The Canadian Press Several families affected by the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash are throwing their support behind a Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League assistance program that’s facing criticism. Darrin Duell, a former board member with the hockey team and the chairman of the HumboldtStrong Community Foundation, has objected to some […]
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By Tom Murphy The Associated Press Lisa Love hasn’t seen her doctor of 25 years since she discovered telemedicine. Love tried virtual visits last summer for help with a skin irritation and returned for another minor problem. She doesn’t feel a pressing need to seek care the old-fashioned way, especially […]
The Canadian PressLaura Kane VANCOUVER–Cindi Phelps never imagined herself running a pot shop. She smoked weed as a teenager, but as an adult she says she became “cranky” about cannabis, endlessly lecturing her kids and judging everyone who touched the stuff. It was only when she neared 50 that she […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–The Progressive Conservative government is slashing the budget of Legal Aid Ontario, including eliminating funding for refugee and immigration law services–a move lawyers with the organization call a “horrific” decimation. Legal Aid Ontario sent a letter to staff Thursday as the government tabled its first budget, […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–Buried in Ontario’s budget bill are fines of up to $10,000 per day for gas station operators who don’t display government-mandated stickers about the price of the carbon tax. The budget contains a new piece of legislation called the Federal Carbon Tax Transparency Act that would […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL–A 36-year-old woman has died after falling from a sixth-floor balcony in Old Montreal. Montreal police spokeswoman Veronique Dubuc said the woman fell about 20 metres after passing over a railing to try to retrieve an object. Police said several people were with the woman when the […]
The Canadian Press SALMON ARM, B.C.–A former foster child of a Salmon Arm, British Columbia shooting victim is remembering Gordon Parmenter as the man who helped him discover his potential. The foster child, who can’t be named, has identified Parmenter as the man shot to death yesterday at a church […]
By Marilynn Marchione The Associated Press A drug that’s used to help control blood sugar in people with diabetes has now been shown to help prevent or slow kidney disease, which causes millions of deaths each year and requires hundreds of thousands of people to use dialysis to stay alive. […]
The Canadian PressLee Berthiaume OTTAWA–The Canadian military isn’t letting its hair down just yet, but for the first time, women in uniform will be allowed to wear ponytails. The move, which also makes nylon stockings optional when in a skirt and permits flat shoes instead of pumps or oxfords, is […]
The Canadian Press Some Elvis fans are all shook up over an Ontario town’s decision to stop running an annual festival devoted to the King of Rock n’ Roll. Councillors voted unanimously this week to discontinue the Collingwood Elvis Festival as a municipally operated event after this year’s edition, which […]
The Canadian PressMorgan Lowrie MONTREAL–The rising number of children being taken to hospital for suicide attempts and suicidal thoughts is being described as a crisis, but Canadian data is too incomplete to measure the scope of the problem, a Montreal researcher who has studied the issue said. Dr. Brett Burstein, […]
By William J. Kole The Associated Press BOSTON — It was the death heard ‘round the running world. In July 1984, acclaimed author and running guru Jim Fixx died of a heart attack while trotting along a country road in Vermont. Overnight, a nascent global movement of asphalt athletes got […]
