The Canadian PressJanice Dickson OTTAWA–Under mounting pressure from opposition MPs, the House of Commons immigration committee will meet at least two times before early August to study the simmering issue of asylum seekers crossing into Canada from the United States. Committee members agreed yesterday during a rare summer session to […]
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The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s asked Transport Minister Marc Garneau to find solutions following Greyhound’s withdrawal of bus service from western Canada. Trudeau calls Greyhound’s move “difficult” for people who live on the Prairies and for those who are already struggling economically. The prime minister has […]
By Camille Bains The Canadian Press VANCOUVER — Conditions such as sleep problems, irritable bowel syndrome and depression are more common among multiple sclerosis patients five years before they develop medically recognized signs of the disease, a new study from the University of British Columbia suggests. Prof. Helen Tremlett at […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–The leader of Ontario’s Opposition said Friday that Doug Ford’s decision to repeal Ontario’s modernized sex-ed curriculum and replace it with a 20-year-old version was a move to please social conservatives and one that would hurt the province’s children. Andrea Horwath called on Ford to keep […]
The Canadian Press BANFF, Alta.–Several Indigenous elders are to be flown by helicopter into the backcountry of Banff National Park today for a blessing ceremony as officials prepare to let recently reintroduced bison roam free. The trip organized by Parks Canada is part of the overall plan to release the […]
By Cassandra Szklarski The Canadian Press TORONTO — Research for the Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program found 81 per cent of Lyme disease cases involving kids and youth over a three-year study period were in Nova Scotia and Ontario. Principal investigator and Halifax-based infectious disease specialist Joanne Langley says the number […]
The Canadian PressNicole ThompsonShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Ontario schools will go back to teaching the same sex-ed curriculum they did in the late 1990s this fall after the province’s new government announced yesterday it was revoking an updated version brought in by the previous regime. Just over a week into the summer […]
The Canadian PressSteve Lambert WINNIPEG–Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is asking his colleagues to eliminate restrictions on interprovincial booze runs. In advance of next week’s premiers’ meeting in New Brunswick, Pallister has written a letter to other provincial leaders outlining his priorities. In the letter obtained by The Canadian Press, Pallister […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–More and more Canadians are applying for federal help as they take time away from work to battle serious illness–and almost four out of every 10 applicants are maxing out their benefits. Since 2015, demand for sickness benefits under the federal employment insurance program has reached a […]
By Shawn Jeffords THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO–Premier Doug Ford says he has made good on a key campaign promise, announcing the immediate retirement of the CEO of Hydro One and the resignation of the utility’s entire board of directors. Ford, who promised that if he was elected he would fire […]
The Canadian Press BRUSSELS–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is billing a pre-existing plan to grow military spending by 70 percent over the next 10 years as Canada’s answer to Donald Trump’s persistent demand that NATO allies spend two percent of their GDP on defence. At a news conference wrapping up the […]
The Canadian PressBob Weber EDMONTON–You are what you eat, even if you’re a dinosaur. University of Alberta scientists are learning more about the lives of the ancient lizards by studying their teeth to see how they used them–and what on. “If we’re to fully understand how these animals were living, […]
