Category Archives: Canada
Concerns over Nova Scotia nursing home food should lie with facility:premier
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s premier is defending his government’s record on funding for nursing home food, saying a large Halifax care facility that’s been criticized for bland food has ...
Aug 25, 2016
Study underway to determine if protein shakes can build muscle mass in seniors
FREDERICTON - Researchers at the University of New Brunswick have launched a study to find out whether a protein drink can help build muscle - without exercise. Danielle Bouchard and Martin Senechal a...
Aug 25, 2016
'Degrassi High' actor, three women charged in child pornography probe
TORONTO - A former actor, his partner, and two other women have been charged with various sex and child pornography offences following an eight-month investigation, Toronto police said Thursday. Jason...
Aug 25, 2016
CUPW issues strike notice after it says Canada Post refused to extend talks
OTTAWA - Labour Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk said Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers will begin working with a special mediator Friday morning in the face of a union threat of job actio...
Aug 25, 2016
Special forces commander charged after accidentially firing weapon
OTTAWA - Canada’s top special forces soldier has become the latest senior officer to be charged and face a court martial after accidentally firing his weapon. The charge against Maj.-Gen. Michae...
Aug 25, 2016
Liberal MP Kate Young's letter to the CRTC was improper: ethics commissioner
OTTAWA - It was improper for Liberal MP Kate Young, as a parliamentary secretary, to support a television station’s licence renewal application, the federal ethics commissioner says. Mary Dawson...
Aug 25, 2016
At least one tornado confirmed in Windsor, Ont.: Environment Canada
WINDSOR, Ont. - Environment Canada says at least one tornado touched down in the Windsor, Ont., area Wednesday night, though the strength of the storm isn’t yet known. Meteorologist Geoff Coulso...
Aug 25, 2016
Goodale says there is no tolerance for 'inappropriate use of force' in prison
OTTAWA - Federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says there should be no tolerance for the inappropriate use of force by corrections officials. Goodale also said family members and the public des...
Aug 25, 2016
PM urges Liberals to focus on goals of climate change, growing middle-class
SAGUENAY, Que. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau cautioned his Liberal MPs on Thursday to resist resting on their laurels now that they have formed government, and to avoid becoming too distracted by th...
Aug 25, 2016
Has the federal government dropped the ball on Ring of Fire development?
OTTAWA - “The Ring of Fire is a provincial initiative that the previous federal government was extremely detached from and uninterested in.” - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau —– ...
Aug 25, 2016