By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 10, 2022 3:05 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ Hundreds of people are rallying in front of Montreal’s courthouse today to denounce a light sentence imposed on a man who pleaded guilty to sexual assault and voyeurism. Protest co-organizer[…]
Find a job that will forget you’re on the payroll, and you’ll never work a day in your life. Italian prosecutors say they’ve busted a man who raked in roughly 538,000 euros (US$647,000) over 15 years without ever showing up to his hospital job, in one of the most egregious cases of absentee abuse[…]
[ad_1] The B.C. businessman and philanthropist charged in an alleged U.S. college admissions scheme has stepped down from his role as CEO with an international oil and gas company. www.tobelochocolate.com In a statement posted to its website on Thursday, East West Petroleum said president and CEO David Sidoo was stepping aside. maxbet READ MORE: Prominent UBC[…]
[ad_1] Low-income British Columbians in need of legal services could find themselves in trouble next month. This, after the association that represents the province’s legal-aid lawyers voted overwhelmingly to begin job action on April 1. READ MORE: Alberta commits $70M to legal aid services In a March 11-13 vote, 97 per cent of the 590-member[…]
[ad_1] AURORA, Ill. — The man who opened fire and killed five co-workers including the plant manager, human resources manager and an intern working his first day at a suburban Chicago manufacturing warehouse, took a gun he wasn’t supposed to have to a job he was about to lose. READ MORE: Aurora gunman who killed[…]
[ad_1] At 6’9″, Geoff Summers is an imposing figure. The 31-year-old used to be a bar bouncer but on Dec. 2, 2018, while on the job, Summers was shot and nearly lost his life. Summers spent two months recovering in hospital from the bullet wound and was just released last week. He told Global News[…]
[ad_1] Family members of a Canadian mining executive who was kidnapped and killed by gunmen in western Africa said at his funeral Wednesday that his murder was senseless, but they also recognize he died while pursuing the work he was passionate about. Officials in the Burkina Faso government have said the body of Kirk Woodman[…]
[ad_1] A former attorney general and premier of B.C. says he believes the Indian court system will deliver justice for a Canadian woman murdered nearly 20 years ago. Canada’s Department of Justice confirmed Thursday that the mother and uncle of Jaswinder (Jassi) Sidhu were extradited to India on Wednesday. READ MORE: Mother and uncle of[…]
[ad_1] The previous fire chief for Gananoque and Leeds and Thousand Islands is facing 25 charges. Police say that Gerry Bennett, an Elgin resident, was charged as a result of an investigation into “irregularities at the Town of Gananoque, the Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands and the Gananoque Firefighters Association.” READ MORE: Gananoque[…]