Category Archives: Canada
Ontario overhauling the way it collects data on opioid deaths, overdoses
TORONTO - Ontario is moving to overhaul the way it collects and analyzes data on opioid overdoses and deaths in an effort to get a better understanding of the extent of the problem in the province, of...
Apr 11, 2017
Conservative leader meets Trump NAFTA point man; calls meeting reassuring
WASHINGTON - Canada’s Opposition leader says she’s feeling a bit reassured after meeting U.S. President Donald Trump’s point man on trade and wants to take that message home to calm ...
Apr 11, 2017
Police suspect fentanyl in Brantford, Ont., overdose; man revived in hospital
BRANTFORD, Ont. - Police in Brantford, Ont., say a man who overdosed after apparently unknowingly taking fentanyl has been revived in hospital. They say 20-year-old man was in medical distress and was...
Apr 11, 2017
A western ultimatum to Putin: Drop Assad, or remain a pariah
WASHINGTON - Western countries are presenting a high-stakes ultimatum to Russia: Allow regime-change in Syria and cut loose Bashar Assad, or remain a pariah moored on the fringes of the international ...
Apr 11, 2017
Patient tells judge he didn't receive oxycodone doctor allegedly prescribed him
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - A former patient of a Nova Scotia doctor accused of drug trafficking and fraud testified Tuesday that he did not receive pills even though records show they were prescribed to him....
Apr 11, 2017
Student from Pakistan says he was scammed out of savings under threat of arrest
HALIFAX - An international student studying at a Halifax university said he lost $6,000 in a telephone scam involving accusations that he was a terrorist and would be arrested if he didn’t compl...
Apr 11, 2017
Granting agency focuses on 'internal systems' after Canada 2020 sponsorship
OTTAWA - A federal government agency that gave money to a think tank with close ties to the Liberals says the attention it received has made it think carefully about how it collaborates with outside o...
Apr 11, 2017
Four people killed, four injured in Quebec crash south of Montreal
CHATEAUGUAY, Que. - Alcohol was not a factor in a head-on crash that killed four people and injured four others south of Montreal, Quebec provincial police said Tuesday. Sgt. Daniel Thibaudeau said it...
Apr 11, 2017
Six stories in the news today, April 11
Six stories in the news for Tuesday, April 11 --- BAIL HEARING CONTINUES FOR ALLEGED YAHOO HACKER A bail hearing for a Canadian man accused in a massive hack of Yahoo emails is set to continue today i...
Apr 11, 2017
Prudent budget: Manitoba cuts tax credit for students, holds line on spending
WINNIPEG - Post-secondary graduates are taking a financial hit in a relatively stand-pat budget tabled by the Manitoba government Tuesday that holds the line on spending and makes a modest dent in the...
Apr 11, 2017