Electrical

[published_date] Next month's byelection in Alberta's Battle River-Crowfoot will break the record for the most candidates on a federal ballot in Canadian history. As of Friday, 108 candidates — mostly associated with a group of electoral reform advocates known as the Longest Ballot Committee — have registered to run for the seat. The byelection was called…

[published_date] Defence Minister David McGuinty wants the military to review a trend in civilian court toward judges supporting workplaces firing Canadians for any unwanted sexual touching on the job — even if it happened once.  The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is launching new advisory panels this fall to discipline military members for sexually inappropriate behaviour.  The…

[published_date] Second Sons, meanwhile, is an “active club in everything except name,” said Lamoureux. It promotes itself as a fitness-based fraternity based on European culture. But unlike NS13, there is no Nazi iconography in Second Sons' internet content. Beyond its use of the Red Ensign, the group alludes to the Great Replacement, the conspiracy theory…

[published_date] The man convicted in the 2005 Toronto Boxing Day murder of a 15-year-old was granted full parole in January after being assessed as having a 76 per cent chance of recidivism. Seven months after getting parole, 43-year-old Jeremiah Valentine faces one count of first-degree murder in the killing of Abdeck Kenedith Ibrahim. Ibrahim, 33,…

[published_date] A lavish-living Toronto lawyer couple are facing criminal charges after more than $7 million in client money was embezzled from their firm's trust accounts, much of it funnelled toward spending on luxury fashion and decor.  Toronto police announced Thursday afternoon that Singa Bui, 42, who practised real estate law, has been charged with 42…

[published_date] The extremely dry conditions in Manitoba, which have led to multiple wildfires in the north, are now pushing other areas toward an agricultural calamity. The rural municipality of St. Laurent has declared a state of emergency, while the RM of Coldwell has declared a state of agricultural disaster. "In the RM of Coldwell, there's a huge cattle…

[published_date] As Indigenous leaders and northern workers absorb the shock of this week's layoffs at Ekati Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories, industry observers say the scaling back of operations at Ekati is indicative of challenges facing the diamond industry.  Dene National Chief George Mackenzie said the job losses are going to affect Tłı̨chǫ communities "big time." …

[published_date] U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed a law to create a regulatory regime for U.S.-dollar-pegged cryptocurrencies known as stablecoins, a milestone that could pave the way for the digital assets to become an everyday way to make payments and move money. The GENIUS Act passed by a vote of 308 to 122, receiving support…

[published_date] Fourteen people and companies with ties to Canadian Nectar Products and Island Gold Honey are facing charges under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act in P.E.I. provincial court, with some of them also facing criminal charges for money laundering.  CBC News has been reporting on the companies since 2022, after the Canada Border Services Agency…

[published_date] The 2025 wildfire season is already one of the worst on record for Canada and there is a high risk that more fires will break out in August, federal officials said on Friday. More than 5.5 million hectares of land have burned so far this year, more than double the 10-year average for mid-July.…

[published_date] As one landfill search ends and another is planned to begin, an MMIWG advocate says countrywide implementation of the Red Dress Alert and addressing "systemic racism" could prevent the agony of such searches ever needing to happen again. "We know when someone is missing, time is of an essence to locate them and to…

[published_date] In the fight to better help people with severe and persistent mental illness in Ontario — which can sometimes result in costly detention in jails and hospitals — two opposing camps are lobbying the Ministry of Health in very different directions. On one side are those who think unwell patients are given too much freedom…