Maxwell, Epstein were 'partners in crime,' prosecutor says at start of sex trafficking trial

Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein were "partners in crime" in the sexual abuse of teenage girls, a prosecutor said Monday in opening statements, with the defence countering that like so many women before her, Maxwell was being made a scapegoat for a man's bad behaviour.


P.E.I. Jewish community celebrating Hanukkah with 3-metre electric menorah

It was a historic moment for the P.E.I. Jewish community as they lit their first public menorah on the lawn of the provincial legislature to celebrate 120 years as part of the province, and to mark the first day of Hanukkah.


Sask. parents 'terrified' after son with autism was missing for 1 hour after bus driver left without him

A Saskatoon mom and dad are angry that their nine-year-old son with autism went missing for an hour after they say his bus driver “abandoned” him.


If the way we work is going to change, offices are going to change, too

At organizations across Canada, decision-makers are looking at how their physical workspaces need to function as they plan how their employees will make use of them in the future — even if their staff end up spending less time there than they used to.


For BIPOC employees, remote work meant a welcome break from office microaggressions

Working from home throughout the pandemic has provided some employees who are Black, Indigenous or people of colour a mental break from dealing with microaggressions in the workplace.


Got something in self storage? What you need to know amid rising thefts

A Vancouver woman says she trusted a big self-storage company to keep her cherished belongings safe. Instead, they disappeared with no sign of a break-in. A security expert warns that theft at storage lockers is on the rise and says many companies don’t provide adequate protection.


Former Green party councillor sues members of party watchdog committee for defamation

The authors of a leaked internal Green Party report that accused high-ranking members and the party itself of racism and transphobia are being sued for defamation.


Sure, there's Oxford, but growing number of U.K. students are choosing Canadian universities

The U.K has always been a popular destination for Canadian students, but now, the tide is starting to flow both ways.


Japan bars foreign visitors as omicron coronavirus variant spreads

Japan said on Monday it would close its borders to foreigners, as the world's third-largest economy joined Israel in taking the toughest measures against the new coronavirus variant omicron, which also cast a cloud over Australia's re-opening plans.


Roe v. Wade at stake in Mississippi abortion case

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in one of the most important cases on reproductive rights in decades. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the last remaining abortion clinic in Mississippi, has challenged a state law that would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The Supreme Court case could determine not just the fate of the clinic, but of the monumental 1973 ruling Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion nationwide. Today, legal historian Mary Ziegler breaks down the Mississippi