Category Archives: Canada
Quebec member of the legislature apologizes for using N-word in front of students
QUEBEC - The longest-serving member of Quebec’s legislature has apologized for using the N-word in front of high-school students. Francois Gendron, 73, used the derogatory term in French last mo...
Nov 29, 2017
Ontario moves to ban eye tattooing, implanting eye jewelry
TORONTO - Eyeball tattooing and implanting eye jewelry will soon be banned in Ontario after health professionals urged action to prevent the dangerous procedures. The provincial government has amended...
Nov 29, 2017
Agency says US, Canada fall short on protecting Great Lakes
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Despite recent improvements, the U.S. and Canada have a long way to go toward ridding the Great Lakes of pollution that endangers human health and the environment, an advisory a...
Nov 29, 2017
B.C.'s mental health detention system violates charter rights: report
VANCOUVER - British Columbia needs to overhaul a mental health system that allows psychiatric facilities to detain people with little justification, to deny them access to a lawyer and to take away th...
Nov 29, 2017
Police found tarp, gloves in car of man charged in killing of off-duty cop
HALIFAX - A tarp, work gloves and rope were among the items found in a car Christopher Garnier was driving when he was arrested in the death of an off-duty police officer, an investigator told a jury ...
Nov 29, 2017
Auditor shrugs off N.S. premier's criticisms: 'It's business as normal for us'
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s auditor general attached a firm figure Wednesday to how worried he is by the premier’s suggestions he strayed from his mandate in a report identifying gaps in the p...
Nov 29, 2017
Alberta judge, educator Sheilah Martin named to Supreme Court of Canada
OTTAWA - While strolling in Montreal years ago, Sheilah Martin was surprised to see a book she had written about principles of Quebec law in the storefront window of a popular shop. Martin, who penned...
Nov 29, 2017
Work-at-home trend stays static as daily commutes get longer across Canada
FREDERICTON - More members of the workforce are cramming the country’s buses, subways and highways each day, adding precious minutes to the daily commute, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday in...
Nov 29, 2017
The 10 most common occupations in Canada last year, according to 2016 census
OTTAWA - The top 10 occupations in Canada last year for men and women, according to the 2016 census: WOMEN 1. Retail salespersons 2. Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses 3. Cashiers 4. ...
Nov 29, 2017
Gender gap in STEM fields proving difficult to close, say experts, census data
MONTREAL - In the basement of McGill University’s engineering building, Elizabeth O’Meara punches the word “engineer” into a Google Image search and watches the screen fill wit...
Nov 29, 2017
