Category Archives: Canada
Canada Revenue Agency expects to track down $400M in tax crackdown
OTTAWA - Canadian tax authorities expect to track down $400 million this year they say are owed as part of a campaign to crack down on tax evasion by big international companies and wealthy individual...
Feb 23, 2017
Wall with Canada? White House spokesman, media share a laugh over question
WASHINGTON - White House spokesman Sean Spicer laughed off the idea of building a wall along the northern U.S. border Thursday after a journalist from Montana floated the notion during his daily media...
Feb 23, 2017
Number of Canadians with prescriptions for medical pot soaring, now almost 130K
TORONTO - The number of Canadians registered to purchase medical marijuana from licensed producers has exploded since the federal commercial-access program was introduced almost four years ago, reachi...
Feb 23, 2017
Compromise proposed in dispute over police presence in Vancouver Pride Parade
VANCOUVER - Organizers behind Vancouver’s Pride Parade have countered demands that police be banned from marching in the city’s annual event by suggesting that officers show up in fewer nu...
Feb 23, 2017
Seven cases of measles confirmed in Halifax, risk remains low: health official
HALIFAX - Four more cases of measles have been confirmed by health officials in the Halifax area, bringing the total number of known cases in Nova Scotia to seven. Last week, the Nova Scotia Health Au...
Feb 23, 2017
Alberta fatality report recommends strict rules for extreme driving events
EDMONTON - A judge says unregulated extreme driving stunts such as the one that led to the death of an Edmonton university student should be banned. The recommendation is in a fatality report into the...
Feb 23, 2017
Man who bit off part of fellow mourner’s nose at drunken wake sentenced to jail
PICTOU, N.S. - A Nova Scotia man who bit off part of a fellow mourner's nose in a drunken brawl at a wake has been sentenced to six months in jail. Randall Edwin MacLean was drunk when he arrived at t...
Feb 23, 2017
Public service unions urge creation of $75-million Phoenix contingency fund
OTTAWA - Three federal public service unions are calling on the Liberal government to include a $75-million contingency fund in the coming budget to help address the Phoenix pay system fiasco. The Pub...
Feb 23, 2017
Canada's rural physicians offer proposals for equal access to high quality care
OTTAWA - The Society of Rural Physicians of Canada and the College of Family Physicians of Canada have launched a strategy aimed at improving rural health in Canada. The Rural Road Map for Action incl...
Feb 23, 2017
Excessive computer use has adverse effects on patient care: U of C study
CALGARY - A University of Calgary study suggests that patient care is suffering from an overuse of computers in hospitals and doctor offices. In the latest study, Dr. Myles Leslie from The School of P...
Feb 23, 2017