Edmonton police demand manslaughter plea deal is scrapped in challenge to Crown prosecutors
September 10, 2025
A woman pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter in the killing of an eight-year-old girl in a case that has publicly exposed tensions between Edmonton police and Crown prosecutors. Police say the justice system has failed. And the family of the victim, who can't be identified, say they’re grateful police took the unprecedented step to give voice to their concerns.
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An “important minority” of young Canadians say terrorism can be justified, according to a new poll tied to the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
The poll, conducted by Leger for Association for Canadian Studies (ACS), revealed this ideology held by one in five Canadians under the age of 25. They likely “believe that the architects of terrorist attacks are themselves victims, and as such, they may conclude that the ends justify the means in pursuing the objective, however they choose to interpret it,” ACS president and CEO Jack Jedwab told National Post over email.
This kind of...
September 11, 2025 - 07:00 | Courtney Greenberg | National Post
By the close of the first week of the forty-fifth federal election, Pierre Poilievre’s rhetorical shimmy shake was well practised. The quips, carefully written, had been frequently used. The lost Liberal decade. A new Conservative government that will put Canada first for a change. A big bring-it-home tax cut.
The Conservative Party spent the last years of the Justin Trudeau government honing this appeal to change, affordability, and ambition. It had targeted a strange alliance of young men who listened to crypto podcasts, growing families priced out of the suburbs, anti-vaxxers who...
September 11, 2025 - 06:30 | Justin Ling | Walrus
Support staff at Ontario's publicly funded colleges are on strike, as they failed to reach a new contract agreement before the deadline of midnight.
September 11, 2025 - 06:29 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa
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