Category Archives: Canada
Defence tells Calgary trial hospital, not parents' neglect, caused child's death
CALGARY - A jury heard testimony Monday that a 14-month-old boy’s treatment in hospital, not malnutrition or an overwhelming infection, was to blame for the baby’s death. Jeromie and Jenni...
Oct 15, 2018
Automated cars could kill wide range of jobs, federal documents say
OTTAWA - More than one million jobs could be lost to the coming boom in automated vehicles with ripple effects beyond the likeliest victims, internal government documents warn. The documents from Empl...
Oct 15, 2018
Manitoba mulling a ban on public consumption of edible cannabis products
WINNIPEG - Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government is looking at expanding its ban on smoking cannabis in public places to also include consumption of edible products. Two days before the...
Oct 15, 2018
Automated cars could kill wide range of jobs, federal documents say
OTTAWA - More than one million jobs could be lost to the coming boom in automated vehicles with ripple effects beyond the likeliest victims, internal government documents warn. The documents from Empl...
Oct 15, 2018
Manitoba mulling a ban on public consumption of edible cannabis products
WINNIPEG - Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government is looking at expanding its ban on smoking cannabis in public places to also include consumption of edible products. Two days before the...
Oct 15, 2018
B.C. receives 173 cannabis shop applications but only one store opening Oct. 17
VICTORIA - Only one government-approved marijuana store will open in British Columbia on Wednesday when pot sales become legal across Canada, but the province’s public safety minister doesn̵...
Oct 15, 2018
Study shows parasite spread by cats threatens Quebec's endangered belugas
MONTREAL - Endangered beluga whales in the St. Lawrence River already facing plenty of adversity now have an unlikely foe to contend with - the common house cat. A new study suggests the belugas are b...
Oct 15, 2018
B.C. receives 173 cannabis shop applications but only one store opening Oct. 17
VICTORIA - Only one government-approved marijuana store will open in British Columbia on Wednesday when pot sales become legal across Canada, but the province’s public safety minister doesn̵...
Oct 15, 2018
Study shows parasite spread by cats threatens Quebec's endangered belugas
MONTREAL - Endangered beluga whales in the St. Lawrence River already facing plenty of adversity now have an unlikely foe to contend with - the common house cat. A new study suggests the belugas are b...
Oct 15, 2018
Trudeau takes political gamble with legalized pot for Canadian adults
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reassuring Canadians the country is indeed ready to become the first G7 member to greenlight legal recreational pot - a campaign pledge that will become reali...
Oct 15, 2018
