Category Archives: Canada
New Brunswick pay-for-plasma clinic set to recruit donors for inspection period
FREDERICTON - A controversial company that pays people for their blood plasma is set to begin recruiting donors for a just-built New Brunswick facility. Canadian Plasma Resources CEO Barzin Bahardoust...
Apr 21, 2017
Seven stories in the news today, April 21
Seven stories in the news for Friday, April 21 --- WATCHDOG TROUBLED BY CSIS USE OF PERSONAL INFO A data centre run by Canada’s spy agency has long been using personal details gleaned from secur...
Apr 21, 2017
CSIS spy centre's use of security assessment info troubles privacy czar: letters
OTTAWA - The controversial data-crunching centre run by Canada’s spy agency has long been using personal details gleaned from security clearance forms to help with national security probes - a p...
Apr 21, 2017
B.C. Liberal Leader Christy Clark says U.S. "greed" driving softwood spat
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Greedy “lumber barons” in the United States are to blame for the softwood lumber dispute, and their push to choke off the supply of disputed Canadian timber will only...
Apr 21, 2017
Ontario cops arrest more than 100 men in child sex trafficking investigation
Over the last four years, an Ontario police force has tried to curb the practice of men paying for sex with underage girls by having undercover officers pose as child prostitutes online. On Friday, Yo...
Apr 21, 2017
East coast dog placed on wrong flight and missing for two days found in Hamilton
An east coast dog that went missing in Ontario for nearly two days after being placed on a wrong flight has been found. The dog’s owners say Cooper - a golden Labradoodle - was supposed to be fl...
Apr 20, 2017
Travel site nod could put city in central Alberta on the tourism map
RED DEER, Alta. - A popular travel website could help put the central Alberta city of Red Deer on the map. Expedia has named it one of the most breathtaking spots in North America, up there with Old M...
Apr 20, 2017
Canada condemns attack in Paris which left police officer dead, 3 wounded
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has issued a statement condemning an apparent terrorist attack Thursday on Paris’ iconic Champs-Elysees boulevard. A gunman opened fire on pol...
Apr 20, 2017
NHL linesman files lawsuit against Calgary Flames, defenceman Dennis Wideman
CALGARY - NHL linesman Don Henderson is suing defenceman Dennis Wideman and the Calgary Flames for $10.25 million over a hit from behind during a game against the Nashville Predators. Henderson said i...
Apr 20, 2017
'My hands were around her neck:' trial hears murder suspect's alleged confession
CALGARY - A man suspected of strangling his wife and burying her body in the house they shared told an undercover officer he found his hands around her neck during a heated argument and “then sh...
Apr 20, 2017
