TORONTO — The notion that cold-blooded killers and violent offenders are taking advantage of a soft-on-crime justice system by feigning psychiatric illness to win a verdict of not criminally responsible and avoid punishment is a myth, a new study finds.
MONTREAL — The NDP and the Liberals must stand against the Energy East pipeline if they hope to have success in Quebec come federal election time, says one of the faces of the province's 2012 student movement.
HALIFAX — Services in Atlantic Canada's largest city were operating at reduced levels Thursday, but Halifax Mayor Mike Savage says he's confident work crews can dig the city out without declaring a state of emergency.
WINNIPEG — Many recommendations from an inquest into the death of an aboriginal man during a 34-hour wait in a Winnipeg hospital emergency room will take years to implement.
CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH, N.L. — Newfoundland MP Scott Andrews accepted the findings Thursday of an executive summary of an independent investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct but called the process frustrating.
VICTORIA — British Columbia's auditor general for local government says a review of her office is undermining the independence of her bureau and may not be legal.