Kitchener South—Hespeler MP Marwan Tabbara is facing charges after being arrested in Guelph earlier this year.

A court ruling allowing people accused ofsexual assault or other violent crimes to argue they were so intoxicated they didn't know what they were doing has angered women's-rights activists but civil libertarians call the criticism unwarranted.

"We are taking steps that businesses that have been allowed to be open have not [taken] and we don't feel that we are being taken seriously," Norm Wright said.

"It really is the missing piece of Canadian history."

A call from local activists to defund the Hamilton Police Service is the latest addition to a growing conversation about anti-Black racism in policing.

Public health says it's still waiting for the operators of The Rosslyn to reach out about completing inspections for a potential reopening.

Premier Doug Ford has backtracked on his comments that Canada doesn't have the same "systemic, deep roots" of racism as the United States, acknowledging that Ontario has a history of racism stretching back decades.

The New Orleans Saints QB is being chastised after comments on how the NFL should respond if players once again took a knee in the wake of George Floyd's death.