Category Archives: Canada
Fibre-optic device can detect stray cancer cells, improve tumour removal: study
TORONTO - A fibre-optic probe can detect errant cancer cells within healthy tissue during brain tumour surgery with close to 100 per cent accuracy and sensitivity, reducing the risk of recurrence and ...
Jun 27, 2017
Calgary businessman gets five years for defrauding oil and gas company
CALGARY - The co-founder of an Alberta oil and gas company has been sentenced to five years in prison for defrauding Arcan Resources Ltd., which he established with his brother and another man. Ian Wi...
Jun 27, 2017
Man dies in hospital after being shot by Montreal police
MONTREAL - Quebec’s police watchdog is investigating a police shooting in Montreal on Tuesday evening that claimed the life of a 58-year-old man. The Independent Investigations Bureau say police...
Jun 27, 2017
Tweet spurs conversation about farmer suicide, mental health supports
REGINA - The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan says concerns about suicide rates among farmers and mental health supports are starting to get some attention. On the weekend, Kim Kelle...
Jun 27, 2017
Police seek suspects who took horse statue from park and placed it on school roof
ERIN, Ont. - Police in Ontario are looking for a group of suspects who took a horse statue from a park and put it on the roof of a nearby school. Ontario Provincial Police say the incident occurred ea...
Jun 27, 2017
Ontario spending $85M to clean up mercury in two First Nation communities
TORONTO - Ontario is spending an additional $85 million to clean up a mercury-contaminated river that has plagued two First Nation communities for half a century. Environment Minister Glen Murray says...
Jun 27, 2017
The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, June 27 --- LIBERALS INHERITED $18B BUDGET DEFICIT FLOOR, TRUDEAU SAYS: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is arguing that his government has been sticking to its...
Jun 27, 2017
Dress Marilyn Monroe wore to serenade JFK on display in rural Saskatchewan
The dress that Marilyn Monroe was famously stitched into before she sang Happy Birthday to John F. Kennedy in 1962 is making what’s believed to be its Canadian debut in rural Saskatchewan. The s...
Jun 27, 2017
Alaska salutes black soldiers' work on highway connecting state with Canada
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Leonard Larkins and nearly 4,000 other segregated black soldiers helped build a highway across Alaska and Canada during the Second World War, a contribution largely ignored for dec...
Jun 27, 2017
Royal Bank to repay investors $21.8M for mistakenly charged investment fees
TORONTO - The Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY) has agreed to a deal with Ontario’s securities watchdog to repay $21.8 million to clients who were mistakenly charged some investment fees. The Ontari...
Jun 27, 2017