Category Archives: Canada
Seniors in long-term care facilities twice as likely to be on opioids: report
Seniors in long-term care facilities appeared to be twice as likely to be prescribed opioids compared to other people their age and three times as likely to be on antidepressants, according to 2016 da...
May 17, 2018
Terror suspect loses a legal avenue as Supreme Court declines to hear case
OTTAWA - A terror suspect has one less legal avenue to try to stave off deportation after the Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear his appeal. The federal government is trying to remove Mohamed Mah...
May 17, 2018
'Nowhere near close:' U.S. rebuffs Trudeau hope for quick NAFTA deal
WASHINGTON - The United States declared the NAFTA countries were nowhere close to a deal in a statement Thursday designed to douse expectations that an agreement might be just a few minor adjustments ...
May 17, 2018
About 10,000 homes were in N.B. flood areas, but damage still unclear:minister
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick’s environment minister has given a new sense of scale to the province’s record-setting floods, saying as many as 10,000 homes and businesses were within flood z...
May 17, 2018
Montreal to name new park after late Montreal Canadiens star Dickie Moore
Montreal is moving to name a new park after Montreal Canadiens great Dickie Moore. The park would be located in the Park Extension neighbourhood where Moore grew up. A resolution adopted by the city&#...
May 17, 2018
Ex-Ontario Tory leader Patrick Brown writing book on his 'political assassination'
TORONTO - The scandal-plagued former leader of Ontario’s Progressive Conservative party is writing a tell-all book detailing what he describes as his “political assassination.” Patri...
May 17, 2018
Armed forces arrive in B.C. as federal assistance approved for flooded areas
GRAND FORKS, B.C. - The first wave of 300 Canadian military personnel is being sent to British Columbia to help communities overwhelmed by floodwaters as parts of the province are expected to be hit w...
May 17, 2018
Baloney Meter: Is voter information card a doorway to electoral fraud?
OTTAWA - “Mr. Speaker, the main challenge for our electoral democracy is not voter fraud but voter participation. Eliminating the voter ID card does not improve the integrity of the system.̶...
May 17, 2018
Canadian expats in London celebrate royal wedding, empathize with Markle's move
LONDON - Although Joanna Newman hasn’t lived in Canada for nearly 20 years, the English expat says she’ll be celebrating Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s wedding with homegrown pride...
May 17, 2018
Halifax taxi driver found not guilty of sexually assaulting female passenger
HALIFAX - A Supreme Court judge has acquitted a Halifax taxi driver of sexually assaulting a female passenger, saying the evidence in the case left her with reasonable doubt about the man’s guil...
May 17, 2018