours as she became one of the world’s all-time top curlers, and a groundbreaking CBC television broadcaster. Ms. Jones, who died in Maders Cove, N.S., on Nov. 25 after a 32-month battle with colon cancer, set just a few priorities in life – but she stuck with each one with fierce loyalty.
December 12, 2025 - 17:38 | Monte Stewart | The Globe and Mail
A member of the Indigenous advisory council of the Major Projects Office said he and his colleagues were not told in advance of the agreement the federal government signed with Alberta opening a path to a pipeline to B.C.’s coast.Trevor Mercredi, grand chief of Treaty 8 First Nations in Alberta, told a news conference on Thursday that the memorandum of understanding signed last month was “news” to him and his colleagues, and that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government didn’t tap the council for advice on how to move forward.
December 12, 2025 - 17:38 | Alessia Passafiume | The Globe and Mail
