The Canadian PressSalmaan Farooqui TORONTO–High-profile U.S Senator Bernie Sanders had high praise for Canada’s health-care system yesterday, saying it’s something American policy-makers should pay attention to. Sanders talked up Canadian health care during a speech at the University of Toronto as part of a fact-finding trip to learn more about […]
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The Canadian Press Winnipeg police have issued a special Hallowe’en safety advisory after making a spooky drug seizure. Police say while officers were executing a search warrant at a home as part of a drug investigation late last week, they found six blotters believed to contain fentanyl or possibly carfentanil. […]
The Canadian PressStephanie Levitz OTTAWA–The newly-opened National Holocaust Monument will close for winter to avoid any damage that could be caused by the need to clear snow. But the fact so much time and expense went into the soaring concrete structure just west of Parliament Hill, only to end up […]
The Canadian PressSteve Lambert WINNIPEG–Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government was to announce a carbon tax of $25 a tonne today–to be implemented sometime next year–and keep it at that rate, a government source familiar with the file confirmed to The Canadian Press. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–Ontario’s Liberal government is aiming to keep hydro bills, a source of widespread public anger, lowered through next year’s election. But its long-term energy plan released yesterday details how they then will rise again over the next two decades. Electricity bills roughly had doubled in the […]
The Canadian PressPaola Loriggio An advocacy group is calling on the Ontario government to make crisis intervention and de-escalation training mandatory for those studying to become police officers in the province. The Toronto chapter of the Innocence Project made the request Wednesday, asking the province to immediately amend the Police […]
The Canadian Press GOOSE BAY, N.L.–A Delta Airlines flight from Atlanta to Amsterdam was forced to make an emergency landing in Labrador yesterday after one of the jet’s engines quit. Cockpit voice recordings released today and obtained by CBC confirm a pilot declared an emergency after telling an air traffic […]
The Canadian Press SASKATOON–Scientists at the University of Saskatchewan say they think they’ve discovered why people with cystic fibrosis are prone to lung infections. The 18 researchers say they’ve concluded the genetic mutation that causes cystic fibrosis prevents normal secretion of airway surface liquid, including mucus. “Airway surface liquid is […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Municipalities in Ontario will find out in the coming weeks if a provincially-run cannabis store could be located in their community. In a letter sent to the province’s municipalities today, Finance Minister Charles Sousa said Ontario’s store roll-out aims to achieve the right geographic distribution across the […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Bill Morneau made further attempts yesterday to silence accusations he personally has profited from decisions he’s taken as federal finance minister. He announced he’ll donate to charity any gains in the value of his family business’s shares since he was elected two years ago. But that announcement […]
The Canadian PressGemma Karstens-Smith VANCOUVER–When a massive ice-breaker arrives in Victoria’s harbour this week, it will mark the end of a 150-day-long journey exploring Canada’s coastline, communities, and future. The trip from Toronto to Victoria via the Northwest Passage coincides with Canada’s 150th birthday celebrations–but celebrations are just the beginning, […]
The Canadian PressDean Bennett EDMONTON–Alberta Conservative Party leadership candidate Jason Kenney says it’s not up to Premier Rachel Notley to dictate how sex education is taught in the Catholic school system. And he says Notley needlessly is divisive on a plan by Catholic school superintendents to craft an alternative sex-ed […]
