Category Archives: Canada
N.L. premier, aboriginal leaders make progress after marathon Muskrat Falls meeting
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Indigenous leaders and the Newfoundland and Labrador provincial government came out of a marathon meeting early Wednesday touting significant progress made on the Muskrat Fall...
Oct 25, 2016
Shoppers Drug Mart applies to be a distributor of medical marijuana
TORONTO - Shoppers Drug Mart has submitted an application to distribute medical marijuana - a move that, if permitted, could change how patients get access to the drug. But although the pharmacy chain...
Oct 25, 2016
Canadian Blood Services increases iron guidelines for donors
OTTAWA - Tougher iron guidelines for blood donors will almost certainly reduce collections in the short term, said a spokesman for Canadian Blood Services as the national agency appealed for more dona...
Oct 25, 2016
Amended CETA declaration not enough to win Walloon support, documents show
OTTAWA - One day before Belgium’s Wallonia region formally rejected the Canada-EU free trade deal, the two sides pledged in writing to strengthen the controversial dispute settlement section of ...
Oct 25, 2016
High-tech beef cattle monitoring firm pockets growth funds from U.K. investor
CALGARY - From a chart on his computer screen at GrowSafe Systems Ltd., co-CEO Camiel Huisma can describe not only how much a certain cow ate today but how quickly it ate and how much it weighs. The a...
Oct 25, 2016
Washington wolf killed in Montana after 1,100km journey across Idaho, Canada
SPOKANE, Wash. - U.S. wildlife officials say a grey wolf that left its pack in northeastern Washington trekked more than 1,100 kilometres across Idaho and Canada before being shot in central Montana l...
Oct 25, 2016
Atlantic provinces need to shed trade, regulatory barriers, study argues
HALIFAX - Atlantic Canada needs a deal to reduce regulatory and trade barriers for areas as basic as the rules on trucks that carry goods around the region, says a report by an economic think tank. Th...
Oct 25, 2016
Heckles, jeers and turned backs greet Justin Trudeau at youth labour forum
OTTAWA - Dozens of delegates at a youth labour forum turned their backs Tuesday on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, using body language to express their frustrations with everything from global warming ...
Oct 25, 2016
British Airways flight makes emergency landing in Vancouver with ill crew
VANCOUVER - British Airways says a plane travelling from San Francisco to London diverted to Vancouver after members of the crew reported feeling ill. The airline said 22 crew members and about two pa...
Oct 25, 2016
'Another sad day in the neighbourhood' as Ontario nurse charged with 8 murders
WOODSTOCK, Ont. - Members of a southwestern Ontario community that is no stranger to tragedy expressed shock and outrage Tuesday after learning that a local nurse was accused of killing eight seniors ...
Oct 25, 2016