Category Archives: Canada
Dr. Anthony Galea, who treated elite athletes, loses licence for 9 months
TORONTO - A renowned Canadian sports doctor convicted in the U.S. for importing unapproved drugs will lose his medical licence for nine months and face a formal reprimand for professional misconduct, ...
Dec 06, 2017
Halifax man's donair Christmas ornament a hit: 'My phone is just going crazy'
HALIFAX - Just in time for your Christmas tree: A $14.99 donair ornament. Halifax resident Gary Marsh built an ornament honouring the city’s official food using a 3D printer and a repurposed mot...
Dec 06, 2017
Halifax police officer charged with on-duty voyeurism, trespassing
HALIFAX - A Halifax police officer has been accused of voyeurism while on duty, a criminal allegation that has undermined public trust in the force, Police Chief Jean-Michel Blais said in a statement ...
Dec 06, 2017
Liberals to push for gender equality during Canada's turn at helm of G7 summit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is bringing his feminism to the G7 summit next year, which could involve stirring up the issue of sexual and reproductive health rights at a time when U.S. Presi...
Dec 06, 2017
Wrestler Bret Hart grappling with plastic surgeon over hand surgery
CALGARY - Bret Hart has won numerous bouts over his professional wrestling career but now he’s entering the legal ring in a lawsuit against a Calgary plastic surgeon. The legendary grappler, kno...
Dec 06, 2017
'Absolutely concerned' by alleged abuse of P.E.I. students: federal minister
OTTAWA - The federal immigration minister says he’s concerned by allegations that foreign students in Prince Edward Island have been pressured to return a portion of their wages to business immi...
Dec 06, 2017
Alberta Energy Regulator to ask tougher questions of oil well applicants
EDMONTON - Alberta’s energy regulator wants to keep bad operators out of the oilpatch to reduce the ballooning number of bankrupt companies who have walked away from unprofitable wells. “W...
Dec 06, 2017
Cancelling book signing infringes on free speech: Nova Scotia MLA
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia MLA is raising freedom-of-speech concerns after a Toronto-based retail chain cancelled a local book signing amid controversy over the book’s portrayal of an area pulp mil...
Dec 06, 2017
Muslim, liberties groups call on senators to revise preclearance bill
OTTAWA - Civil libertarians and Muslim groups say minorities will face more border hassles under planned new procedures for preclearing travellers to enter the United States. Under preclearance, trave...
Dec 06, 2017
'Kind of a bizarre one:' New dinosaur part penguin, part duck, part swan
EDMONTON - It had feathers and looked as if it were part penguin, part duck and part swan. It was between the size of a chicken and a turkey and ate the same sorts of things in the same sorts of place...
Dec 06, 2017
