Category Archives: Canada
Fire engulfs chicken barn, killing 14,000 chicks in Metro Vancouver
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - A commercial poultry barn in Metro Vancouver has been destroyed by a fire that has killed 14,000 chicks. Port Coquitlam fire chief Nick Delmonico says the 90-metre wooden barn w...
Apr 11, 2018
Quebec unprepared to deal with Humboldt-type bus crash in rural area: surgeon
MONTREAL - Last Friday night, a few hours after a bus crashed in rural Saskatchewan killing 15 people, a prominent Montreal doctor who is also chief surgeon of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team could...
Apr 11, 2018
Locations of Ontario's first four recreational pot shops announced
The locations of Ontario’s first four provincially run cannabis stores have been announced. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario and the Ontario Cannabis Store say the shops will be in Guelph, Ki...
Apr 11, 2018
A glance at Bruce McArthur's alleged victims
TORONTO - Here is a glance at the alleged victims of Bruce McArthur, a 66-year-old Toronto landscaper charged with seven counts of first-degree murder: MAJEED KAYHAN The 58-year-old Toronto man was re...
Apr 11, 2018
B.C. families say they're sidelined from involvement in addiction treatment
VANCOUVER - Families with loved ones addicted to illicit drugs struggle to navigate British Columbia’s health-care system and are often prohibited from being involved in care because of privacy ...
Apr 11, 2018
Saskatchewan nurse fined for palliative care critique on Facebook loses appeal
REGINA - A nurse who was fined $26,000 for criticizing the quality of care her grandfather received in long-term care has lost her appeal of the penalty. The Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association...
Apr 11, 2018
Thousands vow to embrace Jersey Day: 'There's healing in the helping'
TORONTO - When office co-ordinator Jill Batten dons her 2010 Sidney Crosby Team Canada jersey on Thursday, she’ll be honouring more than just the 16 people who perished as a result of a Saskatch...
Apr 11, 2018
Ottawa, First Nations agree to work jointly on former army base land in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - The federal government and Treaty 1 First Nations have agreed to work together on a deal over a southwest Winnipeg military base that has been idle for 14 years. A news release says the agr...
Apr 11, 2018
Face of a killer? Police release new images in cold-case murders of B.C. couple
EVERETT, Wash. - Police in Washington state have released images of a man created through groundbreaking DNA technology that they say could help solve the murders of a young British Columbia couple mo...
Apr 11, 2018
B.C.'s child watchdog quits after 14 months on job, heads back to New Brunswick
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s independent children’s advocate is quitting after 14 months on the job to return to his home province of New Brunswick. Bernard Richard, a former social worke...
Apr 11, 2018