US worker freed from Haitian jail
BBC News A US aid worker has been freed from a prison in Haiti after a judge declined to charge him over claims he kidnapped a baby from a hospital where he worked. A Haitian man had accused Paul Waggoner…
Monthly Archives: December 2010
Canadian fraud cases rose in 2010
CBC News Sometime in the days leading up to Halloween, the 8,120th Canadian contacted police about being ripped off in a mass marketing scam, surpassing the total number of such victims reported for all of 2009. Mass marketing fraud where…
Alberta Case Applies Charter to Universities
From denied funding to pro-life student groups, to the removal of anti-apartheid posters, to the cancelled speech of a right-wing political commentator, many have come to question where free expression stands within the post-secondary environment. A recent Alberta court decision…
Russian Judge Extends Term for Tycoon by 6 Years
The New York Times MOSCOW — Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, the Russian tycoon who was imprisoned in 2003 after defying Vladimir V. Putin, received another six years behind bars on Thursday in what was widely seen as a blow to the credibility…
Ex-con charged in slaying of Canadian in Mexico
The Toronto Star Mexican authorities have charged a local man in connection with the October murder of an Ottawa businessman and are looking for other suspects. Hector Juan Figueroa, 46, was arrested last month and confessed to beating Daniel Dion…
Group protesting at CAS offices Thursday
By SARAH DEETH , EXAMINER STAFF WRITER A rally taking aim at the practices and accountability of the Children’s Aid Society takes place Thursday and features Brenda Waudby as a guest speaker. The protest runs from noon to…
Denmark arrests five suspects over planned attack on newspaper
The Toronto Star COPENHAGEN—Five men planning to shoot as many people as possible in a building housing the newsroom of a paper that published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad were arrested Wednesday in an operation that halted an imminent attack,…
Denmark arrests 5 over planned attack on newspaper
The Toronto Star COPENHAGEN—Five men planning to shoot as many people as possible in a building housing the newsroom of a paper that published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad were arrested Wednesday in an operation that halted an imminent…
Russia Pursues Accuser in Advocate’s Death
The New York Times OSCOW — In a small courtroom in Moscow, friends of Natalya K. Estemirova crowded onto wooden benches, clasping photographs of her. It was 16 months after the murder of Ms. Estemirova, a renowned human rights advocate…
Ont. man charged with attempted murder in Jamaica
CBC News A Toronto-area man is set to appear in a Jamaican court Tuesday charged with attempted murder after his wife said he slashed her throat near the resort area of Montego Bay last week. Paul Martin, 43, of Ajax,…