Category Archives: Canada
Smallpox may be more modern disease, not ancient, as long thought: researchers
TORONTO - It’s long been thought that smallpox is an ancient infectious disease that began decimating human populations thousands of years ago, but new genetic rese...
Dec 08, 2016
StatCan bill won't protect census from political meddling: former chief
OTTAWA - The federal government’s bid to protect Statistics Canada from political interference has a significant oversight that exposes the census to the possibility of government medd...
Dec 08, 2016
Noose shown to Muslim women: Edmonton police release man without charges
EDMONTON - Police in Edmonton have released a man who was taken into custody after two women wearing hijabs were taunted in what investigators have said could be a hate c...
Dec 08, 2016
Stranger's random act of kindness reaps plaudits from B.C. transit police
VANCOUVER - A stranger who gave his coat to a young woman dressed only in a T-shirt and pyjama pants in sub-zero temperatures is being lauded for his anonymous act of kindness ...
Dec 08, 2016
Doctor fights finding she sexually abused woman, and loss of medical licence
TORONTO - Stripping a doctor of her medical licence for sexually abusing a female patient was unfair, an Ontario court heard Thursday. In making its decision, the disciplinary committee ignored eviden...
Dec 08, 2016
Saskatchewan researcher helps ID feathered dinosaur vertebrae encased in amber
REGINA - Researchers say they have found the 99-million-year-old tail of a theropod dinosaur preserved in amber and a Canadian is key to the discovery. The specimen was purchased from a Myanmar a...
Dec 08, 2016
New Brunswick to adopt gender-neutral names for two provincial offices
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick’s government has introduced legislation to give two provincial offices gender-neutral names. The Office of the Rentalsman will be renamed the Residential Te...
Dec 08, 2016
New plan will help restore Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence River ecosystem: officials
Officials in Canada and the U.S. have signed a new plan to regulate water levels and flows in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River that they say will help restore coastal ecosystems. The agreement,...
Dec 08, 2016
Man robs Nobleton, Ont., drug store wearing Santa hat and white beard: police
NOBLETON, Ont. - Police are looking for a man who robbed a Nobleton, Ont., pharmacy wearing a Santa hat and a white beard. York regional police say a man entered the drug store on Wednesday afternoon ...
Dec 08, 2016
Cenovus Energy revives oilsands project, second to resume since downturn
CALGARY - Cenovus Energy said Thursday it is reviving an oilsands project it had shelved two years ago due to the downturn in crude prices, the latest sign of a possible rebound in the oilpatch. The C...
Dec 08, 2016