Category Archives: Canada

Demand outstripping resources at mental-health clinics for veterans: documents
OTTAWA - Demand for service has been outstripping the resources available to a network of mental-health clinics set up across the country to help veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and other...
May 07, 2018

Wynne, Horwath take aim at Ford in first debate ahead of Ont. election
TORONTO - Doug Ford was the main target in the first debate ahead of Ontario’s provincial election, with his rivals suggesting Monday that the Progressive Conservative leader, who is leading in ...
May 07, 2018
Sentencing arguments for mosque killer Alexandre Bissonnette to begin June 18
QUEBEC - Sentencing arguments for the man who murdered six Muslim men in a Quebec City mosque in January 2017 will begin June 18. Alexandre Bissonnette, 28, pleaded guilty earlier this year to six cha...
May 07, 2018
Toronto public health investigating measles case in infant who travelled abroad
TORONTO - Public health officials in Toronto say people who travelled on two Saudia Airlines flights in late April, as well as those who attended the city’s Humber River Hospital last week may h...
May 07, 2018

Nova Scotia marijuana outlets to be 'bright, open, inviting,' corporation says
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s legal marijuana stores will be “bright, open, and inviting” - but the product itself will be sold in secure containers and then sealed in a paper bag. Concept...
May 07, 2018

Loblaw eyes recreational marijuana market in Newfoundland and Labrador
TORONTO - Loblaw Companies Ltd. is looking to sell recreational marijuana in Newfoundland and Labrador, as the provincial body handling pot sales has included the company on its list of potential lice...
May 07, 2018

Indigenous protesters angry over Muskrat Falls detained on Parliament Hill
OTTAWA - A number of Indigenous elders and demonstrators were arrested for trespassing Monday on Parliament Hill after breaching a designated perimeter for protests during a rally against the Muskrat ...
May 07, 2018
2 Canadian men die in weekend Michigan crash
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. - Two Canadians are dead after a small plane crashed at an airport in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The crash occurred Saturday at Sanderson Municipal Airport in Sault Ste....
May 07, 2018

Millennials embrace royal wedding for pushing traditions
TORONTO - Laura Moniz was never especially interested in the British Royal Family, but she is going all out to celebrate the upcoming wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The 32-year-old schoolt...
May 07, 2018
Taxpayers federation seeks standing in pipeline, carbon tax legal battles
VANCOUVER - An advocacy group that argues for the interests of taxpayers will be asking the courts to allow it take part in separate legal cases in British Columbia and Saskatchewan in a dispute over ...
May 07, 2018