Category Archives: Canada
Mosquito species responsible for the majority of Zika cases caught in Ontario
An adult mosquito belonging to the species of the insect responsible for the majority of Zika cases has been caught in Canada for the first time by a southern Ontario health unit, but the insect captu...
Aug 23, 2017
'Judge-made vortex of uncertainty and delay' stalled N.S. adoption: appeal court
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s highest court has issued an unusually blunt rebuke to a judge who delayed an adoption hearing because of “entirely hypothetical” constitutional concerns about...
Aug 23, 2017
Greens push to end 'speculative' sales of farmland to foreign buyers in B.C.
VICTORIA - The leader of the Green party in British Columbia wants to see the government ban foreigners from buying farmland in a bid to cool the province’s real estate market. Housing prices in...
Aug 23, 2017
Halifax cab driver guilty of sexually assaulting female passenger
HALIFAX - A Halifax cab driver has been convicted of sexually assaulting a female passenger last summer. Saher Hamdan, 29, sexually assaulted a young woman as she waited to pay her fare on July 15, 20...
Aug 23, 2017
Mayor, councillors, assured about migrants after meeting Goodale
CORNWALL, Ont. - Local politicians say they’re reassured after meeting Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale to discuss plans to deal with an influx of asylum-seekers from Haiti. A tented camp be...
Aug 23, 2017
Five-hour days, vacation cash among work perks at B.C. tech companies
VANCOUVER - From vacation cash to luxury cars, some technology companies in British Columbia are offering big perks to woo prospective employees. Multinationals like Amazon and Microsoft have opened o...
Aug 23, 2017
Windsor hospital increases security after stabbing in hospital by a patient
A hospital in southern Ontario is trying to strike a balance between heightened security measures and a healthy environment after one mental health patient stabbed another inside the facility. Windsor...
Aug 23, 2017
Appeal Court finds prison lockdowns not 'cruel and unusual' punishment
TORONTO - A judge’s finding that numerous prison lockdowns amounted to cruel and unusual treatment for two detainees was overturned Wednesday along with the $85,000 in damages he had awarded the...
Aug 23, 2017
NDP leadership hopeful Niki Ashton expecting twins shortly after race ends
OTTAWA - NDP leadership hopeful Niki Ashton says she is expecting twins in early November, shortly after her party selects a successor to Tom Mulcair. Ashton said Wednesday she is looking at a three-m...
Aug 23, 2017
Poll suggests Albertans want tighter methane rules for energy industry
EDMONTON - As governments and regulators consider new rules for methane, a poll suggests nearly three-quarters of Albertans want tighter controls on the release of a potent greenhouse gas from oil and...
Aug 23, 2017
