Category Archives: Canada
Opioid use taking toll in Ontario with hundreds of overdose deaths: report
TORONTO - The use of opioids varies dramatically across Ontario, but overall the potent and addictive medications are responsible for hundreds of overdose deaths each year, re...
Nov 10, 2016
Top court sides with two doctors in Quebec malpractice case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has sided with two doctors in a Quebec malpractice case, overturning an appeal court finding against them. The case deals with the death of Marc Edmond, a healthy ...
Nov 10, 2016
Naomi Klein to get Australia's Sydney Peace Prize
TORONTO - Canadian journalist and activist Naomi Klein will receive Australia’s 2016 Sydney Peace Prize on Friday. The Sydney Peace Foundation at the University of Sydney awards the interna...
Nov 10, 2016
Two men arrested in death of American man in Toronto for bachelor party
TORONTO - Two men are facing murder charges and a third suspect is being sought after an American man visiting Toronto for a bachelor party was beaten to death last week. Julian Jones, 26, d...
Nov 10, 2016
Ottawa to invest $350 million to help dairy producers adjust to CETA
Ottawa is setting aside $350 million to help dairy producers weather the impacts of Canada’s trade agreement with the European Union, Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay announ...
Nov 10, 2016
Ottawa announces plan to dismantle abandoned cargo ship near Quebec town
MONTREAL - The dismantling of an abandoned, rusting cargo ship southwest of Montreal should begin next spring, the federal government announced Thursday. A contract has been awarded for the&...
Nov 10, 2016
Wynne says Ontario will make small change to help first-time home buyers
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says her government’s plan to help first-time home buyers get into the red-hot Toronto housing market consists of “minor adjustments,R...
Nov 10, 2016
Defence lawyer in New Brunswick python case says Mounties broke deal
CAMPBELLTON, N.B. - Jean-Claude Savoie has been found not guilty of criminal negligence in the deaths of two boys killed by his escaped python in northern New Brunswick, and now his lawyer says the RC...
Nov 10, 2016
Top court dismisses police attempt to appeal G20 class-action approval
TORONTO - Two class-action lawsuits arising out of the chaotic Toronto G20 summit more than six years ago appear destined for trial after the country’s highest court refused on Thursday to ...
Nov 10, 2016
Huge spike in U.S. web traffic before Canadian immigration site crash
OTTAWA - Newly released statistics show Canada’s citizenship and immigration website experienced a huge spike in web traffic from the U.S. just before it crashed on Tues...
Nov 10, 2016