Category Archives: Canada
Most patients get priority surgeries like joints, cataracts within target wait times
TORONTO - Three out of four Canadians received a hip or knee replacement, cataract surgery, hip fracture repair or cancer radiation therapy within the recommended wait times for those priority procedu...
Mar 28, 2017
Quebec Finance Minister Carlos Leitao to table 2017-18 budget today
Quebec Finance Minister Carlos Leitao will table the province’s 2017-18 budget today and says it will be one of “confidence and optimism.” Leitao said earlier this month he will be t...
Mar 28, 2017
Recall of 'natural' cream for kids' skin problems a cautionary tale for parents: MD
TORONTO - Parents should think twice before treating their babies and young children with so-called “natural products” for skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis because such creams may...
Mar 27, 2017
Think tank urges Liberals to sell money-making assets to private sector
OTTAWA - A new report is urging the Trudeau Liberals to make their new, experimental infrastructure bank a centre for helping cities and provinces sell off existing assets, rather than just helping to...
Mar 27, 2017
Parole board denies release to man who kidnapped girl from Calgary mall
Calgary radio station CHQR says it has learned that sex offender John Francis Dionne will be staying behind bars for at least another couple of years. The Parole Board of Canada has ordered his contin...
Mar 27, 2017
Slide alert issued in same B.C. community where four were killed
JOHNSONS LANDING, B.C. - A tiny British Columbia community where four people were killed in a landslide almost five years ago has been warned of another possible slide. An evacuation alert has been is...
Mar 27, 2017
Suspect arrested, charged after string of shootings along B.C. roads
VANCOUVER - RCMP say a man has been charged in connection with a series of shootings that took place over several hundred kilometres along British Columbia roads. Police received numerous reports from...
Mar 27, 2017
Coroner says carbon monoxide suspected in deaths of four people in B.C.
ASHCROFT, B.C. - British Columbia’s coroners service suspects carbon monoxide killed a family of four in their home in the province’s Interior. Toxicology tests were underway and the coron...
Mar 27, 2017
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, March 27 --- LIBERALS SAY NO DECISIONS YET ON POT TAX: Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the Liberal government has not decided how to tax marijuana, but is ...
Mar 27, 2017
'Only have 15 or 20 minutes:' Backcountry enthusiasts can't count on fast rescue
CALGARY - Experts say the growing number of skiers and snowboarders enticed by pristine powder in the backcountry shouldn’t assume help will arrive quickly if something goes wrong. Snowboard sta...
Mar 27, 2017
