Category Archives: Canada
Some doctors sneak education into their online content to drown out misinformation
TORONTO - When Dr. Siobhan Deshauer makes online videos, her primary goal is to demystify medicine. Her secondary goal? "I call it 'smuggling in education,'" said the physician and YouTuber, who boast...
Mar 16, 2024
Toronto police make arrest as pro-Palestinian protesters rally outside Trudeau event
Toronto police made an arrest on Friday as a large crowd of pro-Palestinian demonstrators rallied outside a downtown hotel where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was appearing at a Liberal party fundrais...
Mar 15, 2024
Canada, B.C. legislation would tackle 'toxic' online products: Facebook whistleblower
A woman who blew the whistle about Facebook ignoring potential harms to users of the social media platform says proposed laws by Canada and B.C. have promise to hold tech companies to account for prof...
Mar 15, 2024
'Baloney factory': Eby mocks Poilievre's letter asking B.C. to join carbon tax fight
TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA - A letter from Opposition Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to British Columbia Premier David Eby, asking him to help halt a federal carbon tax increase, has been dismiss...
Mar 15, 2024
'Tsunami' of Indigenous identity fraud cases heading to courts, warns B.C. judge
OTTAWA - A British Columbia judge is warning that what he calls a "tsunami" of Indigenous identity fraud cases is coming to Canadian courts. Provincial Court Judge David Patterson says that's driven b...
Mar 15, 2024
A look at the long-running debate on immigration between Ottawa and Quebec
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday once again rejected Quebec's request for additional powers over immigration, following a meeting with Premier Franois Legault in Montreal. The disagr...
Mar 15, 2024
Orcas that hunt the world's biggest predators may be a new population, say scientists
VANCOUVER - Researchers from the University of British Columbia say they've identified a potentially new population of open-ocean orcas, that hunt the biggest predators on the planet. In a newly publi...
Mar 15, 2024
Trudeau accuses N.L. premier of 'bowing to political pressure' in carbon tax spat
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The chummy Liberal leaders of Canada and of Newfoundland and Labrador are sparring over the federal government's carbon pricing regime. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters ...
Mar 15, 2024
Here's what you need to know about the state funeral for former PM Brian Mulroney
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Wayne Gretzky and Pierre Karl Pladeau are expected to speak at the state funeral for Brian Mulroney, who died last month at age 84. The former prime minister's ...
Mar 15, 2024
Alberta government releases no-go zone map for renewable power projects
EDMONTON - Alberta is blocking off large sections of the province to renewable power development. The government has released a map defining which parts of the province are to be off-limits to wind an...
Mar 15, 2024