Category Archives: Canada
Critics push back against hepatitis C screening advice, say boomers should be tested
TORONTO - When Walter Buchanan learned his brother-in-law needed a liver transplant because of advanced cirrhosis caused by a long-undiagnosed infection with hepatitis C, he offered to donate part of ...
May 28, 2017
Can the TPP, reviled by Donald Trump, still offer a quick fix for NAFTA?
OTTAWA - Donald Trump may have killed the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership, but experts say parts of the moribund Pacific Rim trade pact could well be resurrected in an upgraded North American Fre...
May 28, 2017
Mixed reactions to Bernier's leadership defeat in his home riding of Beauce
ST-GEORGES, Que. - Quebecers and the “extremely strong” lobby of the province’s professional farmers’ union are to blame for Maxime Bernier’s defeat in the Conservative l...
May 28, 2017
Body of missing Cache Creek, B.C., fire chief Clayton Cassidy found
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The body of a fire chief believed to have been swept away by high flood waters in British Columbia’s Interior has been found. RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said the Ashcroft fire de...
May 28, 2017
Nova Scotia leaders hitting ridings expected to be competitive in Tuesday's vote
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s three major party leaders lobbied for every possible vote Sunday, targeting ridings that are expected to be highly competitive in Tuesday’s provincial election. NDP...
May 28, 2017
Liberals waste no time branding Scheer as social conservative extremist
OTTAWA - Even before Conservatives began counting the ballots, the ruling Liberals set out to frame the new Opposition leader as a far-right extremist. Only trouble was, the relentless barrage of emai...
May 28, 2017
Calls for chicken irradiation in Canada following approval for ground beef
A consumer advocate is pushing Ottawa to promote the irradiation of chicken to kill illness-causing bugs and to do a better job of getting buyers on board. Bruce Cran of the Consumers Association of C...
May 28, 2017
Most Airbnb hosts not registered in Quebec, one year after law took effect
The majority of Quebecers who list their properties on Airbnb and other home rental websites are not registering with the province, just over a year since it implemented a law regulating them, new dat...
May 28, 2017
Back in black: Experts say why the Trudeau deficit gambit won't fly in N.S. election
HALIFAX - Less than two years ago, Nova Scotia voters enthusiastically embraced Justin Trudeau’s plan to spur the economy through hefty deficit financing, handing the federal Liberals every ridi...
May 28, 2017
N.S. party leaders reveal favourites: hamburgers, The Simpsons and fiddle tunes
HALIFAX - Political differences aside, Nova Scotia’s major party leaders can find common ground on a few fronts: They all enjoy political non-fiction, locally tailored suits and the provinceR...
May 28, 2017