Category Archives: Canada
Giant rubber duck proved to be an economic boon, festival says
TORONTO - A Toronto waterfront festival that hosted an unexpectedly controversial giant rubber duck says it generated millions of dollars in economic activity. The Redpath Waterfront Festival says a s...
Oct 12, 2017
Long-term care patients in Quebec will soon be able to use surveillance cameras
MONTREAL - Quebec will allow residents in provincially run long-term care facilities to install cameras in their rooms without having to inform the establishment and its employees. The new regulation ...
Oct 12, 2017
Threat of new civil war in Iraq overshadows recent successes against ISIL
OTTAWA - Coalition forces in Iraq are reporting faster-than-expected progress against the so-called Islamic State, though that success has been marred by fears that a new civil war is brewing in the c...
Oct 12, 2017
Terror suspect dead or alive? Confusion hampers resolution of media fight
TORONTO - Confusion over whether an accused Canadian terrorist is dead or not is hampering efforts to resolve a legal battle over police demand for a journalist’s background materials, a request...
Oct 12, 2017
Lindhout's mother says accused kidnapper feared 'he was being set up'
OTTAWA - Amanda Lindhout’s mother says one of her daughter’s alleged Somalian abductors feared “he was being set up” for a double-cross as arrangements for a ransom payment wer...
Oct 12, 2017
Ottawa expresses concern to Europe over toxic rocket splashdown
Ottawa has told the European Space Agency it’s unhappy about plans to launch a satellite that would drop a rocket stage likely to contain highly toxic fuel in some of the most ecologically produ...
Oct 12, 2017
Securities regulators increasingly employing tech tools to speed probes
TORONTO - Securities regulators say they are increasingly employing data analytics and other sophisticated tools to track down financial miscreants faster, but these technologies won’t be able t...
Oct 12, 2017
Doctor warns parents to lock up medication to prevent theft by teens
VANCOUVER - Teenagers who steal prescription medication from a medicine cabinet at home may be at risk of becoming addicted to drugs, says a family doctor who treats chronic substance use. Dr. William...
Oct 12, 2017
Husky gets OK from Saskatchewan government to restart pipeline after major spill
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government has given Husky Energy the OK to restart a pipeline after a major oil spill along the North Saskatchewan River that fouled the water source for three cities. The g...
Oct 12, 2017
Multi-year effort underway to build national picture of Indigenous employment
OTTAWA - A national, multi-pronged, multimillion-dollar effort is underway to figure out how Indigenous Peoples fare in the country’s labour market and fill a data gap that is woefully wide. In ...
Oct 12, 2017
