Category Archives: Canada
Urgent need for injectable addiction treatment in B.C.: addictions minister
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s addictions minister has tasked health authorities to move quickly to scale up use of an injectable drug that could save the lives of chronic substance users who ha...
Oct 11, 2017
Winnipeg police officer charged after pedestrian dies in hit-and-run
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg police officer is facing criminal charges, including impaired driving, after a fatal hit-and-run accident in the city. Const. Justin Holz was off-duty Tuesday night when a pedest...
Oct 11, 2017
New mother who lost limbs to flesh-eating disease sues Halifax hospital
HALIFAX - Lindsey Hubley was diagnosed with flesh-eating disease four days after giving birth and is now a quadruple amputee, has undergone a total hysterectomy and has been forced to spend the first ...
Oct 11, 2017
Delays meant 'headwinds' too great for $36B Pacific NorthWest LNG project: exec
CALGARY - Plentiful cheap natural gas is no guarantee that a Canadian LNG export industry will develop, says an executive with Progress Energy Canada, a division of Malaysia’s state-owned Petron...
Oct 11, 2017
International Monetary Fund report warns of Canada's high debt levels
The International Monetary Fund warns in a new report about Canada’s high debt levels and higher-than-average pressure on Canadian households’ ability to pay down that debt. The IMF says i...
Oct 11, 2017
Waiting for a musical like this? Foreigner's 'Jukebox Hero' to open next summer
CALGARY - It’s been 40 years since Foreigner released its first album and now the songs of the legendary rock group are being made into a musical. “Jukebox Hero” will tell the story ...
Oct 11, 2017
Nearby greenery may help Canadians live longer, new study suggests
FREDERICTON - A new study suggests having daily exposure to trees and other greenery can extend your life. Dan Crouse of the University of New Brunswick, along with other researchers across Canada and...
Oct 11, 2017
Police investigating 'suspicious' fire that left family dead in Nanaimo, B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. - A woman, man and their seven-year-old daughter are dead in what police say is a suspicious fire at a home in Nanaimo, B.C. RCMP Cpl. Jon Stewart says it’s unclear what sparked th...
Oct 11, 2017
Captive Amanda Lindhout begged mother to pay ransom after severe beating
OTTAWA - After a year in captivity, Amanda Lindhout begged her mother during a frantic phone call to quickly come up with a hefty ransom because her Somalian abductors had started to torture her. In a...
Oct 11, 2017
Nova Scotia private member's bill seeks solace after still birth, miscarriage
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia woman who miscarried after contracting a serious infection and later lost a young child is urging the province to establish a day of awareness about miscarriage, still birth an...
Oct 11, 2017
