Category Archives: Canada
Feds ease restrictions on prescription heroin to address opioid epidemic
OTTAWA - Access to treatment for opioid addiction is about to get easier as the federal government promises changes to drug laws that would do away with some of the obstacles preventing doctors from o...
Mar 26, 2018
Toronto council considering potential changes to major thoroughfare
Toronto politicians are set to decide on measures that would redesign part of a major thoroughfare to better serve pedestrians and cyclists, a vote that comes as the city grapples with a spike in pede...
Mar 26, 2018
Nearly three-quarters of Canadian Facebook users plan changes to how they use it
TORONTO - Nearly three-quarters of Canadian Facebook users say they will make at least some change to how they use the social media platform in the wake of a data mining scandal. A survey by Angus Rei...
Mar 26, 2018
In the news today, March 26
Four stories in the news for Monday, March 26 --- FEDS READY TO RUSH DEMOCRATIC REFORM BILLS After more than two years riding the brakes on a raft of promised reforms to election laws, the Trudeau gov...
Mar 26, 2018
Trudeau apologizes to Tsilhqot'in for hanging of chiefs in 1864 'Chilcotin War'
OTTAWA - For generations of Tsilhqot’in youth, the first story they learn is of the historic betrayal by the British colonial government that led to the hanging of six of the nation’s lead...
Mar 26, 2018
Liberals prepare big push on bills to reform how elections fought, conducted
OTTAWA - After more than two years riding the brakes on a raft of promised reforms to election laws, the Trudeau government is preparing to put the pedal to the metal to get them in place in time for ...
Mar 26, 2018
Half Alberta's boreal forest could disappear due to fires and climate change
EDMONTON - A study shows half of Alberta’s boreal forest could disappear in just over 80 years due to wildfires and climate change. The research, published Monday in the journal Ecosphere, gives...
Mar 26, 2018
Air Canada flight from Toronto makes emergency landing in Washington
WASHINGTON - An Air Canada flight from Toronto to Washington was forced to make an emergency landing Sunday evening after smoke was discovered in the cockpit. Flight 7618 was headed for Ronald Reagan ...
Mar 25, 2018
Michael Buble announces wife's pregnancy on Juno Awards in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Michael Buble and wife, actress Luisana Lopilato, are expecting their third child. The pop crooner picked his gig hosting the Juno Awards in Vancouver to reveal his wife’s pregnancy....
Mar 25, 2018
Power use rises during Earth Hour in B.C. for first time in decade
VANCOUVER - Despite their best intentions, British Columbians increased their power use during Earth Hour for the first time in a decade. B.C. Hydro says electricity use across the province rose by 0....
Mar 25, 2018