Category Archives: Canada

New Brunswick teen behind good-deed movement #BeccaToldMeTo dies of cancer at 18
RIVERVIEW, N.B. - A New Brunswick teenager who turned a terminal prognosis into an online movement that has inspired acts of kindness across the globe has died of brain cancer. Rebecca Schofield of Ri...
Feb 18, 2018

Sajjan asks Trudeau to meet Indian politician behind Sikh separatist controversy
AGRA, India - The Canadian government is now seeking a meeting with the Indian politician who publicly accused members of Trudeau’s cabinet of being connected to the Sikh separatist movement. Wh...
Feb 18, 2018

No one measure will fix B.C. housing crisis, but budget will start: ministers
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s New Democrats are promising initiatives in Tuesday’s budget to increase the supply of affordable homes for families, students and seniors, while also bringing...
Feb 18, 2018
Some facts about B.C.'s PharmaNet as a mother calls for better use of system
VANCOUVER - Some facts about PharmaNet, British Columbia’s unique network that records information about prescription medications: - PharmaNet was launched by the Health Ministry in 1995 mostly ...
Feb 18, 2018

B.C. mom whose two sons overdosed urges doctors to check prescription history
VANCOUVER - Helen Jennens flips through two sets of documents - one for each son who fatally overdosed. Letters she sent in both cases to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia all...
Feb 18, 2018

Senegalese man suing Quebec congregation for alleged sexual abuse in Africa
MONTREAL - A Senegalese man is suing a Quebec-based Catholic congregation for $1.4 million, alleging one of its brothers sexually abused him when he was a boy in the 1980s at a school the religious or...
Feb 18, 2018
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $5 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million dollar prize was claimed by a ticket purchased in Quebec. T...
Feb 18, 2018
Air Canada Express plane returns to Saskatoon due to flames near tail pipe
SASKATOON - An Air Canada Express plane had to return to Saskatoon shortly after takeoff when flames were reported to be coming from it. Airline spokesperson Teri Udle says in an email that Flight 858...
Feb 17, 2018
Ottawa to offset higher gas prices after Churchill, Man., lost its rail link
CHURCHILL, Man. - The federal government says it will help residents of Churchill, Man., offset the higher prices for gasoline they’ve been paying since the northern Manitoba community lost its ...
Feb 17, 2018

Protocols needed for care of intoxicated patients after Ontario woman's death: inquest
An inquest probing the circumstances surrounding the 2012 death of an Ontario Indigenous woman is recommending stricter protocols for handling intoxicated patients. Jurors at the inquest heard that In...
Feb 17, 2018