Category Archives: Canada
Nine-year-old girl dies after she was hit by bus in crosswalk in B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A nine-year-old girl who was hit by a bus in Abbotsford, B.C., has died of her injuries. Abbotsford police say emergency services were called just after 8 a.m. Friday to treat the g...
Dec 01, 2017
Funeral chain creates program to underscore the dangers of fentanyl
LANGLEY, B.C. - A funeral services chain in British Columbia is developing a program it hopes will cut the number of drug deaths related to fentanyl among children and young adults. Alternatives Funer...
Dec 01, 2017
Father testifies in court fight to keep daughter on life support
BRAMPTON, Ont. - A Toronto-area man waging a legal battle to keep his 27-year-old daughter on life support after she was declared brain dead told an Ontario court Friday that he never had the chance t...
Dec 01, 2017
Polytechnique presents scholarship in honour of Montreal massacre victims
MONTREAL - Ella Thomson wasn’t even born in 1989 when 14 women were killed at Ecole Polytechnique, but she says learning about the tragedy was a sobering reminder of the violence women in non-tr...
Dec 01, 2017
Bacterial infection linked to death of Vancouver Aquarium's false killer whale
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Aquarium says preliminary results from a necropsy show a false killer whale that died at the facility last Friday had a bacterial infection. An email statement from the aquar...
Dec 01, 2017
Federal government proposes changes designed to drop cost of patented drugs
OTTAWA - The federal government says it is trying to drive down drug prices by proposing changes to the regulations governing patented medicines in the first major update to those rules in more than t...
Dec 01, 2017
Verdict set for Dec. 20 in case of B.C. ex-Mountie charged with sexual assault
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia judge is expected to release his verdict on Dec. 20 in the case of a retired RCMP inspector charged with sexually assaulting a civilian employee in the workplace. Fifty-...
Dec 01, 2017
Christmas tree prices on the rise for first time in almost a decade
CALGARY - Holiday shoppers might have to fork over a little more for the evergreen scent of a natural Christmas tree this year as a shortage south of the border and increased demand for real trees put...
Dec 01, 2017
ACTRA says it's expediting sexual harassment complaints processes
TORONTO - The union for Canada’s TV and film performers says it’s expediting its discipline processes for sexual harassment and assault complaints. At a panel discussion on sexual harassme...
Dec 01, 2017
Canada weighing China trade challenges as Trudeau heads to Beijing: official
OTTAWA - As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares to travel to China next week, officials say Canada is still contemplating the challenges associated with pursuing a free trade deal between the two c...
Dec 01, 2017
