Category Archives: Canada
Gillian Anderson calls on prime minister to end East Coast seal hunt
The East Coast seal hunt has another celebrity foe: X-Files star Gillian Anderson. Anderson has called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to end the annual commercial hunt. In a letter Wednesday to the ...
Apr 19, 2017
Toll reaches almost four a day in B.C.'s overdose crisis: coroner
VICTORIA - Nearly four people died every day last month from an illicit drug overdose in British Columbia. Data from the BC Coroners Service says 120 people died in March, the third-highest death toll...
Apr 19, 2017
RCMP stopped 887 people trying to illegally enter Canada last month
OTTAWA - The number of people stopped by the RCMP after illegally entering Canada rose in March. New figures released Wednesday by the federal government show the RCMP intercepted 887 people crossing ...
Apr 19, 2017
Quebec sets up hearings to study options for rail track in Lac-Megantic
Quebec’s environmental-review agency will hold public hearings into what to do with rail track in Lac-Megantic. Local residents have been asking for a track bypass ever since a train carrying cr...
Apr 19, 2017
Self-preservation, not profit behind accused human smugglers actions: lawyer
VANCOUVER - Four men accused of smuggling dozens of Tamil migrants into Canada were simply part of the effort to get themselves and the rest of the asylum seekers across the Pacific Ocean, their lawye...
Apr 19, 2017
Oilsands thirst for natural gas grows to nearly one-third of Canadian demand
CALGARY - Nearly one-third of the natural gas burned in Canada last year was used to produce oil from the oilsands, according to the National Energy Board. The federal regulator says nearly 2.38 billi...
Apr 19, 2017
Critics urge Toronto cops to axe 'carding;' cite analysis that practice is harmful
Toronto’s police services board is being urged to implement an outright ban on carding - random police checks of people on the street - in light of a report that concludes the practice does far ...
Apr 19, 2017
$1.2M in mental-health support for northern Saskatchewan First Nations
LA RONGE, Sask. - The federal government is putting up $1.2 million over two years for more mental-health support in two northern Saskatchewan indigenous communities. Health Minister Jane Philpott say...
Apr 19, 2017
Pharmacy distributors want in on Canada's legalized marijuana regime
OTTAWA - The federal government’s plans for legalizing recreational marijuana has many would-be players looking to carve out a role for themselves in the emerging market, including pharmaceutica...
Apr 19, 2017
Health Canada confirms fentanyl in pill seized on New Brunswick First Nation
FREDERICTON - Health Canada has confirmed a pill seized on the Esgenoopetitj First Nation in New Brunswick contained fentanyl. RCMP say five Esgenoopetitj residents have been hospitalized since April ...
Apr 19, 2017
