Category Archives: Canada
Ontario mulls requiring disclosure of pharmaceutical payments made to doctors
TORONTO - Ontario is considering mandating the public disclosure of any payments private drug companies make to doctors, a move that would make it the first province to have such a requirement. The pr...
Jul 24, 2017
City removes signs banning kids over 3 from opposite sex change rooms
A southern Ontario city has retracted a policy that had left many parents uneasy about taking their young children to their local pool. Officials in London, Ont., received a flood of complaints after ...
Jul 24, 2017
Pothole protests: Mayor in Labrador wants his town to join Quebec
L’ANSE-AU-LOUP, N.L. - The mayor of a small town in southern Labrador says he has grown so frustrated with the potholes in the Trans-Labrador Highway that he is openly advocating for his town to...
Jul 24, 2017
New Alberta conservative party meets, but loses caucus member
EDMONTON - Caucus members from Alberta’s two conservative parties got together for the first time Monday, but one Progressive Conservative bowed out before the joint meeting even took place. Ric...
Jul 24, 2017
Calgary urged to wait for more details before deciding on 2026 Olympic bid
CALGARY - The City of Calgary is being urged to wait for more details from the International Olympic Committee before deciding whether to bid for the 2026 Games. The 17-member Calgary Bid Exploration ...
Jul 24, 2017
Agency cites costs, deficit for downgrading Manitoba credit rating
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has had its credit rating downgraded for the second time in 13 months by S&P Global Ratings. The international bond-rating agency said the province continues to ...
Jul 24, 2017
First Nations ink agreement with Ottawa, Ontario for more control of health care
OTTAWA - Authorities involved in dealing with mental health in remote First Nations reserves say they have a plan to disrupt the cycle of suicide and crisis. The federal and Ontario ministers of healt...
Jul 24, 2017
Fans dress as zombies to honour 'Night of the Living Dead' creator George Romero
TORONTO - Some grunted while others dragged their feet. Fans of George Romero went all out to give the legendary zombie director a suitable send off on Monday. A few were dressed as versions of the mo...
Jul 24, 2017
Man charged with killing ex-girlfriend had 'difficulty accepting' breakup: docs
A man arrested in the U.S. in connection with the murder of his ex-girlfriend in southern Ontario contacted her repeatedly before her death despite a court order that prohibited him from communicating...
Jul 24, 2017
Saving Omar Khadr: 'We plugged all the holes,' chopper medic recounts
TORONTO - ‘This is human life’ For years the battle-hardened and decorated American veteran wrestled with his conscience, with whether he’d done the right thing in saving the life of...
Jul 24, 2017