Category Archives: Canada
Doctors pen 'social prescriptions' aimed at easing depression, loneliness in patients
TORONTO - When Tammy McEvoy was asked to share her time and crafting talents to engage with other patients at her local health centre, she ended up getting back as much as she gave - maybe more. McEvo...
Jan 01, 2019
Canadian man, 51, arrested at airport in Amsterdam for alleged bomb threat
AMSTERDAM - Police in Amsterdam are interrogating a 51-year-old Canadian man who was arrested after allegedly claiming he had a bomb at at the city’s Schiphol Airport. Border patrol agency spoke...
Jan 01, 2019
Canadian man, 51, arrested at airport in Amsterdam for alleged bomb threat
AMSTERDAM - A 51-year-old Canadian man has been arrested at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport after authorities say he claimed he had a bomb. Joanna Helmonds, a spokeswoman for the border police agen...
Dec 31, 2018
Man found lodged in clothing donation bin in West Vancouver is dead
VANCOUVER - West Vancouver police and the BC Coroners Service are investigating the death of a man who was found lodged in a clothing donation bin. Police say an off-duty physician walking near Ambles...
Dec 31, 2018
Kevin Vickers says he's considering a run for New Brunswick Liberal leadership
TROUT BROOK, N.B. - Kevin Vickers, who became Canada’s ambassador to Ireland after being hailed as a hero for helping to end the 2014 attack on Parliament Hill, is considering a move into politi...
Dec 31, 2018
Little to no proof police carding has effect on crime or arrests: Ontario report
TORONTO - Police street checks widely known as carding have little to no value as a law enforcement tool and should be significantly limited across Ontario, a judge tasked with reviewing the practice ...
Dec 31, 2018
Woman at centre of brain death court fight dies, family says
TORONTO - A family that went to court to keep their daughter on life support after she was declared brain dead says the Toronto-area woman’s heart stopped beating on Monday, rendering her dead i...
Dec 31, 2018
Shuttered Cape Breton call centre to reopen this week, new owner says
SYDNEY, N.S. - The Cape Breton call centre that abruptly laid off hundreds of workers just weeks before Christmas will officially reopen this Wednesday - offering bolstered pay and benefits. Iowa busi...
Dec 31, 2018
Toronto homicide squad being revamped under new leader after tough year
Toronto’s homicide squad has had a difficult year - the team has had to investigate a record-breaking number of killings in Canada’s most populous city, grapple with a rise in deadly gang ...
Dec 31, 2018
Liberals look to infrastructure bank to finance rural, remote broadband internet
OTTAWA - The federal infrastructure minister says he is looking to connect private backers with some of the country’s rural and northern communities to pay for badly needed broadband internet co...
Dec 31, 2018