Category Archives: Canada
B.C. enacts ministerial order to create overdose prevention sites
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has enacted a ministerial order to support the creation of overdose-prevention sites, a move the province’s health minister describes as an “extraordinary meas...
Dec 12, 2016
Lab researcher potentially exposed to Ebola virus cleared after isolation
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg lab researcher who was potentially exposed to the Ebola virus has been cleared to return to work. The employee was working with six infected pigs at the National Centre for Forei...
Dec 12, 2016
Oil production pledges prompt optimism that Canadian oilpatch will grow again
CALGARY - A dramatic jump in oil prices linked to the promise of lower global production is fuelling hope that the Canadian oil sector may soon recover from a two-year economic slump. Observers say th...
Dec 12, 2016
Canada asks U.S. court to toss case alleging it wrongly named woman a terrorist
The Canadian government wants a U.S. court to toss out a lawsuit that accuses it of ruining the life of a British Columbia woman, who alleges it knowingly gave false information to the FBI and America...
Dec 12, 2016
Cops' lawyer fights suspension amid fraud and money-laundering charges
TORONTO - A lawyer charged with fraud and money laundering related to dealings he had with top executives of a police union is appealing his suspension. In a notice to the Law Society appeal panel, An...
Dec 12, 2016
Second polar bear orphan at Winnipeg zoo; late freeze-up causing problems
WINNIPEG - The Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg has taken in a second orphaned polar bear cub that was seen wandering alone in the Churchill area. Another orphan was flown to the zoo’s polar bea...
Dec 12, 2016
Federal government appoints three new bilingual NEB members,
OTTAWA - Federal Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr has moved to revive the stalled review of TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline by appointing three new, bilingual, temporary members to the Nat...
Dec 12, 2016
PM admits he's lobbied at Liberal fundraisers but says no impact on decisions
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau admitted Monday that he gets lobbied on government business when he’s the featured draw at Liberal party fundraisers. But the prime minister insisted he doesn’t let...
Dec 12, 2016
Deaths of two Canadians in the Philippines a low point of this year: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the deaths of two Canadian hostages in the Philippines was a low point for him in the last year. The militant group Abu Sayyaf killed Robert Hall and John R...
Dec 12, 2016
Police in hazmat suits remove fentanyl after unresponsive man found in home
HALIFAX - Police officers are donning hazmat suits as they respond to Halifax crime scenes where deadly opioids are suspected, in what’s described as an early sign of fentanyl’s spread int...
Dec 12, 2016