Category Archives: Canada
Ontario should offer incentives to reverse psychiatrist shortage: report
TORONTO - A new report urges the Ontario government to offer incentives to psychiatrists in order to make up for a shortage it says is contributing to a growing mental health crisis across the provinc...
Aug 08, 2018

'There was panic, there was praying': Two men rescued from flooded elevator
TORONTO - Two co-workers stranded in their office elevator while floodwaters from an intense rainstorm rose steadily to their necks used their fists and heads to force open a ceiling panel to call for...
Aug 07, 2018
Airbnb host tips police to alleged identity theft after finding IDs
REGINA - An Quebec man faces charges of identity theft after police say an Airbnb host in Regina found several pieces of identification with the same photo, but with different names and addresses. Pol...
Aug 07, 2018
Sexual assault victims often decide against giving rape kits to police: study
TORONTO - Only two-thirds of eligible sexual assault survivors choose to undergo a “rape kit” and less than one-third subsequently hand over the forensic evidence to police, say researcher...
Aug 07, 2018
Police say money with anti-Semitic messages lead to inciting hate charge
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - An Alberta man faces a charge of inciting hate, as well as numerous firearms offences, after someone showed up at a business with money that was stamped with anti-Semitic message...
Aug 07, 2018
Six people dead, two injured in separate head-on collisions in Alberta
Police are investigating two separate head-on collisions in Alberta over the long weekend that left six people dead and two others in hospital. “This has been a dangerous weekend for motorists o...
Aug 07, 2018

Great-grandmother hits the racetrack for 90th birthday celebration
TORONTO - With her 90th birthday on the horizon, Marie Hollo had a need for speed. The great-grandmother said she had long been a fan of Formula One racing and wanted to mark turning another year olde...
Aug 07, 2018

Temperatures in some parts of B.C. could reach 40: Environment Canada
VANCOUVER - Hot air coming up from the Unites States has prompted Environment Canada to issue special weather warnings for several areas of southeastern B.C. The warnings are for the regions of Shuswa...
Aug 07, 2018

Spat with Saudis hits home for armoured vehicle plant in southwestern Ontario
OTTAWA - The sudden deterioration in the Saudi-Canadian relationship is likely grabbing the attention of people in the city of London, Ont., more than anywhere else in the country. The city’s Ge...
Aug 07, 2018

Emergency rescue efforts for endangered killer whale hit snag in Canada
VANCOUVER - An endangered killer whale that has prompted an international rescue effort won’t receive antibiotics by dart or by fish if it’s found in Canadian waters. While veterinarians a...
Aug 07, 2018