Category Archives: Canada
New opioid prescribing guidelines aim to cut use of potent narcotics
TORONTO - Updated opioid-prescribing guidelines released Monday encourage doctors to avoid giving the powerful narcotics as a first-line treatment to patients with chronic, non-cancer pain and instead...
May 07, 2017
Nova Scotia party leaders debate health care on the campaign trail
HALIFAX - As Nova Scotia’s party leaders fanned out across the province Sunday, health care emerged as the top campaign issue. A rally on the downsizing of medical services in Cape Breton ignite...
May 07, 2017
Trudeau congratulates France's president-elect Macron on decisive win
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has spoken with Emmanuel Macron to congratulate him on his election as the next president of France. The Prime Minister’s Office says the two leaders reaff...
May 07, 2017
China beckons Canada and Mexico in face of U.S. uncertainty: Mexican minister
OTTAWA - The uncertainty caused by the Trump administration means Mexico and Canada need to look towards new non-American markets, including China, to grow their economies, says a visiting Mexican cab...
May 07, 2017
Jobs, affordability remain big issues as B.C. election campaign in home stretch
VANCOUVER - Tuesday marks the end of a bitterly fought election campaign in British Columbia, leaving voters to decide whether the Liberals’ jobs-centred pitch is enough to clinch a fifth consec...
May 07, 2017
Mandatory minimum changes one part of planned overhaul of justice system
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is set to begin tackling mandatory minimum sentences this spring, but advocates for reform have been waiting a long time for the promise to play out. “It’s ...
May 07, 2017
A look at the federal Conservative leadership race, by the numbers
OTTAWA - A look at the federal Conservative leadership race, by the numbers. 445: Days in the leadership contest. 16: Number of people who officially entered. 3: Number who dropped out: Dan Lindsay, T...
May 07, 2017
Five things to know about how the Conservatives will choose a new leader
OTTAWA - Conservative party members are in the process of selecting a new leader, with the winner to be announced on May 27. Here’s five things to know about how the vote works. 1) There are 14 ...
May 07, 2017
Conservative party politics getting in way of debate on environment: Chong
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Michael Chong knew a promise to bring in a revenue-neutral carbon tax, if elected, would be a tough sell. But what he didn’t expect was that his own pa...
May 07, 2017
CSIS suspected Soviet spies of pinching King diary full of atomic secrets
OTTAWA - Canada’s spy agency surmised that Soviet agents stole a key volume of William Lyon Mackenzie King’s fabled diary - a theory dissected in a new book about the intrigue surrounding ...
May 07, 2017
