Colin Perkel
Reporter with The Canadian Press
About Colin Perkel
Veterans activist gets OK to press $25K libel suit against Liberal minister
A noted veterans activist can proceed with his defamation suit against the former minister of veterans affairs after Ontario's top court ruled on Friday, July 12, 2019, that a deputy judge in small claims court had no authority to throw out the claim without a hearing on its merits.
Bernie Sanders plans trip to Canada with group seeking cheaper insulin
American presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said on Thursday, July 11, 2019, that he would soon be coming to Canada with a group of diabetics to buy cheaper insulin.
Ontario's top court rules today on federal government's carbon-pricing law
Ontario's top court rules today, June 28, 2019, on the validity of the federal government's carbon charge.
Government wins last-ditch reprieve for law allowing inmate segregation
Prisoner isolation, declared unconstitutional 18 months ago, will remain legal for now after Canada's top court granted Ottawa's urgent request to allow the current law to stay in force for the time being.
Fans delirious as Raptors best Warriors to win NBA championship
The Toronto Raptors, a team whose magical playoff run sparked civic pride and raucous enthusiasm across Canada, sent fans into fits of unbridled joy on Thursday, June 13, 2019, as they beat the reigning champ Golden State Warriors in a see-saw thriller to win the NBA championship.
Focus on traumatized boys critical to gender equality, new research shows
Boys in poor urban areas around the world are suffering even more than girls from violence, abuse and neglect, groundbreaking international research published on Monday, May 20, 2019, suggests.
Trump's presidential pardon amounts to total exoneration, Conrad Black says
A criminal pardon U.S. President Donald Trump personally delivered to Conrad Black over the phone amounts to complete exoneration, the author and former media mogul said on Thursday, May 16, 2019.
Judges on Twitter? Ethical guidance for those on the bench under review
Whether Canadian judges should be active on Twitter, Facebook or other social media and what involvement they should have in community life are among issues under a review that aims to modernize ethical guidance for those on the bench.
Utah plaintiffs seek to force Omar Khadr to answer their questions
Relatives looking to collect on an American lawsuit against Omar Khadr are asking a Canadian court to force the former Guantanamo Bay prisoner to answer questions about his confession to purported war crimes.
Feds promise $10 million for housing for benighted Cat Lake First Nation
The Canadian government is promising more than $10 million to build new homes, repair others, and put portables in place for a remote Indigenous community in northern Ontario where substandard mould-infested housing has sparked a health crisis, according to a framework agreement signed on Thursday, February 21, 2019.