Category Archives: Canada
Heart surgery patients at Manitoba hospital warned of risk of infection
WINNIPEG - More than 4,300 adults who have had open-heart surgery at the St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg since 2012 are being notified about potential infection. “The overall risk to patients ...
Oct 31, 2016

Uber says it fears losing drivers in Quebec because of regulations
MONTREAL - Ride-hailing company Uber says it is scared it will lose drivers in Quebec because of what it calls restrictive and complex regulations in the province. Jean-Nicolas Guillemette, Uber Quebe...
Oct 31, 2016
Vancouver's health authority applies for two new supervised-injection sites
Vancouver’s health authority has applied for two new supervised-injection sites to combat a drug overdose crisis that has taken more than 100 lives in the city this year. While announcing the ap...
Oct 31, 2016
Shooting death on Nova Scotia's Big Tancook Island a hunting accident: RCMP
BIG TANCOOK ISLAND, N.S. - A deer hunter shot dead on a South Shore island was Nova Scotia’s first hunting-related death since 2005, according to the Department of Natural Resources. The unident...
Oct 31, 2016
Charges laid against Hope, B.C., man after hate-filled rant caught on video
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A 47-year-old man has been charged with multiple offences after a racist rant was caught on video in an Abbotsford, B.C., parking lot. A warrant has been issued for Karry Corbett of...
Oct 31, 2016
Cocaine, pepper spray seizure lead to charges against Canadian soldier
SHILO, Man. - Charges have been laid against a Manitoba-based soldier who is accused of trafficking in cocaine. The Canadian Forces Provost Marshal and Canadian Forces Military Police Group says one c...
Oct 31, 2016

CETA a bright light against a protectionist world, says trade minister
OTTAWA - With the U.S. presidential election looming, Canada’s new trade deal with Europe should be seen as a showcase for how strong trading relationships are better than “building walls,...
Oct 31, 2016

La Presse says Montreal police tracked journalist's iPhone for months
MONTREAL - A Montreal journalist whose iPhone was monitored by police for months says he was outraged to discover he’d been “spied on” as part of what he calls an effort to identify ...
Oct 31, 2016

'Life is a Highway' in Manitoba: Stretch of road honours Tom Cochrane
WINNIPEG - Canadian rocker Tom Cochrane said he was overwhelmed Monday, as the Manitoba government named a section of highway near his hometown of Lynn Lake after one of Cochrane’s biggest hits,...
Oct 31, 2016
National Airlines gets jet back after paying outstanding St. John's airport bill
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A commercial jet that was grounded at the international airport in St. John’s, N.L., under a court order has been released after National Airlines paid its outstanding b...
Oct 31, 2016