Category Archives: Canada

Muslim immigrant cabbies say they face discrimination in Quebec City job market
QUEBEC - During a break from picking up passengers outside Quebec City’s airport, Karim removes a piece of cardboard hanging on the wall of the trailer and places it on the ground, he stands on ...
Feb 05, 2017
A breakdown of pain-management treatments
VANCOUVER - Pain management is a branch of medicine aimed at reducing patient suffering and boosting quality of life. While some experts distinguish between pharmacological and non-pharmacological app...
Feb 05, 2017
Better support for non-opioid pain management options is crucial: experts
VANCOUVER - Lynn Cooper wanted to be an urban planner as a university student. But her dream came to an abrupt end with a workplace accident, sentencing her to a life of curtailed ambitions and chroni...
Feb 05, 2017
Ontario ticket claims Saturday night's $12.8 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - The $12.8 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw was won by a ticket sold in Ontario. And the draw’s guaranteed $1 million dollar prize was claimed by a ticket purcha...
Feb 05, 2017
Lawyers take up residence at Canadian airports to help navigate US travel ban
TORONTO - A network of Canadian lawyers are volunteering at airports across the country to help people who could be affected by a U.S. travel ban navigate the shifting landscape. A federal judge in Se...
Feb 05, 2017

March held in Quebec City to remember victims of last Sunday's mosque attack
QUEBEC - One week after six of their own were gunned down in a deadly attack, worshippers from a Quebec City mosque led hundreds of residents on a march to promote unity and tolerance on Sunday. After...
Feb 05, 2017
Trudeau speaks with British Prime Minister Theresa May
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had a conversation with his British counterpart on Saturday. Trudeau’s office says Theresa May offered her condolences for last weekend’s shooting at...
Feb 04, 2017
Movie watchdog group says 'A Dog's Purpose' video was 'misleading'
Video that appeared to show a frightened German shepherd being forced to swim during filming of “A Dog’s Purpose” was misleading, according to the watchdog organization that certifie...
Feb 04, 2017

Hundreds rally against Islamophobia and U.S. travel ban
TORONTO - Hundreds rallied against Islamophobia at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto Saturday, in a bid to push the Trudeau government to denounce the U.S. ban on immigration and travel from seven Muslim-...
Feb 04, 2017
Ambrose vacations on friend’s yacht during Trudeau vacation scandal
OTTAWA - The Conservatives confirm their interim leader took a Caribbean vacation on a billionaire’s yacht around the time members of her caucus were criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fo...
Feb 04, 2017