A bill inspired by the killing of a Kelowna, B.C., woman is officially becoming law. Bill C-225, known as Bailey’s Law, received royal assent on Wednesday, one day after passing third reading in the Senate. “She will never be forgotten and her daughters will know that she has left behind a legacy, a legacy that…
Canada’s Criminal Code will soon have tougher penalties for intimate partner violence, particularly in cases of murder, after a Conservative bill became law Wednesday. The private member’s bill essentially leapfrogged the Liberal government’s own bill that would criminalize femicide and other forms of intimate partner violence and coercive control, and includes many of the same…
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A judge has barred a man from two western Newfoundland communities as part of a probation order, saying he worries the…
Manitoba’s government spoke last fall with U.S. energy advisers about developing a hyperscale AI data centre near Winnipeg and using private capital to build an $18-billion hydroelectric generating station on the Nelson River, documents obtained by CBC News show. Premier Wab Kinew says a massive data centre is no longer on the table but he…