Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - With the intense focus on the looming legalization of physician-assisted dying, the kind of help most Canadians facing death will actually seek for easing their suffering seems to have quiet...

OTTAWA - New research shows Canada’s parental leave program leaves out two-fifths of mothers, many of them low-income, and points to a stark divide between families that are “parental-leav...

CANADA – The annual pace of inflation picked up in April as the impact of lower energy prices moderated. Statistics Canada said Friday that its consumer price index climbed 1.7 per cent in April...

OTTAWA - Delinquency rates for non-mortgage loans are on the rise in Canada and it appears the problem can be linked to trouble in the oilpatch, according to credit monitoring agency TransUnion. Trans...

CANADA – An Ottawa conference on Lyme disease has been told the tick-borne illness is on the rise across the country, and global warming is likely partly responsible. Federal Health Minister Jan...

TORONTO - Jian Ghomeshi is expected to return to a Toronto courtroom today to face another woman who has accused him of sexual assault. However, a source has said the case is expected to end with the ...

CANADA – The International Humane Society of Canada is pushing for a Modernizing Animal Protections Act. Animal welfare laws in Canada have remained largely unchanged since 1892, with only a few...

CALGARY - The Conference Board of Canada says Canada’s oil and gas industry is expected to be in the red for the second year in a row. But the pre-tax losses for 2016 aren’t expected to be...

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - An Alberta regulatory group is investigating a complaint about a naturopathic doctor involved in the case of a toddler who died of meningitis. A jury convicted David and Collet Ste...