Category Archives: Canada
Montreal mayor announces Ste-Catherine Street will be revamped
Montreal’s iconic Ste-Catherine Street will be getting a 21st-century facelift that includes slashing the number of driving lanes and parking spaces in order to make more room for pedestrians, t...
Apr 26, 2018
PBO pegs cost of extended drug patents at $270M a year for feds, $392M for Cdns
OTTAWA - An extension of drug patent protections in the Canada-EU free trade deal could end up costing Canadians an estimated $392 million a year, and federal coffers up to $270 million more annually,...
Apr 26, 2018
Explosion at Husky refinery in Wisconsin sends several people to hospital
CALGARY - A tank containing crude oil or asphalt exploded at a Wisconsin refinery owned by Calgary-based Husky Energy Inc. on Thursday, injuring several people and causing a blast that one worker desc...
Apr 26, 2018
Another interprovincial beer battle is brewing in New Brunswick over craft beer
FREDERICTON - The “Free the Beer” slogan is being heard again when it comes to beer crossing provincial borders into New Brunswick - but this time it concerns craft beers. Picaroons Tradit...
Apr 26, 2018
Adventurous cows pay surprise visit to Newfoundland elementary school
POUCH COVE, N.L. - It is the stuff of children’s books: A small herd of hungry cows delighted Newfoundland school kids this week, escaping their pen to munch on a nearby school’s green gra...
Apr 26, 2018
B.C. joins Alberta, Ontario, Quebec in banning payment for blood and plasma
VANCOUVER - Payment for blood and plasma would be prohibited in British Columbia under legislation introduced Thursday. There are no clinics in B.C. that pay people for blood or plasma and the legisla...
Apr 26, 2018
Alcohol charges against 2 Canadian pilots dropped after blood samples destroyed
LONDON - Prosecutors in the United Kingdom have dropped charges against two Canadian pilots accused of preparing to fly a commercial aircraft while under the influence of alcohol after their blood sam...
Apr 26, 2018
Genetic research on ancient indigenous bodies needs ethics code: scientists
Somewhere in a lab in Illinois scientists are examining residue on the teeth of ancient humans from the British Columbia coast. They hope to use the genetic data therein to help re-create the daily di...
Apr 26, 2018
Retail landscape revealed in British Columbia's proposed pot laws
VICTORIA - The B.C. government has unveiled its plan for regulating the sale of recreational marijuana, in a move that municipalities say gives them welcome breathing room. Solicitor General Mike Farn...
Apr 26, 2018
Defence lawyer 'optimistic' case of alleged breach of government site will end
HALIFAX - A lawyer who represents a young Halifax man alleged to have breached a Nova Scotia government freedom-of-information website says he’s optimistic police and prosecutors will accept the...
Apr 26, 2018