Category Archives: Canada
Premier calls news of alleged nursing home murders 'extremely distressing'
TORONTO - The alleged murders of eight Ontario nursing home residents by a nurse raise serious questions about government oversight, opposition politicians charged Tuesday, but the governmen...
Oct 25, 2016
Canadian Blood Services by the numbers
OTTAWA - Canadian Blood Services will soon enforce stricter guidelines on iron levels from donors. Starting Dec. 10, female donors will need to wait 12 weeks between blood donations instead of the cur...
Oct 25, 2016
'I will not allow you to have my silence:' victim statement read in court
WINNIPEG - The Crown read out prepared victim impact statements Tuesday in Winnipeg at a sentencing hearing on behalf of a teenage girl and a woman who were sexually assaulted and beaten in ...
Oct 25, 2016
Five international cases of nurses suspected in patient deaths
An Ontario nurse was charged Tuesday with the first-degree murder of eight long-term care home residents who died between 2007 and 2014. Investigators say 49-year-old Elizabeth Tracey Mae Wettlau...
Oct 25, 2016
Sunken B.C. tug's tanks now pumped out, thousands of litres of fuel not recovered
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - More than 90,000 litres of diesel have yet to be accounted for after a group overseeing cleanup of a spill from a submerged tug on British Columbia’s central coast said the t...
Oct 25, 2016
Teenager attacked and tossed in Winnipeg river recalls darkness and pain
WINNIPEG - A teenager who was beaten, sexually assaulted and forced into a Winnipeg river told her attacker Tuesday she continues to suffer the physical and emotional pain of an attack ...
Oct 25, 2016
Beaten to death: Saskatchewan community upset after beaver killed with chair
WOLSELEY, Sask. - Some people in a small Saskatchewan community say they are disgusted and disappointed after a beaver was beaten to death with a chair. Residents say surveillance ...
Oct 25, 2016
Some facts about nursing homes in Ontario
Police in Ontario are investigating the alleged murders of eight seniors at nursing homes in London and Woodstock. A former registered nurse has been charged with eight counts of first-degre...
Oct 25, 2016
BlackBerry rolls out new DTEK60 smartphone designed and built externally
TORONTO - BlackBerry released on Tuesday its second smartphone designed and built externally, the latest development in the company’s push away from manufacturing handsets as it focuses more on ...
Oct 25, 2016
Eight seniors allegedly killed by a Woodstock, Ont., registered nurse
WOODSTOCK, Ont. - Police in Woodstock, Ont., on Tuesday charged a former registered nurse, Elizabeth Wettlaufer, with eight counts of first-degree murder. Here’s what we know about the alleged v...
Oct 25, 2016