Category Archives: Canada
Scientific committee draws line at using gene editing to create designer babies
TORONTO - Genome editing, a powerful technology that allows researchers to add, remove or replace snippets of DNA from cells, should only be used for the potential treatment or prevention of serious d...
Feb 14, 2017
Liberals defeat NDP motion on Justin Trudeau's broken electoral reform promise
OTTAWA - The Liberals have defeated a motion that accused the government of misleading Canadians on electoral reform and demanded they apologize for their broken promise. The motion put forward in the...
Feb 14, 2017
Liberals move to write off $178 million in unpaid federal student loans
OTTAWA - The federal government for the second year in a row is writing off millions in student loans it will never collect, this time to the tune of $178.4 million. The money represents 32,554 loans ...
Feb 14, 2017
Food banks growing own food - even farming fish - as donations decline
TORONTO - In a bid to make up for a shortfall of high-quality nutritious food, some Canadian food banks are growing their own produce - and even farming fish. The Mississauga Food Bank recently launch...
Feb 14, 2017
Opioid crisis was flagged in joint statement due to severity of crisis: Goodale
OTTAWA - The severity of the opioid crisis in Canada and the United States prompted its inclusion in a joint statement from the two countries, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said Tuesday, noting...
Feb 14, 2017
Saskatchewan man guilty of threatening Justin Trudeau in Facebook rants
REGINA - A Saskatchewan man has been found guilty of uttering threats against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after posting expletive-laden posts on Facebook saying Trudeau should be shot. Christopher H...
Feb 14, 2017
Some attacks on transit drivers: Assaults often sparked by fare spat
Winnipeg transit bus driver Irvine Fraser died in hospital early Tuesday morning after being seriously stabbed by a passenger at the last stop on a route to the University of Manitoba. Union leaders a...
Feb 14, 2017
B.C. Appeal Court orders province to give up data in smoking lawsuit
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government must hand over information about patients that tobacco giant Phillip Morris International says it needs to fight the province’s efforts to recover hea...
Feb 14, 2017
Quebec MNA cleared of sex assault allegations not welcome in caucus: premier
QUEBEC - A member of Quebec’s legislature recently cleared of sexual assault allegations won’t be allowed back in the Liberal caucus, Premier Philippe Couillard said Tuesday. Gerry Sklavou...
Feb 14, 2017
Four more people illegally cross U.S. border into Quebec on foot: RCMP
MONTREAL - The RCMP are confirming they arrested four people who crossed illegally into Quebec today near the Vermont border. Cpl. Francois Gagnon says the migrants were arrested near Hemmingford, Que...
Feb 14, 2017