Stripping of citizenship, contd
Father was never charged with war crime, family says The family of Helmut Oberlander says he was never a Nazi and he has not been charged by the federal government with any war crime.
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Live-in caregivers
Nanny wins landmark suit after Star investigation A foreign caregiver brought to Canada with a job offer from a “ghost employer” has been awarded $10,000 in damages in what is believed to be the first…
Former sex worker at Osgoode tells her story
From selling sex to Osgoode Hall Daniel Dale writes for the Toronto Star: Even at diverse York University, the woman in the front row is a curious sight. She takes notes on an unlined piece…
The torture scandal
Colvin a protected `whistleblower,’ Cannon says The Canadian Press: Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon says diplomat Richard Colvin had a right to make his explosive allegations about Afghan prisoners. He says Colvin exercised his prerogative…
Labour Dispute May Still Affect Olympics
Even though B.C. passed back-to-work legislation for paramedics and dispatches in Nov., the ongoing dispute with the labour could still affect the Vancouver Olympics. The Canadian Press reports: Ambulance Paramedics of B.C. president John Strohmaier…
Sexual assault sentencing
Quebec woman avoids jail for sex assault on son A 55-year-old woman has been given a conditional sentence, to be served in the community, for sexually assaulting her teenage son.
Stripping of citizenship
Accused war criminal wins chance to keep citizenship An appeal court has ordered the federal cabinet to revisit its decision to strip accused Nazi war criminal Helmut Oberlander of his Canadian citizenship.
A contract to end the homework
How one family won the battle to ban homework Shelli and Tom Milley were exhausted by the weepy weeknight struggles over math problems and writing assignments with their three school-aged children. They were fed up…
Secret lists
‘No-fly’ watchdogs blasted Tonda MacCharles writes: Canada’s “no-fly” list took effect in June 2007, and almost everything about it – the number of names, the deletions, how it works – is classified. It is believed…
Serial rapist not forgotten
Cold case search resumes for Woodland Rapist The Woodland Rapist case haunts seasoned investigators as it did when his reign of terror gripped the Oakville community in the days after a joint Halton-Peel-Waterloo task force…
Lobbyism
Ottawa tightening rules on lobbyists Susan Delacourt and Richard Brennan write for the Toronto Star: The federal government is cracking down on lobbyists working for Crown corporations and institutions such as the Toronto Port Authority and…
Lawlessness
Caledonia family lived ‘terrified existence’ Barbara Brown writes for the Hamilton Spectator: A Caledonia family lived inside “a war zone,” says a Hamilton lawyer whose clients will testify about being trapped inside the barricades during…