CBC News The Global Commission on Drug Policy says it’s “very weird” that Canada is taking a tougher line on marijuana when governments across the globe are reconsidering the war on drugs. In an open letter Wednesday to Prime Minister…
BBC News A former US mine chief who lied to investigators about one of the worst mining tragedies in decades has been sentenced to three years in prison. Hughie Elbert Stover was in charge of the Upper Big Branch mine,…
CBC News A telephone number used to place automated calls directing voters to the wrong polling station in Guelph, Ont., in the last federal election was registered to a “Pierre Poutine” of Separatist Street, Joliette, Que., court documents reveal. The…
BBC News A British man accused of exporting parts for Iranian missiles has made his first appearance in a US court. Retired businessman Chris Tappin, 65, of Orpington, south-east London, appeared for less than five minutes at a federal court…
CBC News An RCMP code of conduct hearing is recommending a female officer be reprimanded, docked 7 days pay, and continue counselling, after concluding she had consensual sex with her supervisor. Const. Susan Gastaldo claimed she was forced into the…
BBC News The US has made seven arrests in a multi-state rhino horn-smuggling ring, seizing $1m in gold ingots. The arrests come after an 18-month-long investigation, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) told the BBC. Rhinos are an endangered…
CBC News A Toronto police officer has been charged with second-degree murder — the first time a member of the force has faced a murder charge for actions taken while on duty. Crown prosecutors laid the charge against Const. David…
BBC News A Virginia jury has found a US university lacrosse star guilty of the murder of his former girlfriend, and recommends he serve 26 years in jail. After deliberating for nine hours, the jury concluded George Huguely had killed…
CBC News Former NHLer Sheldon Kennedy says it felt weird seeing his former junior coach and sexual abuser Graham James after 14 years. James and Kennedy passed each other in the hall outside a Winnipeg courtroom Wednesday morning. Kennedy looked…
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the dismissal of wrongful death claims by the families of two former Guantanamo Bay detainees, Yasser Al-Zahrani of Saudi Arabia and Salah Al-Salami of Yemen, who…