Raphael Picard, the Chief of the Pessamit Innu band council says the Quebec government’s plan for development in the north of the province, known as Plan Nord, violates the rights of aboriginal people. Picard said he is planning on visiting investors and politicians in Europe and the United States to denounce what he calls the [...]

Kingston murder trial jurors hear details about how the relationship between Zainab Shafia and her Pakistani boyfriend caused a great deal of stress within her family. Mohammad Shafia has pleaded not guilty to four counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his three daughters and first wife. CBCNineteen-year-old Zainab’s body was found in a [...]

Montreal Mayor Gerald Tremblay has issued a statement saying Occupy protesters at Victoria Square must leave. “The time has come for the protesters to find another way to get their message out,” Tremblay said in his statement. He said peace and security are not being maintained on the site. The mayor’s comments come after media [...]

Lawyers for the B.C. government will be in the province’s Supreme Court Tuesday seeking an injunction to remove Occupy Vancouver protesters from the property outside the downtown provincial courthouse Monday, says Attorney General Shirley Bond. The protestors had packed up their encampment at the city’s downtown art gallery on Monday, but then marched their tent [...]

Finance Minister Kevin Falcon says the transition from the harmonized sales tax back to the provincial tax and GST is proving to be more complex and difficult than expected. British Columbians voted to scrap the HST in a province-wide referendum in August, and at the time the province said the transition would take 18 months. [...]