Category Archives: Canada
Five stories in the news Friday, Nov. 18
Five stories in the news for Friday, Nov. 18 --- OPIOID SUMMIT IN OTTAWA HOPES TO FIND WAYS TO CURB ADDICTION A summit in Ottawa led by federal Health Minister Jane Philpott will try to find ways to t...
Nov 18, 2016
Researchers at Calgary university explore antibiotic resistance link
CALGARY - University of Calgary researchers say there's enough evidence to suggest a direct link between the use of antibiotics in animals and antibiotic resistance. In a report for the World Health O...
Nov 17, 2016
Residents told old buildings at former Winnipeg army barracks to be destroyed
WINNIPEG - The abandoned buildings at Winnipeg’s Kapyong Barracks may have a date with the wrecking ball. A letter issued to area residents said the Department of National Defence is proposing t...
Nov 17, 2016
Academics issue warning over Canada's progress on climate change
EDMONTON - Academics from across Canada are warning that building more oil and gas infrastructure threatens the country’s climate-change goals. “B.C.’s planning to increase emissions...
Nov 17, 2016
Canadian aid being well-used in Haitian region ravaged by hurricane Matthew: Bibeau
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says she’s reassured about the management of Canadian humanitarian donations to Haiti following the devastation of ...
Nov 17, 2016
Number of lawsuits rise in whale-watching boat sinking that claimed 6 lives
VICTORIA - Survivors of the sinking of a whale-watching boat off British Columbia’s coast last year are recounting their harrowing escape from death as they swam for the light above the ocean. F...
Nov 17, 2016
Hundreds attend memorial for dead girl in small Saskatchewan town
CHOICELAND, Sask. - Hundreds of mourners gathered in a small Saskatchewan town to remember the life of a seven-year-old girl who was found dead. Nia Eastman was the subject of an Amber Alert on Nov. 1...
Nov 17, 2016
Indigenous input needed in fight against climate change: Manitoba chief
WINNIPEG - A regional chief from Manitoba says indigenous voices are crucial to the fight against climate change. Kevin Hart of the Assembly of First Nations says climate change disproportionately aff...
Nov 17, 2016
Some facts from anti-money laundering agency Fintrac's latest annual report
OTTAWA - Some facts from anti-money laundering agency Fintrac’s annual report for 2015-16 tabled Thursday: Financial transaction reports received: 23,727,393. Disclosures of actionable intellige...
Nov 17, 2016
MPs told local reporting required to overcome Canada's news blues
OTTAWA - The publisher of a small southern Manitoba family of weekly newspapers made an appeal for back-to-basics local reporting Thursday to a group of MPs examining Canada’s beleaguered news i...
Nov 17, 2016