Category Archives: Canadian Press
Alberta college seeks feedback from doctors on draft opioid prescribing rules
EDMONTON - Alberta’s medical regulator wants more stringent rules on how physicians prescribe opioid painkillers and other drugs to improve the safety of patients. The College of Physicians and ...
Sep 11, 2016
Some of the hearings by the Canadian Judicial Council into conduct of judges
A Canadian Judicial Council panel is holding a hearing in Calgary on whether Robin Camp should be removed from the bench after making inappropriate remarks when he was a provincial court judge oversee...
Sep 11, 2016
Judicial hearings rare: Most complaints about judges never get to public hearing
Public hearings that consider whether a judge should be removed from the bench, such as the current one involving Federal Court Justice Robin Camp, are rare. The Canadian Judicial Council receives mor...
Sep 11, 2016
'We can't replace nature:' Oilsands wetland reclamation a mixed success
EDMONTON - The challenge makes turning bitumen into oil seem like the easy part. Faced with reclaiming open-pit mines that were once thriving wetlands, Suncor and Syncrude have been trying to do what&...
Sep 11, 2016
Five things you should know about how Lyme disease is spread and treated
Five things to know about Lyme disease: 1. Blacklegged ticks become infected with Lyme disease bacteria by feeding on infected wild animals, such as deer, birds and rodents. 2. Infected ticks can spre...
Sep 11, 2016
Lyme disease: Patients living in 'medical limbo' push for federal strategy
HALIFAX - The health issues piled up for Donna Lugar, one on top of another: She had breathing trouble, vision and hearing problems, even heart issues, but finding a cause was elusive. “Occasion...
Sep 11, 2016
France warns of threats as boy arrested in feared attack
PARIS - French police have arrested a 15-year-old boy at his Paris home to thwart what they feared was a planned weekend attack, as the prime minister warned on Sunday some 15,000 people in the countr...
Sep 11, 2016
Magnitude-5.3 quake hits Macedonia; at least 30 injured
SKOPJE, Macedonia - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 struck on the outskirts of Macedonia’s capital on Sunday, injuring at least 30 people and causing minor damage to buildings,...
Sep 11, 2016
The Latest: US Open champ Wawrinka notes 9-11 in victory
NEW YORK - The Latest on commemorations marking the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks (all times local): 8:45 p.m. U.S. Open champion Stan Wawrinka (vahv-RIHNG’-kuh) took time out at the ...
Sep 11, 2016
Alexander Wang partners with adidas Originals on new line
NEW YORK - Designer Alexander Wang is, by his own description, a total sneakerhead. He once even designed a whole clothing collection around them, with dresses, tops and handbags emulating his favouri...
Sep 11, 2016