There will be no criminal charges laid against Boston Bruins captain Zdeno Chara over an on-ice incident last March. In a statement released Thursday, Quebec’s director of criminal prosecutions says it does not believe a court would find Chara guilty of a crime and it has closed the case. The hulking defenceman shoved Montreal Canadiens [...]

An advocacy group representing seniors has launched a complaint about a Montreal seniors’ residence following the death of an 83-year-old man. Maurice Perrault was pinned under a fallen armoire in his room at the Lux Gouverneur seniors’ residence on Jan. 19. Three days passed before an employee of the residence found him dead. ‘A more [...]

Students from Dawson College joined Quebec public security officials on Thursday to protest against the federal government’s decision to scrap the gun registry. Audrey Deveault, chairperson of the Dawson College student union, representing 10,500 students, spoke at the parliamentary hearing in Ottawa reviewing the bill to end the registry. The Standing Committee on National Security [...]

B.C. Liberal MLA Moira Stilwell has proposed legislation she says will help prevent concussions in young athletes. Stilwell’s private member’s bill would make it the law to remove a young athlete from play if a concussion is suspected. The proposed legislation would also bar the athlete from returning to the sport until a doctor signs [...]

The RCMP complaints commission will not investigate the handling of some of the cases of alleged sexual harassment in the force that were raised in a recent series of CBC News stories because of its limited mandate. On Wednesday, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and new RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson announced that they’ve asked for [...]