Category Archives: Canada
About 45,000 Canadians treated abroad in 2015, but experts question study
VANCOUVER - Tens of thousands of Canadians left the country last year for non-emergency medical procedures, the Fraser Institute says, but some health experts are challenging the way researchers at th...
Oct 12, 2016
Nova Scotia premier taken aback by storm damage: 'I couldn't believe my eyes'
SYDNEY, N.S. - Nova Scotia’s premier says he could not believe his eyes when he saw the damage from the powerful storm that pummelled much of Atlantic Canada over the long weekend. “When y...
Oct 12, 2016
Feds' economic growth council exploring infrastructure 'institution'
OTTAWA - The chair of the Trudeau government’s influential team of economic advisers says the group is exploring an ambitious plan to create a national infrastructure “institution” t...
Oct 12, 2016
Six stories in the news today, Oct. 12
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, Oct. 12 --- B.C. MOUNTIE SHOT IN ARM; SUSPECT SOUGHT A Mountie is recovering after being shot and injured while trying to stop a vehicle near Golden, B.C. on Tue...
Oct 12, 2016
Trump and the religious right: why it's mostly with him, even after The Tape
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Anyone wondering why evangelical voters have stuck by Donald Trump will find answers here, amid the clasped hands and murmured prayers of a religious rally in Maryland. They can be su...
Oct 12, 2016
Canadian Museum for Human Rights deep in the red: Winnipeg Free Press
WINNIPEG - The Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg had an almost $7-million deficit at the end of the last fiscal year and wants a new funding deal with the federal government. The deficit is...
Oct 11, 2016
Oil and gas downturns in B.C. and Alberta ease Site C labour force concerns
VICTORIA - Alberta’s loss is British Columbia’s gain as fears of labour shortages for the construction of the massive Site C dam evaporate amid a slump in the oil and gas industry, says a ...
Oct 11, 2016
RCMP officer shot, injured following traffic stop near Golden, B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Police say a Mountie has been shot and injured while trying to stop a vehicle near the community of Golden, in southeastern British Columbia. RCMP spokesman Staff Sgt. Rob Vermeulen s...
Oct 11, 2016
First-degree murder charge stayed in Edmonton after lengthy delay for trial
EDMONTON - A judge has stayed a first-degree murder charge after it took the case more than five years to get to trial in Edmonton. A jury trial was to begin next week for 29-year-old Lance Matthew Re...
Oct 11, 2016
'Disoriented' dolphins beach themselves, die, during Newfoundland storm
LEWISPORTE, N.L. - Seven dolphins were found dead Tuesday in a small Newfoundland fishing village, after beaching themselves during rough weather. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans said the white...
Oct 11, 2016
