Category Archives: Canada
Ontario expands use of Suboxone as part of new provincial opioid strategy
TORONTO - Ontario will expand use of the drug Suboxone as an alternative to methadone to treat people addicted to opioids as part of a new provincial strategy to combat an increasing number of overdos...
Oct 12, 2016
Ontario woman's lawsuit against Russell Williams, Williams' wife, settled
TORONTO - An Ontario woman’s lawsuit against convicted sex killer Russell Williams and his wife has been settled. Sexual assault victim Laurie Massicotte had filed a nearly $7-million lawsuit in...
Oct 12, 2016
Awaiting the opening shot: Canada-US softwood wars poised to reignite
WASHINGTON - Canada’s once-a-decade softwood lumber trade war with the U.S. appeared on the verge of reigniting Wednesday with the end of a legal grace period that threatens to kick off another ...
Oct 12, 2016
French activist Jose Bove allowed to stay in Canada
MONTREAL - A member of the European Parliament who opposes the Canada-EU free-trade deal has been allowed to stay in Canada after being threatened with expulsion. Just a few hours before being schedul...
Oct 12, 2016
Nova Scotia team says hockey player injured in rough game is recovering
TRENTON, N.S. - A Nova Scotia hockey player who was treated for serious injuries after an on-ice incident in a Junior B game in Nova Scotia has appeared on the team’s Facebook page giving a thum...
Oct 12, 2016
About 45,000 Canadians treated abroad in 2015, but experts question study
VANCOUVER - Tens of thousands of Canadians left the country last year for non-emergency medical procedures, the Fraser Institute says, but some health experts are challenging the way researchers at th...
Oct 12, 2016
Nova Scotia premier taken aback by storm damage: 'I couldn't believe my eyes'
SYDNEY, N.S. - Nova Scotia’s premier says he could not believe his eyes when he saw the damage from the powerful storm that pummelled much of Atlantic Canada over the long weekend. “When y...
Oct 12, 2016
Feds' economic growth council exploring infrastructure 'institution'
OTTAWA - The chair of the Trudeau government’s influential team of economic advisers says the group is exploring an ambitious plan to create a national infrastructure “institution” t...
Oct 12, 2016
Six stories in the news today, Oct. 12
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, Oct. 12 --- B.C. MOUNTIE SHOT IN ARM; SUSPECT SOUGHT A Mountie is recovering after being shot and injured while trying to stop a vehicle near Golden, B.C. on Tue...
Oct 12, 2016
Trump and the religious right: why it's mostly with him, even after The Tape
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Anyone wondering why evangelical voters have stuck by Donald Trump will find answers here, amid the clasped hands and murmured prayers of a religious rally in Maryland. They can be su...
Oct 12, 2016