Category Archives: Canada
Ontario health unit miscounts opioid-linked deaths; total deaths much lower
WINDSOR, Ont. - A public health official in a southwestern Ontario community says his health agency miscounted the number of opioid-linked deaths in the area for 2015, with the total actually signific...
Jun 02, 2017
Quebec man accused of killing ex-girlfriend changes lawyers for second time
SAINT-HYACINTHE, Que. - A Quebec man charged in the slaying of his ex-girlfriend is once again changing lawyers. Anthony Pratte-Lops, 22, released his two previous lawyers and a third set of attorneys...
Jun 02, 2017
Five stories in the news for Friday, June 2
Five stories in the news for Friday, June 2 --- CANADA ‘DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED’ IN U.S. CLIMATE DECISION Canada’s environment minister says the world will continue marching toward a gre...
Jun 02, 2017
CFL says former Rider Justin Cox still banned despite assault acquittal
REGINA - The commissioner of the Canadian Football League says a former Saskatchewan Roughrider still can’t play in the CFL even though he was found not guilty of assault causing bodily harm. Co...
Jun 02, 2017
De Niro lends celebrity to Nobu launch as worries persist about Toronto's housing market
TORONTO - Actor Robert De Niro, celebrity chef Nobu Matsuhisa and a cavalcade of development executives are betting huge on Toronto despite outside concerns about a real estate bubble in the city. The...
Jun 02, 2017
Power failure causes death of over 9,000 fish, frogs at University of Alberta
EDMONTON - A power failure that unleashed chlorinated municipal tap water into freshwater tanks at a University of Alberta research facility has killed more than 9,000 fish and frogs. The Edmonton uni...
Jun 02, 2017
Ontario man charged in theft of 200 frozen turkey pot pies from church
INGERSOLL, Ont. - Police in southwestern Ontario say they’ve arrested an alleged pie thief, but 200 pies are still missing. Last week, police said they were investigating after frozen turkey pot...
Jun 02, 2017
Health Canada looking into complaints about Banana Boat sunscreen
Jun 02, 2017
NDP, Green agreement to govern B.C. trumpets rep-by-pop vote system
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s New Democrats and Greens signed a four-year political manifesto Tuesday with a long list of ambitions to run the province, including a new voting system and a ban o...
Jun 02, 2017
Chief of Defence Staff orders acceptance of sex assault panel recommendations
OTTAWA - Canada’s top soldier accepted an internal report Tuesday that condemned the military for failing a former master corporal whose case spawned a crackdown on sexual misconduct in the mili...
Jun 02, 2017