Category Archives: Canada
Number of terrorist travellers to Syria, Iraq may be levelling off: CSIS
OTTAWA - The number of Canadians heading overseas to fight in Syria and Iraq appears to have levelled off, Canada’s spy agency says. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service is not seeing the ...
Nov 28, 2016
Priesthood documents on teen marriages can be used in polygamy trial: judge
CRANBROOK, B.C. - Documents admitted into court for three accused from a polygamous community in British Columbia allege the trio took two girls, aged 13 and 15, to the United States to marry elders o...
Nov 28, 2016
Alberta on track for $10.8B deficit, but 25,000 jobs added: finance minister
EDMONTON - Alberta’s fiscal outlook for this year is a tiny bit better, but still billions of dollars in the red. Finance Minister Joe Ceci says the estimated deficit for this year has been revi...
Nov 28, 2016
Brief renaming of Vancouver's Trump Tower prompts apology from Google Maps
VANCOUVER - Google Maps is apologizing for what it says were inappropriate names used for Trump landmarks that surfaced on its maps over the weekend, including in Vancouver. For a brief period on Satu...
Nov 28, 2016
Debut of abortion pill Mifegymiso in Canada delayed to January
TORONTO - The much-anticipated arrival of the abortion pill Mifegymiso in Canada has been delayed until the new year. The drug’s Canadian distributor, Celopharma Inc., says it now expects to lau...
Nov 28, 2016
Deaths of two beluga whales at Vancouver Aquarium remains a mystery
VANCOUVER - All possible explanations - from food sickness to intentional poisoning - are being investigated for the deaths of two of the Vancouver Aquarium’s beluga whales after examinations fa...
Nov 28, 2016
Pilot dead after Alberta-based CF-18 crashes during training in weapons range
COLD LAKE, Alta. - The pilot of a CF-18 fighter jet that crashed near the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary has died. The Air Force said the single-seat fighter was based out of Canadian Forces Base Cold ...
Nov 28, 2016
Fatal meningitis missed: hospital doctor's negligence upheld
TORONTO - A hospital doctor who failed to detect meningitis in a patient who died from the infection was professionally negligent, Ontario’s top court affirmed Monday. In upholding a negligence ...
Nov 28, 2016
'All he needed was antibiotics:' Boy who died from strep lived in squalor
CALGARY - A seven-year-old boy who died from a treatable strep infection three years ago lived in squalor and was treated with dandelion tea and oil of oregano instead of antibiotics, a trial heard Mo...
Nov 28, 2016
Nunavut coroner's inquest says baby's death highlights problems
IQALUIT, Nunavut - An Arctic politician says he’ll keep pushing for change in light of a coroner’s inquest that recommends significant reforms to health care in Nunavut following the death...
Nov 28, 2016