Category Archives: Canada
Indigenous children still being treated unequally by provinces: advocate
WINNIPEG - A First Nations children’s advocate says Indigenous kids are still not being treated equally because provinces and territories are shirking their responsibilities. Cindy Blackstock, e...
Oct 03, 2018
Pay drug users for expertise, insight to deal with overdose crisis: B.C. report
VANCOUVER - Drug users are often the first responders to an overdose and should be paid fairly for their contributions to research, service delivery and overdose prevention activities, says a report. ...
Oct 03, 2018
Indigenous children still being treated unequally by provinces: advocate
WINNIPEG - A First Nations children’s advocate says Indigenous kids are still not being treated equally because provinces and territories are shirking their responsibilities. Cindy Blackstock, e...
Oct 03, 2018
Ontario to spend $90M to address overcrowding in hospitals during flu season
TORONTO - Ontario will spend $90 million this year to fund hundreds of hospital beds ahead of flu season, a measure the province’s health minister said will help address the issue of so-called h...
Oct 03, 2018
Ontario to spend $90M to address overcrowding in hospitals during flu season
TORONTO - Ontario will spend $90 million this year to fund hundreds of hospital beds ahead of flu season, a measure the province’s health minister said will help address the issue of so-called h...
Oct 03, 2018
Cancelled barge cuts off Arctic hamlets, leaves crucial supplies stranded
A massive outflow of heavy sea ice from the High Arctic has cut three communities off from their annual resupply barge shipment leaving household groceries, construction materials and municipal equipm...
Oct 03, 2018
Cancelled barge cuts off Arctic hamlets, leaves crucial supplies stranded
A massive outflow of heavy sea ice from the High Arctic has cut three communities off from their annual resupply barge shipment leaving household groceries, construction materials and municipal equipm...
Oct 03, 2018
'Very tough girl' was shaking after alleged gang rape, doctor tells trial
HALIFAX - The family doctor of a young woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by British sailors testified Wednesday that the complainant was shaking and upset when she examined her hours after ...
Oct 03, 2018
'Very tough girl' was shaking after alleged gang rape, doctor tells trial
HALIFAX - The family doctor of a young woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by British sailors testified Wednesday that the complainant was shaking and upset when she examined her hours after ...
Oct 03, 2018
'A piece of history': Banting painting depicts lab where insulin was discovered
TORONTO - A painting up for auction provides an intimate look at the site of one of the most important medical discoveries of the 20th century - as rendered by one of its discoverers. For most, Freder...
Oct 03, 2018
