Category Archives: Canada

Five stories in the news for Tuesday, Aug. 22 --- VOLUME OF OPIOIDS PRESCRIBED DOWN IN ONTARIO Ontario doctors appear to be prescribing lower overall amounts of opioids, say researchers, but many long...

OTTAWA - The federal government’s largest seniors benefit program is on course for all-time highs in spending over the coming years with waves of baby boomer retirements - spending levels that c...

OTTAWA - The chief actuary’s latest report on the future costs for the federal government’s largest seniors benefit program, old age security, is painting a new picture of spending on the ...

TORONTO - Ontario doctors appear to be prescribing lower amounts of opioids overall to treat patients with pain, say researchers, but many longtime users continue to be given daily doses of the potent...

WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be honoured at a prestigious international-affairs gala in New York City next month. The prime minister is among the honoured guests at this year’...

TORONTO - Ontario Provincial Police say members of its Criminal Investigation Branch will probe the death of a 15-year-old Toronto student who drowned while on a school trip to Algonquin Park last mon...

MONTREAL - Four men who allegedly trafficked drugs that caused a spate of recent non-fatal overdoses have been granted bail. Frederick Couture, Mathieu Quintal and Michel Bujold-Couturier will return ...

Highlights from the news file for Monday, Aug. 21 --- PARTIAL ECLIPSE TAKES BITE OUT OF SUN: Canadians across the country put on protective glasses, glanced through solar telescopes and scrutinized pi...

WINNIPEG - A Manitoba politician who was kicked out of the governing Progressive Conservative caucus is asking a judge to strike down the province’s ban on floor-crossing as a violation of his c...

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A man accused of abducting and sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl from a Saskatchewan playground is to face a preliminary hearing this fall. The hearing for Jared John C...