Category Archives: Canada
B.C. housing costs mean more seniors could end up in residential care: advocate
VICTORIA - The advocate for seniors in British Columbia says costs for both renters and homeowners are going up while home and community supports are failing to meet demands. Isobel Mackenzie released...
Dec 14, 2017
Four Hydro One employees killed in helicopter crash in eastern Ontario
TWEED, Ont. - With little daylight at their disposal and a deep freeze setting in late Thursday, investigators quickly scoured the wreckage of a deadly helicopter crash in eastern Ontario. None of the...
Dec 14, 2017
Fentanyl test strips may produce false-negative results: Health Canada study
OTTAWA - Health Canada is warning that test strips to detect the illicit opioid fentanyl in street drugs may not produce accurate results. The federal department’s Drug Analysis Service undertoo...
Dec 14, 2017
Nearly a year before Parks Canada discovered endangered trees cut at ski resort
CALGARY - It was nearly a year before Parks Canada officials realized that a world-renowned Alberta ski resort had cut down a stand of endangered trees. An agreed statement of facts filed in court Thu...
Dec 14, 2017
Electric cars will be cheaper than gas models but Canada lags in EV policy
OTTAWA - A Canadian energy think tank says the world is less than a decade away from the tipping point at which electric cars will cost the same as conventional gas-powered vehicles. But in a report r...
Dec 14, 2017
Manitoba premier says some rural hospitals to close, be converted to care homes
WINNIPEG - Premier Brian Pallister says some hospitals in rural Manitoba will be closed or converted into personal care homes as part of the Progressive Conservative government’s plan to reform ...
Dec 14, 2017
Lyft ride-hailing app being watched closely by transit officials in Toronto
TORONTO - The arrival of Lyft in Toronto has raised questions about the impact of such ride-hailing companies on the city’s public transit system, which governments are spending billions to expa...
Dec 14, 2017
Police report possible meteor landing in northern Ontario
THUNDER BAY, Ont. - Police in northern Ontario say a meteor may be responsible for a loud explosion that shook houses in a Thunder Bay neighbourhood earlier this week. Thunder Bay police say officers ...
Dec 14, 2017
Bitcoin more akin to gambling than investing, says BoC governor Poloz
TORONTO - Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz is sounding the alarm on Bitcoin, calling the purchase of the cryptocurrency “closer to gambling than investing.” In a speech at the Canadia...
Dec 14, 2017
Quebec plan for compulsory sex-ed courses has its detractors
Quebec’s plan to introduce compulsory sexual-education courses for primary and secondary students ran into some immediate opposition Thursday, with some parents promising to fight the proposal. ...
Dec 14, 2017
