Category Archives: Canada

Ontario nursing home at heart of murder case cited for 'medication incidents'
Inspection reports show an Ontario long-term care home where a former nurse is accused of killing seven seniors was taken to task by the province for dozens of “medication incidents” just ...
Feb 10, 2017
B.C. Premier Christy Clark apologizes over claims NDP hacked her party's website
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's premier has apologized to the leader of the provincial NDP in the culmination of a week-long political back-and-forth that saw Christy Clark accuse the Opposition of cri...
Feb 10, 2017

Woman says 'justice' in sexual assault case came at personal cost
HALIFAX - Shannon Graham garnered national attention when she voiced regrets about reporting her sexual assault. And while the 22-year-old Nova Scotia woman says ultimately “justice was served...
Feb 10, 2017
Fentanyl-laced cocaine suspected in death and overdose on Ontario reserve
Police on a First Nations reserve in southwestern Ontario are investigating whether cocaine laced with fentanyl is behind the death of a man and the overdose of another earlier this week. Six Nations ...
Feb 10, 2017

Reduced work week among possibilities facing Manitoba government workers
WINNIPEG - Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government has raised the possibility of unpaid days off for public-sector workers as part of its drive to reduce a billion-dollar deficit. The Tor...
Feb 10, 2017

Two found dead in wreckage of plane crash in Manitoba
SANFORD, Man. - Two men have died in a small plane crash in Manitoba that took several hours for searchers to locate due to poor weather. RCMP say the single-engine Cessna took off on Thursday from St...
Feb 10, 2017
B.C.'s Highway 5 reopens after overnight closure trapped drivers in winter storm
VANCOUVER - Hundreds of people spent a frigid night sitting in cars, buses or transport trucks as snow and freezing rain pounded a British Columbia mountain pass, preventing drivers from moving. The C...
Feb 10, 2017

Toronto police won't march in Pride parade, force's chief says
TORONTO - In an effort to quell an ongoing controversy around police presence in Canada’s largest Pride parade, Toronto’s police chief announced Friday that his force would not be particip...
Feb 10, 2017
Liberals tap former pension fund CEO to help build new infrastructure bank
OTTAWA - The man tapped to build an experimental agency to finance the construction of roads, bridges, and transit systems says the new infrastructure bank will help Canada better attract private doll...
Feb 10, 2017
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for January, by Candian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.8 per cent in January. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, h...
Feb 10, 2017