Category Archives: Canada
Road salt a threat to freshwater lakes, study suggests
TORONTO - A new study suggests the use of road salt is posing a rising threat to freshwater lakes in parts of North America, including Ontario. The research, published in the Proceedings of the Nation...
Kayla Derkach Apr 12, 2017

Hiding in plain sight: legal pot bill could require logo, brand-free packaging
OTTAWA - Growers on the cusp of Canada’s nascent marijuana industry are bracing for Thursday’s long-awaited Liberal legislation on legal pot, which sources say is expected to require the n...
Kayla Derkach Apr 12, 2017
Scientists say noisy Salish Sea off B.C., threatens endangered killer whales
VANCOUVER - An international group of marine scientists wants the Canadian government to take steps to cut underwater noise in the Salish Sea off the southern coast of British Columbia. The scientists...
Kayla Derkach Apr 12, 2017
A QuickSketch of Nobel winner and honorary Canadian Malala Yousafzai
OTTAWA - Malala Yousafzai was born July 12, 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan, in the country’s Swat Valley. Her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, was an anti-Taliban activist and Malala attended a school th...
Kayla Derkach Apr 12, 2017
Text of Malala Yousafzai's speech Wednesday to a joint session of Parliament
OTTAWA - The prepared text of Malala Yousafzai’s speech Wednesday to MPs, senators and dignitaries during a joint session of Parliament: ____ Bismillah hir rahman ir rahim. In the name of God, t...
Kayla Derkach Apr 12, 2017
Nova Scotia court rejects bid to delay appeal in murder of young Inuit woman
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotian woman acting as her own lawyer in a bid to overturn her conviction for murdering a young Inuit university student had a rough ride at the province’s appeal court Wednesd...
Kayla Derkach Apr 12, 2017

Gas prices on the rise, hit highest level in Eastern Canada since late 2014
MONTREAL - Drivers facing sticker shock from rising gas prices in many parts of Canada should expect to dig even deeper into their wallets as the summer approaches, says a leading expert on gas prices...
Kayla Derkach Apr 12, 2017
Former Mountie sentenced to 15 years for torturing his son
OTTAWA - Police investigators watched and tearfully celebrated Wednesday as a former RCMP counter-terrorism officer who tortured and starved his son in the basement of his family’s suburban Otta...
Kayla Derkach Apr 12, 2017

Central bank says no rate cut considered amid stronger growth, but notes risks
OTTAWA - The head of the Bank of Canada said an interest rate cut was not on the table during the central bank’s latest policy decision, but also warned of persistent risks that suggest it will ...
Kayla Derkach Apr 12, 2017
Man revived by friend after fentanyl overdose, Brantford, Ont., police say
BRANTFORD, Ont. - Police in Brantford, Ont., say a man who suffered a fentanyl overdose was revived by a friend who used an opioid antidote. They say paramedics called police to a home where a 33-year...
Kayla Derkach Apr 12, 2017

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