Category Archives: Canada
Thalidomide survivor calls on government to boost annual payment
OTTAWA - A Health Canada revamp of a compensation program doesn’t boost annual payments to a level that could make the difference between independence and institutionalization, thalidomide survi...
Jan 10, 2019
Nine coworkers at Guelph, Ont., car parts plant split $60-million lotto jackpot
GUELPH, Ont. - A group of coworkers at an Ontario automotive parts plant are the winners of a $60-million lottery jackpot. The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. says the nine colleagues worked the same...
Jan 10, 2019
Mike Duffy appeals ruling blocking him from suing Senate for suspension
OTTAWA - Sen. Mike Duffy is asking Ontario’s Court of Appeal to overturn a decision blocking him from suing the Senate for millions of dollars over his dramatic and protracted suspension without...
Jan 10, 2019
TSB report cites fatigue in B.C. tug incident, says mate asleep while on watch
VICTORIA - A tugboat accident has the Transportation Safety Board repeating its calls for heightened awareness about the dangers of crew fatigue while at sea. There were no injuries or pollution spill...
Jan 10, 2019
Newfoundland First Nation in mourning after woman's suspicious death
CONNE RIVER, N.L. - A Newfoundland First Nation is grieving after the suspicious death of an Indigenous woman, saying it shows the national crisis has no boundaries. The Miawpukek Mi’kamawey Maw...
Jan 10, 2019
Montreal Catholic archdiocese promotes alternative Quebec sex-ed course
Montreal’s Catholic archdiocese earned itself a scolding from Quebec’s education minister on Thursday after it promoted a proposal that parents opposed to the province’s new sexual e...
Jan 10, 2019
Supreme Court set to rule on voting rights for long-term expat Canadians
TORONTO - Long-term Canadian expats are set to find out on Friday whether a now-repealed 25-year-old law barring them from voting in federal elections was constitutional. The pending decision by the S...
Jan 10, 2019
Yukon woman's role in Klondike gold rush to be honoured at Toronto ceremony
WHITEHORSE - An Indigenous woman is being inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame for the first time. Kate Carmack of Yukon will be recognized as one of the handful of prospectors whose discove...
Jan 10, 2019
Some seals removed from beleaguered Newfoundland town, officials say
RODDICKTON, N.L. - Federal fisheries officers are assessing dozens of stranded seals causing havoc for residents of a small Newfoundland town. The wayward animals have been blocking roads, driveways a...
Jan 10, 2019
Bernier says abortion, gender identity not on People's Party of Canada platform
OTTAWA - People’s Party Leader Maxime Bernier says his party’s policies will not include anything to do with abortion or gender identity, despite the fact its first candidate besides him i...
Jan 10, 2019
