Category Archives: Canada
Alberta Health Services says student at Edmonton elementary school has diptheria
EDMONTON - A case of diphtheria has been confirmed in an Edmonton elementary student. Alberta Health Services says they will contact those who were in close contact with the student. It says no other ...
Kayla Derkach Nov 09, 2017
RCMP end search of British Columbia farm where human remains found
SALMON ARM , B.C. - The RCMP have completed their search of a British Columbia farm where the remains of an 18-year-old woman were found. Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said the rural property near Salmon Arm was ...
Kayla Derkach Nov 09, 2017
Montreal's Olympic Stadium to get new roof for $250 million
MONTREAL - The Quebec government says Montreal’s Olympic Stadium will have a new, $250 million roof by 2023. Tourism Minister Julie Boulet said on Thursday that the province doesn’t know y...
Kayla Derkach Nov 09, 2017

Results of study on stenting chest pain patients misinterpreted: researchers
TORONTO - It’s hard to believe that a single small study could cause such a hullabaloo, but that’s been the case with a research paper that looked at the effectiveness of using stents to o...
Kayla Derkach Nov 09, 2017
Canadian man arrested in U.S. over ex's death will be extradited: court docs
A man arrested in the U.S. in connection with the slaying of his ex-girlfriend in southern Ontario will be extradited back to Canada after a Texas court found the evidence against him was “exten...
Kayla Derkach Nov 09, 2017
'Crazy spell:' Naked suspects in Alberta kidnapping may have sipped trippy tea
LEDUC, Alta. - The people charged in a bizarre naked kidnapping that ended in a car crash may have unknowingly drank some hallucinogenic tea over breakfast, says a relative. RCMP have released few det...
Kayla Derkach Nov 09, 2017

The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Nov. 9 --- CANADA SAYS NO TPP ON THE HORIZON: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada won’t be pressured into prematurely signing a deal on the Tran...
Kayla Derkach Nov 09, 2017

A few things to know about changes to federal parental, caregiver benefits
OTTAWA - The federal government outlined the details of new parental leave benefits that were announced in this year’s budget. Here are some things to know about the new benefits, which come int...
Kayla Derkach Nov 09, 2017

Big Tobacco urges Canada to ensure legal nicotine competitive with black market
MONTREAL - If the price of legal marijuana must be competitive with the black market in order to discourage underground sales, then the same logic should apply to nicotine, the head of Imperial Tobacc...
Kayla Derkach Nov 09, 2017

'Like a dream:' Researchers find space rock that landed in B.C. Interior
CALGARY - Researchers have honed in on an area where chunks of space rock scattered in the rugged B.C. Interior more than two months ago. A fireball lit up the sky over parts of Western Canada on the ...
Kayla Derkach Nov 09, 2017

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