Category Archives: Canada
Medical instrument left inside Quebec woman after cancer surgery
MONTREAL - Quebec’s health minister is blaming human error after a medical instrument 33 centimetres long was forgotten inside a woman who had a hysterectomy at a Montreal hospital last March. B...
Jun 28, 2017
$1.185B flood protection project to lead to Toronto waterfront makeover: officials
TORONTO - A portion of Toronto’s waterfront is set to undergo a nearly $1.2 billion flood protection project that will lead to a makeover of the area. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Ontario Prem...
Jun 28, 2017
Record-breaking sniper shot saved Iraqi lives, special forces general says
OTTAWA - The sniper who shattered the record for the longest confirmed kill also saved lives, the deputy commander of Canadian special forces said. Brig.-Gen. Peter Dawe told The Canadian Press on Wed...
Jun 28, 2017
Insights collected from sources invaluable to central bank decisions: official
OTTAWA - Intelligence collected from industry sources helped the Bank of Canada navigate the oil-price collapse and a top bank official says invaluable nuggets of information like that will continue t...
Jun 28, 2017
Man drunk and speeding before crash that killed B.C. Mountie: Crown
COLWOOD, B.C. - A man who sped his truck through a red light and rammed a RCMP cruiser, killing the officer inside, had a blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal limit, the Crown said Wedn...
Jun 28, 2017
Health Canada to allow importation of drugs needed to treat opioid addiction
TORONTO - Provinces and territories are now able to import urgently needed medications that are not available in Canada to treat the growing incidence of opioid dependence under new Health Canada regu...
Jun 28, 2017
A look at key events in the triple-murder investigation of Derek Saretzky
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Derek Saretzky was found guilty Wednesday in the killing of a father, a toddler and a senior in southwestern Alberta. A jury convicted the 24-year-old of three counts of first-degr...
Jun 28, 2017
Ontario proposes banning real estate agents from representing seller and buyer
TORONTO - Ontario is proposing banning the practice of double ending, in which a real estate agent represents both a buyer and a seller in a transaction. The province’s Liberal government announ...
Jun 28, 2017
Whale movements giving officials hope for survival of wayward beluga
CACOUNA, Que. - Officials involved with the rescue of a wayward beluga whale earlier this month in northern New Brunswick are cautiously optimistic for its future. The beluga, which is about two metre...
Jun 28, 2017
Moose calf still wanders southeast B.C., after deaths of mother, sibling
FERNIE, B.C. - A search is underway for an orphaned moose calf in southeastern British Columbia that has managed to evade predators, vehicles and capture. The roughly three-week-old calf was one of tw...
Jun 28, 2017