Category Archives: Canada
University of Guelph setting up lab to research Lyme disease with $1.4M donation
TORONTO - Is it Lyme disease or not? That’s one of the questions the University of Guelph hopes to be better able to answer with a new research lab dedicated to improving testing - and eventuall...
Jun 14, 2017
'It could've been a massacre': Republican-hating gunman fires at U.S. lawmakers
WASHINGTON - A Republican-hating gunman who had spewed rage upon Donald Trump and his party opened fire on a group of U.S. lawmakers Wednesday, causing a range of injuries in what appeared to be a pol...
Jun 14, 2017
Montrealers file legal action contesting restrictions on medical aid in dying
MONTREAL - Nicole Gladu wants to die at home, surrounded by friends, with a glass of rose champagne in one hand and a canape of foie gras in the other. And now the former journalist and trade unionist...
Jun 14, 2017
Wallenda discusses hanging by her teeth over Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - The aerialist wife of daredevil Nik Wallenda will perform a series of manoeuvres - including hanging by her teeth and toes - while on a hoop suspended from a helicopter above Nia...
Jun 14, 2017
Amount Canadians owe compared with income ticks lower but still near record high
OTTAWA - The amount Canadians owe compared with their income ticked lower in the first quarter but remained near record levels as mortgage debt continued to climb. Statistics Canada said Wednesday the...
Jun 14, 2017
Police ramp up search for young Newfoundland mother last seen a week ago
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Police and relatives of a missing Newfoundland woman have taken to social media in a desperate bid to find the young mother last seen last Wednesday. The Royal Newfoundland Co...
Jun 14, 2017
Nova Scotia police chief's sexual assault, exploitation case adjourned
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - The case of a Nova Scotia police chief facing sex charges involving a 17-year-old girl has been adjourned until next month. John Collyer of the Bridgewater police force was suspend...
Jun 14, 2017
Six stories in the news for today, June 14
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, June 14 --- FIVE EYES TO MEET IN OTTAWA The ability of terrorists to shield their communications from authorities will be a focus for the Five Eyes intelligence ...
Jun 14, 2017
45 minutes elapsed before help notified in fatal whale-watching sinking: report
VANCOUVER - It took 45 minutes before search-and-rescue crews learned that 27 people had been dumped into the frigid waters off Vancouver Island after their whale-watching boat capsized in October 201...
Jun 14, 2017
Five Eyes spies, ministers to discuss digital terror tactics at Ottawa meeting
OTTAWA - The ability of terrorists to shield their communications from police and spies will be a focus for the Five Eyes intelligence alliance at a closed-door meeting in Ottawa this month. Public se...
Jun 14, 2017
