Category Archives: Canada
Opioid overdose ER visits sharply rising in Ontario, new data shows
TORONTO - Opioid overdose-related visits to Ontario emergency rooms are sharply rising, the provincial government said Tuesday as it announced new measures to tackle what has been described as a natio...
Sep 19, 2017
Woman found dead in Newfoundland was murdered, spouse died by suicide: RCMP
MARYSTOWN, N.L. - Police in eastern Newfoundland say an 18-year-old woman found dead in Marystown on the weekend was murdered, and her spouse killed himself. RCMP do not name the woman but say she was...
Sep 19, 2017
Dominion Diamond investors approve US$1.2-billion sale to Washington Cos.
CALGARY - The Canadian head office of Dominion Diamond (TSX:DDC) is to remain in Calgary after its shareholders voted on Tuesday to approve its US$1.2-billion sale to Washington Companies. Larry Simki...
Sep 19, 2017
Fire in Waterton Lakes National Park no longer out of control: Parks Canada
WATERTON, Alta. - Parks Canada says the wildfire in southwestern Alberta is no longer out of control and is being held. But the agency says the Kenow fire in Waterton Lakes National Park is still acti...
Sep 19, 2017
Weeks before appeal, Crown defends verdict in case of Toronto cop who shot teen
TORONTO - Prosecutors say an Ontario judge was right to exclude evidence meant to suggest a troubled teen who was gunned down by a Toronto police officer four years ago was trying to commit “sui...
Sep 19, 2017
Trudeau urges Canadian aerospace companies to put pressure on Boeing
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is encouraging Canadian companies that work with Boeing to speak out against the U.S. aerospace giant’s trade dispute with Montreal-based rival Bombardier....
Sep 19, 2017
Munk Foundation donates $100M for cardiovascular centre bearing gold baron's name
TORONTO - The Peter and Melanie Munk Charitable Foundation has donated an additional $100 million to the Toronto cardiac centre bearing the Barrick Gold founder’s name - the largest single chari...
Sep 19, 2017
A list of smoke-free post-secondary campuses in Canada
McMaster University in Hamilton has announced plans to make the campus smoke-free in 2018. It is not the first Canadian post-secondary institution to take such a step. Below is a list of other univers...
Sep 19, 2017
Deficit smaller than expected, but Trudeau stands by controversial tax changes
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sounded a defiant note Tuesday as he promised to press ahead with the Liberal government’s controversial tax changes even as clear new evidence emerged to ...
Sep 19, 2017
Quebec corruption unit arrests 8 in alleged Montreal municipal kickback scheme
MONTREAL - Eight people, including a former high-ranking Montreal city councillor, were arrested Tuesday and charged with running a kickback scheme whereby engineering companies would allegedly be awa...
Sep 19, 2017
