Category Archives: Canada
How one of Canada's busiest ERs made progress against overcrowding
Five times a day, senior managers at Toronto’s North York General get alerts on the ever-rising tide of patients arriving at the hospital’s emergency department. The updates are colour-cod...
May 05, 2017
N.S. police chief suspended with pay after being charged with sexual assault
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - A police chief in Nova Scotia has been suspended with pay for 60 days after being charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl. The police commission in Bridgewater passed a...
May 05, 2017
Nova Scotia premier commits $34 million to mental health services, clinicians
HALIFAX - In a province where it can take months to see a mental-health clinician, Keith MacIsaac wanted to let Premier Stephen McNeil know how facilities such as Halifax-based Laing House are vital t...
May 05, 2017
Handle unsolicited, private infrastructure proposals with care, feds advised
OTTAWA - An internal federal document is raising red flags for Ottawa over unsolicited, non-government proposals for infrastructure projects. The warning comes as the Trudeau government designs a new ...
May 05, 2017
Six stories in the news today, May 5
Six stories in the news for Friday, May 5 --- MANY CANADIANS BRACING FOR WEEKEND FLOODING Residents on both coasts and in waterlogged central Canada are bracing for flooding due to forecasts calling f...
May 05, 2017
B.C.'s Clark gains energy from feds, New Democrats urge Greens to their side
VANCOUVER - Liberal Leader Christy Clark’s bid to ban or tax thermal coal received a boost Friday from the federal government during the provincial election campaign, while NDP Leader John Horga...
May 05, 2017
Jurors cry over manslaughter verdict in Calgary hit and run of gas station worker
CALGARY - A driver who ran down a gas station attendant who had been on the job for only two weeks didn’t bat an eye Friday as he was found guilty of manslaughter in the immigrant woman’s ...
May 05, 2017
Heavy rain likely to cause new or more flooding in several area
A forecast of heavy rain in waterlogged central Canada and in both the Atlantic and Pacific regions has residents and emergency officials bracing for flood conditions through Friday and the weekend. E...
May 05, 2017
Defence in B.C. polygamy trial argues evidence unreliable in closing arguments
CRANBROOK, B.C. - The defence in a trial of two Mormon fundamentalists charged with polygamy has questioned the reliability of religious records and evidence supporting the indictment during closing a...
May 04, 2017
Justice minister wants Supreme Court opinion on new genetic testing law
OTTAWA - Canadians finally have the same protection against genetic discrimination as citizens in other countries - at least for now. The Genetic Non-Discrimination Act has received royal assent and i...
May 04, 2017