Category Archives: Canada
Penalty too light for pharmacy error that led to woman's death: granddaughter
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia woman who watched her grandmother descend into pain and die after receiving five times her weekly prescription says the supervising pharmacist should receiv...
Jan 13, 2017
Police in Delta, B.C., using GPS darts to track vehicles that flee
DELTA, B.C. - A police department in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland is using technology that looks like it is taken from the latest Batman movie to track fleeing vehicles. Poli...
Jan 13, 2017
Joseph Boyden statements on indigenous roots too vague, say academics
TORONTO - Joseph Boyden’s recent public statement and interviews about his indigenous roots are too vague and don’t fully address the heart of the controversy surrounding his heritage...
Jan 13, 2017
Injuries to Canadian soldiers treated in Iraq hospital not combat related: DND
OTTAWA - None of the seven Canadian soldiers treated at a military hospital in Iraq over the last few weeks was a combat casualty, says National Defence. The department earlier refused ...
Jan 13, 2017
Woman can't sue Alberta regulator in fracking case: Supreme Court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says an Alberta woman cannot sue the province’s energy regulator as part of her claim that hydraulic fracturing so badly contaminated her well...
Jan 13, 2017
Nova Scotia Teachers Union defends Hawaii travel despite job action
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia Teachers Union is firing back at the education minister after she raised questions over their professional development travel to Hawaii and elsewhere during a work-to-rule ca...
Jan 13, 2017
Celine Dion's Florida estate back on sale at reduced price
MONTREAL - Celine Dion’s massive Florida estate is back on sale, but at a reduced price. Sotheby’s International Realty says the residence on Jupiter Island is now on sale for US$38.5 mill...
Jan 13, 2017
People around Halifax describe hearing rumbling due to small earthquake
HALIFAX - People east of Halifax may have felt the ground shaking Thursday because of a small earthquake. According to Natural Resources Canada, a 2.7-magnitude earthquake was recorded 20 ki...
Jan 13, 2017
Joseph Boyden statements on indigenous roots too vague, say academics
TORONTO - Joseph Boyden’s recent public statement and interviews about his indigenous roots are too vague and don’t fully address the heart of the controversy surrounding his heritage...
Jan 13, 2017
Tory senator fires back at Trudeau's Senate point man over spending comments
OTTAWA - The chairman of the Senate committee charged with overseeing expense rules is firing back at the Liberal point man in the upper chamber over the level of accountability and transparency with ...
Jan 13, 2017