Category Archives: Canada
Russians seek thawed relations with Canada in Arctic, including North Pole claim
OTTAWA - A Russian politician who laments the decline of his country’s relations with Canada suggested Thursday that his homeland might be willing to play nice in its long-standing dispute over ...
Nov 24, 2016
No firm plan to get mercury out of river near northern Ontario First Nation
TORONTO - Ontario’s Liberal government insists it is “totally committed” to cleaning up mercury in a river near a northern First Nation, but says it will not do anything that could m...
Nov 24, 2016
Unions demand Postmedia executives reject $2.3 million in bonuses
TORONTO - Unions representing Canadian journalists want five Postmedia executives to reject bonuses totalling $2.275 million as the struggling newspaper chain continues reducing staff. The company awa...
Nov 24, 2016
N.B. group launches campaign for medicare coverage of abortions at clinics
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick has become Canada’s latest abortion battleground, as a lobby group pressures the provincial government to fund the procedure at private clinics. The government said T...
Nov 24, 2016
Doctor, health administrator to lead Manitoba switched-at-birth review
OTTAWA - A pediatric doctor and a health administrator have been tabbed to examine how four indigenous men from northern Manitoba were switched at birth 40 years ago. Federal Health Minister Jane Phil...
Nov 24, 2016
RCMP reaches agreement with China to combat flow of fentanyl to Canada
OTTAWA - The Mounties have reached an agreement with China to try and halt the transpacific flow of fentanyl into Canada. RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson and Chen Zhimin, the vice-minister of China̵...
Nov 24, 2016
Tory MP, leadership hopeful Kellie Leitch proposes scrapping CBC entirely
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership hopeful Kellie Leitch is proposing to scrap the CBC if she manages to reach the Prime Minister’s Office. Leitch, whose leadership campaign made headlines when sh...
Nov 24, 2016
Work beginning to replace rudder on troubled Bluenose II: N.S. government
LUNENBURG, N.S. - Work is underway to replace the heavy steel rudder on the Bluenose II, as the iconic schooner’s problem-plagued restoration finally appears headed toward a conclusion. Transpor...
Nov 24, 2016
Ten Nova Scotia doctors probed for unusual prescribing of addictive opioids
HALIFAX - Ten Nova Scotia doctors are being investigated for irregularities in their prescribing practices for highly addictive opioids, as a monitoring system documents over 5,000 patients receiving ...
Nov 24, 2016
Not what you sphynx: Women bought pricey, hairless felines that grew fur
Shayla Bastarache was looking for a hairless, sphynx cat and thought she had found a good deal last month on Kijiji. A woman was selling sphynx kittens for $650 - less than half the cost from a breede...
Nov 24, 2016