Category Archives: Canada
Canadian luger says it's a 'dark day' after Russian doping ban reversal
An international tribunal’s decision to overturn lifetime suspensions and reinstate results for 28 Russian athletes accused of doping is a low point for fair play in sport, says a Canadian athle...
Feb 01, 2018
Report: Women unnecessarily suffering from heart disease due to lack of research
OTTAWA - A new report from the Heart and Stroke Foundation says Canadian women are “unnecessarily suffering and dying from heart disease” because of a system that is ill-equipped to diagno...
Feb 01, 2018
One dead, one injured in shooting north of Montreal, Quebec police say
MIRABEL, Que. - Quebec provincial police were combing a rural road north of Montreal on Thursday where two men were shot inside a car, with one succumbing to his wounds. Two men called the local polic...
Feb 01, 2018
Development in Canadian Arctic lags behind other northern regions: think tank
An international affairs think tank says economic development in Canada’s Arctic is falling far behind that in northern regions in other parts of the world. “There’s just no sign of ...
Feb 01, 2018
Pipelines, not carbon taxes, bigger factor in energy competitivess: report
OTTAWA - Canada’s oil and gas producers are struggling to stay competitive with their U.S. counterparts because of the fight to expand pipeline capacity, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Ins...
Feb 01, 2018
In the news today, Feb. 1
Six stories in the news for Thursday, Feb. 1 --- MORE MURDER CHARGES EXPECTED FOR MCARTHUR Police in Toronto expect more murder charges to be laid against a self-employed landscaper who’s alread...
Feb 01, 2018
Regulators urged to include so-called grey market in marijuana legalization
VANCOUVER - If it wasn’t for the scent, customers who wandered into Eden Medicinal Society would be forgiven for thinking they had entered a boutique health store rather than a marijuana dispens...
Feb 01, 2018
Canadian space sleuth discovers NASA satellite not a 'piece of space junk'
ROBERTS CREEK, B.C. - An amateur astronomer in British Columbia has made a discovery that has gained the attention of NASA. Scott Tilley, a 47-year-old electrical technologist, sneaks time away from h...
Feb 01, 2018
Report: Women unnecessarily suffering from heart disease due to lack of research
OTTAWA - A new report from the Heart and Stroke Foundation says Canadian women are “unnecessarily suffering and dying from heart disease” because of a system that is ill-equipped to diagno...
Jan 31, 2018
Workers at third Toronto hotel vote to leave U.S. union to join Unifor
TORONTO - Unifor says workers at a third Toronto hotel are joining the labour group after voting by a margin of 90 per cent to leave an American-based union. The vote by workers at the Toronto Westin ...
Jan 31, 2018