Category Archives: Canada
Wigs for cancer patients at children's hospital stolen in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A collection of wigs worth more than $350,000 that was intended for cancer patients at BC Children’s Hospital has been stolen from a store in Vancouver. Police say at least 150 wigs ...
Sep 12, 2018
LeBlanc in conflict over surf clam licence, ethics commissioner says
OTTAWA - Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc was found in breach of conflict of interest rules Wednesday for approving an Arctic surf clam licence to a company that employed a family me...
Sep 12, 2018
Quebec Liberals promise continued balanced budgets in a second term
MONTREAL - A re-elected Liberal government would ensure several more years of balanced budgets, leader Philippe Couillard promised Wednesday as he announced his party’s financial framework. Coui...
Sep 12, 2018
Officials to discuss ways to put and keep grain in high gear to port
SASKATOON - Getting grain to port at a faster and more efficient clip will be the focus of a meeting in Saskatoon involving the federal government, farm leaders and executives from Canada’s two ...
Sep 12, 2018
Quebec man doing well as doctors rejoice at first Canadian face transplant
MONTREAL - In a Canadian medical first, surgeons at Montreal’s Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital announced Wednesday they’d performed a face transplant, giving a badly disfigured Quebec man a ...
Sep 12, 2018
Sailor accused of sexual assault headed back to U.K. because of infection
HALIFAX - A British sailor accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a Halifax-area military base is expected to head back to the United Kingdom as he grapples with a serious infection that has delaye...
Sep 12, 2018
Three students left with serious injuries after school bus crash in Ontario
INNISFIL, Ont. - A school bus driver has been charged after a crash in central Ontario left three high school students with serious injuries on Wednesday. South Simcoe Police Service spokeswoman Sue S...
Sep 12, 2018
Mary Ng, new federal minister, tasked with getting companies to look beyond U.S.
OTTAWA - One of Canada’s newest cabinet ministers is tasked with making progress on a long-running challenge: encouraging more businesses to chase opportunities beyond the comforts of North Amer...
Sep 12, 2018
Halifax to proceed with bylaw banning all smoking on municipal property
Halifax is moving ahead with a sweeping ban on smoking on municipal property as of Oct. 1, roughly two weeks before the federal legalization of recreational cannabis comes into effect. Council decided...
Sep 12, 2018
In the news today, Sept. 12
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, Sept. 12 --- HUMBOLDT BRONCOS PLAY HOME OPENER TONIGHT The Humboldt Broncos are to play their home opener tonight against the Nipawin Hawks. The Broncos were on...
Sep 12, 2018