Six stories in the news for today, Sept. 29

Six stories in the news for Friday, Sept. 29

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VERDICT DUE TODAY IN RCMP LABOUR CODE TRIAL

A New Brunswick judge is expected to hand down a ruling today on federal labour code charges against the RCMP related to the deaths of three officers in Moncton in 2014.  The RCMP has pleaded not guilty to failing to provide officers with the appropriate equipment and training.  Carbine rifles weren’t available to officers when Justin Bourque went on his shooting rampage but numerous witnesses have testified they could have made a difference.  

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Court proceedings

Drugs and weapons bust in Stanley Mission, results in two year sentence

16h ago

health care

La Loche recipient of new portable blood analyzer, printer kit

17h ago

Crime

Dangerous driving report at Red Wing, leads to arrest of man with gun

21h ago

LAST PHASE OF LAC-MEGANTIC JURY SELECTION TO BEGIN

A lawyer representing one of three former railway employees charged in the Lac-Megantic train derailment expects a jury in the trial will be finalized this afternoon. Thomas Walsh expects the trial to begin in earnest by Monday.  All three men charged have pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal negligence in the 2013 derailment that gutted the Quebec town and killed 47 people.

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SPACE AGENCY MAY LEND AN ARM TO LUNAR SPACE STATION

The Canadian Space Agency is thinking about contributing a couple of robotic arms as it develops a plan with its international partners to build a small lunar space station in the next decade. The CSA’s head of space exploration says the so-called “Deep Space Gateway” would be located between Earth and the moon to serve as a staging point to the moon’s surface and eventually, on long-term missions to Mars.

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HILLARY CLINTON DELIGHTS TORONTO AUDIENCE

Former American presidential candidate Hillary Clinton told an appreciative crowd last night that more women in politics is the best way to overcome the sexism that pervades the political world. Clinton was in Toronto to promote her new memoir, “What Happened,” in which she describes her stunning loss in last year’s election to political newcomer, Republican Donald Trump, a man often criticized as a misogynist.

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JUDY FOOTE BIDS POLITICS AN EMOTIONAL GOODBYE

With tears in her eyes and her daughters and granddaughters watching from the gallery, MP Judy Foote has said farewell to the House of Commons by urging more women to take up the challenges of politics. The Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal announced in August she would step down as MP to be with her family. She’d been on leave from her Public Services and Procurement portfolio since spring.

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LOBLAW EXPLORING HOME DELIVERY

Loblaw Companies Ltd. says it’s exploring the possibility of offering grocery home delivery one day. Spokesman Kevin Groh says the company has “engaged” a number of e-commerce innovators around the world, including Instacart, as it continues to explore the best ways to serve its customers in the future. He says that may include home delivery.

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ALSO IN THE NEWS TODAY:

— Former U.S. president Barack Obama will give a speech in Toronto at an event hosted by think tank Canada 2020.

— A sentence expected today in the case of Ismael Habib, convicted of attempting to leave Canada to join ISIL.

— Statistics Canada will release the GDP by industry for July and industrial product and raw materials prices for August.

— Bloc Quebecois Leader Martine Ouellet is visiting Spain’s Catalonia region ahead of Sunday’s independence referendum.

— World-renowned primate researcher Jane Goodall will receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Winnipeg.

The Canadian Press