Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said in Egypt on Thursday that Canada hopes for a resolution "sooner rather than later" in the case of imprisoned Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy, who has spent more than a year behind bars in Cairo after he and two colleagues were arrested while working for news broadcaster Al Jazeera English.
TORONTO — Education Minister Liz Sandals will release a report today into the troubled Toronto District School Board, where she said a "culture of fear" existed among staff.
TORONTO — A 56-year-old woman is dead following a rollover crash involving a GO Transit commuter bus northwest of Toronto.
OTTAWA — Cape Breton residents who launched a class-action lawsuit claiming the Sydney tar ponds exposed them to contaminants will not have their case heard by the Supreme Court of Canada.
OTTAWA — "(The government is) being very discriminatory when it comes to whom they are bringing in, and very reticent when it comes to allowing Muslim refugees to come to Canada, and that's an issue." — Paul Dewar, NDP foreign affairs critic.
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the case of a Montreal man who sought damages from his parents and the Mormon church over religious rites which he said caused him serious mental problems.